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April 14th, 2004, 03:28 AM
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1280x800
playing games at this res is just wrong all the games i've plaved on my hp zt3020ea look stretched and they dont have a res choice of 1280x800 so no way to fix that, anyone know of an app that can well cut the screen size temp for games and apps, the only choice i hav now is to play games windowed, it horrible
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April 14th, 2004, 09:51 AM
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Of course its stretched - you've got the aspect ratio all mucked up. The standard resolutions would be 1280x1024, 1152x864 and 1024x768. Set your display to one of these.
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April 14th, 2004, 10:30 AM
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Laptops displays don't react particularly well to resolutions other than their native one - usually 1024x768.
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April 15th, 2004, 04:09 PM
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i know that its playing in 16:9 but none of the games allow me to select anything other than 4:3 res's.
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April 15th, 2004, 04:45 PM
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What specific graphics card is in that thing?
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April 15th, 2004, 04:49 PM
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Can you see any of the icons on the screen at that res?
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April 15th, 2004, 04:51 PM
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I'm guessing this is a widescreen laptop? Doesn't look so pretty now, does it?
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April 17th, 2004, 01:14 PM
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ati 9200 w/64mb, 15.4" 16:9 Widescreen laptop, it seems gta vc and nfs hp2 have options for 16:9 screens, at least thats all i can find for now, maybe witht the increase in 16:9 screens more games will have this option
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May 28th, 2004, 12:13 PM
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please see www.widescreengamingforum.com |
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May 28th, 2004, 12:53 PM
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thanks
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