Okay I have a desktop computer, with a 16:10 widescreen. I usually play games at max resolution at 1680 x 1050, but the latest games I have been playing I can't. Due to the options built in not having all the choices, I have to choose from 1152 x 720 which is the highest 16:10 I can run, next would be 1440 x 900. My question, is I can either opt to go for a 16:9 or a 5:3, but what would be closer or better quality, as compared to my default? I can go with 1280 x 720 or 1280 x 768. Help?
Anyone? I know it seems like an odd question. I am just a min/maxer when it comes to gaming, and it is the smallest of things that bother me lol. Thanks.
Most 16:10 screens will accept 16:9 signals. Sometimes they will put thin black bars at the top and bottom of the screen, letterbox style, and sometimes they will just stretch the image vertically. It depends on what the engineer that designed the circuity wanted it to do. Some games have resolution patches or settings hacks, I would investigate this for the titles that are giving you trouble; adding another resolution can be as easy as changing a couple of characters in an xml file. 16:10 screens are still very common, and 1680 x 1050 might be the most common 16:10 resolution out there...that is the kind of thing that almost guarantees support, at least from the aftermarket. Neither 1280 x 720 or 1280 x 768 will be a good solution for you...the resolution might be a touch higher, but the stretching would ruin it, or you would loose part of your screen to letterboxing.
Ah, okay. Well the games are world of warcraft, (I know, easy game to run but my comp is uber low end) and Sims 3. I am not familiar with editing xml files, but thanks anyway.
Both of those games come with 1680 x 1050 support. If these resolutions work from the desktop, but not from the games, then the problem is probably either a video driver, a monitor driver, or a lack of video memory. For the video drivers, get them from whoever made the video chip (nVidia, ATI, etc). For the monitor driver, just use the generic driver built into windows. For the lack of video memory, you might be able to allocate extra system memory to video by using the BIOS setup screens.
So So how would I do the BIOS thingy? It supports 1680 x 1050, my video card just can't handle it. I am still waiting till I get money for a new PSU and a video card. I was prob going to get the Radeon 5670, I think that is what it was. Me and sammorriss already had a thread going about this in the building a new pc area. I am just trying to find a better resolution than 1152 x 720 cuz that makes the window so small and if I fullscreen it, it distorts it kinda. Thanks again.
I have, and it works, but the windowed comes out even more distorted it seems. I have gone down to 1152 x 720 on desktop. But meh, thanks for trying and helping.
