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    Problem playing old games with wide screen monitor

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by hendra, Aug 3, 2009.

  1. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    How do you play old games that are designed for 4:3 screen in a wide screen monitor? When I play these games and I want it to fill the entire screen, either the top and bottom get cut off or the picture is stretched or both.

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    hendra, Aug 3, 2009
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  2. whatisamegan

    whatisamegan Notebook Consultant

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    Hrm. I've never had a problem like that with old games. :(
    F.E.A.R filled the space, wasn't as clear of a picture, but nothing was cut off.
    Hrm. :(
    Sorry I cant help.
     
    whatisamegan, Aug 3, 2009
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  3. sirmetman

    sirmetman Notebook Virtuoso

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    Um... that is pretty much what will happen. There's really no way around it. It's rendered to a 4:3 back buffer, so it's either going to be stretched or have parts cut off if you try to put it on a 16:9 or 16:10 display. The best option is just to play it with bars on the side so you get the full image without distortion.
     
    sirmetman, Aug 3, 2009
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  4. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    Use your video card driver or monitor to set screen to "aspect" otherwise it will do that. Or visit widescreengamingforum.com for patches or minor ini file modifications to allow it to run at proper widescreen.
     
    HTWingNut, Aug 4, 2009
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    What Star Trek game is that?
     
    bossier330, Aug 4, 2009
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  6. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    Deep Space 9: The Fallen.

    Beautiful Graphics, btw. Still great, even for today standard.
     
    hendra, Aug 4, 2009
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