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    Playing games with a 1280 X 800

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cool99bomb, May 1, 2005.

  1. cool99bomb

    cool99bomb Notebook Enthusiast

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    it disorts some graphics and streches them out, how cna i fix it[ :(!]
     
    cool99bomb, May 1, 2005
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  2. Gargoyle

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    what the hell is a 1280 x 800?
    are you talking about screen resolution?
     
    Gargoyle, May 1, 2005
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  3. OHP

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    yeah i have that problem on mine some games support 1280x800

    but most like Hl2 I have to run in 1024X768

    its a pain but its all reeet

    [image]http://img8.exs.cx/img8/7738/ohp2rg.jpg[/image]
     
    OHP, May 1, 2005
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  4. qwester

    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    Don't you have an option some where in your GFX drivers to just display the image as is without stretching. My 9700 does it's "scale image to panel size". I just switch that off and play at 1024x768 and get black bars from all 4 sides (my native res is 1440x900)

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    qwester, May 1, 2005
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  5. Meaker@Sager

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    Yes they do, go to display, settings, advanced, displays, then click on your monitors tab and the option should be there.
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 2, 2005
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