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    Games display with black border

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by zkyzky, Oct 2, 2007.

  1. zkyzky

    zkyzky Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a VGN-N365E.

    Intel 945GM Chipset

    1280x800 Screen resolution.

    While trying to play any game at a smaller resolution, it will display the game with a black border around it.

    640x480 shows up as a tiny game window with a rather large black border.

    The border gets smaller as resolution gets larger. The only way to get rid of the black border is to run the game at 1280x800.


    Any suggestions?
     
    zkyzky, Oct 2, 2007
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    If you've got your Intel GMA drivers installed, you can probably right click on your desktop. Go to graphics options --> panel fit, and select maintain aspect ratio or full screen(but then it'll get stretched).
     
    namaiki, Oct 2, 2007
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  3. zkyzky

    zkyzky Notebook Enthusiast

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    this is strange. when i select maintain aspect ratio and open a game, the problem is still there. When i got back into graphics options, it still says full screen, not maintain aspect ratio. For some reason it wont save those settings.
     
    zkyzky, Oct 3, 2007
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  4. lua

    lua Notebook Consultant

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    the problem is sometime game-dependent. some game support wide-screen, and some don't.
     
    lua, Oct 3, 2007
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  5. zkyzky

    zkyzky Notebook Enthusiast

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    its every game
     
    zkyzky, Oct 4, 2007
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    turn off windowed mode?
     
    BelligerentOC, Oct 5, 2007
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  7. lua

    lua Notebook Consultant

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    can you specify the title of games you have tried?
     
    lua, Oct 5, 2007
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  8. zkyzky

    zkyzky Notebook Enthusiast

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    windowed mode is off.

    Counter-Strike
    Quake 3
    Unreal Tournament
    Unreal Tournament 2003
    Command and Conquer Red Alert 2
     
    zkyzky, Oct 5, 2007
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    kiddoe Newbie

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    i have this same exact problem with world of warcraft. same chipset 945gm, but a dell laptop instead. It started occurring when I updated with the latest intel video drivers. 15.6.1 or something.
     
    kiddoe, Oct 6, 2007
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  10. boli06

    boli06 Notebook Enthusiast

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    That happened to me too when updated to latest drivers. Just rollback. If asked, just install the Windows Update drivers, which work fine too.
     
    boli06, Oct 7, 2007
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