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| Author: | rodkinnison [ 06 Dec 2004, 02:48 ] |
| Post subject: | City of Heroes at 1680 x 1050 |
Group, I just got my first widescreen PC, with 1680 x 1050 resolution; and in spite of the fact that City of Heroes supposedly supports this resolution, I have not been able to get it to work properly. I can run it in "windowed" mode, and use the full screen with proper aspect ratio -- but frame rate is obviously slower in windowed mode. When I try to select the 1680 x 1050 resolution, I get an error message on startup: "Resolution 1680 x 1050 not supported in fullscreen mode. Defaulting to 800 x 600", and it does indeed default to that mode. Since there's plenty of widescreen gaming gurus here, I hope somebody has the answer to how to get 1680 x 1050 running properly in fullscreen mode. |
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| Author: | skipclarke [ 06 Dec 2004, 05:02 ] |
| Post subject: | City of Heroes at 1680 x 1050 |
I wish I could help you. I'm only running it at 1440x900. What card are you using, and what is the memory on it? |
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| Author: | rodkinnison [ 06 Dec 2004, 05:30 ] |
| Post subject: | City of Heroes at 1680 x 1050 |
ATI 9700 128 MB on 3.2 GHz P4, 800 MHz FSB, 400 Mhz DDR 2GB DRAM, 60GB 7200 RPM drive, Sager 4790V |
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| Author: | skipclarke [ 06 Dec 2004, 16:06 ] |
| Post subject: | City of Heroes at 1680 x 1050 |
That should have enough RAM to drive that high of a res. Have you tried a smaller res at fullscreen? Something like 1440x900. |
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| Author: | rodkinnison [ 07 Dec 2004, 06:26 ] |
| Post subject: | City of Heroes at 1680 x 1050 |
I tried a lower res, and got exactly the same error message. The game just refuses to start in the fullscreen mode at any "widescreen" resolution. Even 1440 x 900, which I know others are running at, refuses to start in that mode -- I just get the error message window about that mode being unsupported and the game defaults to 800 x 600. |
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| Author: | rodkinnison [ 28 Dec 2004, 06:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Problem was unique to the Sager notebook |
I gave up and returned the Sager notebook; I replaced it with an HP with the 1680 x 1050 screen and an Nvidia 128 MB card. Now City of Heroes runs great at either the 1440 x 900 or 1680 x 1050 resolution with no tweaking required. Others may wish to beware of this issue; I don't know if it's the ATI video card, the Sager notebook, or both that caused the problem. |
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| Author: | skipclarke [ 29 Dec 2004, 18:52 ] |
| Post subject: | City of Heroes at 1680 x 1050 |
Glad to hear you got it working. What server are you on? I'm on Virtue, and a member of a military themed Supergroup called Assault Recon. You can check out our site (still somewhat under construction) at http://www.assaultrecon.com. If you'd like to join up, let me know... |
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