Widescreen Gaming Forum

hey guys, plz help if you can.

i am noob to these forums so forgive me if this has been resolved. i currently have a new ASUS MW221U 22" Widescreen LCD. native res is 1680x1050 aspect 16:10.

as you know there are games, such as battlefield, doom 3 and rainbox 6 vegas that dont appear to support that resolution, meaning they dont support widescreen? max resolution in those games (for me) is 1600x1200. when i apply those resolutions, the image on the screen does not fit. the image is forced down, leaving roughly a 2 inch gap at the top of the screen. like, the whole image has been shifted down. and across a bit now i think bout it.

my mate has a Viewsonic 22" LCD VX2235WM. his runs 1600x1200 resolution sweet as, fits perfect. his monitor is same specs as mine, cept mines better :P hehe. and mine has 2ms vs his 5ms. native 1680x1050, aspect 16:10.

im guessing its a driver problem, however cant seem to work it out? my monitor doesnt come with a driver CD, nor are there any drivers on the ASUS website. i have an X1950 Crossfire Edition, single GPU. with Catalyst 7.6 display drivers (has happened in all previous versions) and running Ray Adams ATI Tray Tools for my control panel. uses way less ram compared to Catalyst Control Centre, plus has more features.

now 1 thing that bothers me, in my monitor panel options, i have an option called Aspect Control. while this does sound like the obvious winner, that option is constantly disabled, no matter which mode or refresh i run the monitor in. nothing i have done has unlocked it.

sorry for this essay guys, tried to get everythin in in one post so you didnt need to ask me any further questions. pretty sure i've covered everything i can, so look forward to ur advice.

The-Reaper

Hey welcome to the forum. :)

The reason 1600x1200 is being cut off is because your monitor cant do any more then 1050 vertically.

You don't really want to run in that resolution anyway, as its going to be stretched horizontally across the screen.

Make sure your using DVI for your input into the monitor. Then look for any option in the ATI drivers for aspect scaling, I have an Nvidia card so I'm not sure where it is. Set that to "Aspect scaling" or something similair, if the screen goes fuzzy or does anything wierd, press Esc quickly. If it doesn't work make sure that its set to "Monitor scaling" or something along those lines.

The best resolution for you to use is probably 1280x1024, set your Desktop to that and see if the Drivers scale it (If it works) or try the monitors scaling option.

Other then that, Try some of the solutions to those games in the Forum to get them running in Widescreen.

Hope I have helped in someway.

hey mate. cheers for that.

yeah i have also just discovered that my monitor wont go past 1050. ill look for aspect scaling in my drivers, strange that the Aspect Control option for my monitor is disabled in the panel.

ah well. guess i can deal with 1280x1024 in the games that wont do 1680x1050. just means i can max everything and get even more frames :D

thanks anyway

my mate has a Viewsonic 22" LCD VX2235WM. his runs 1600x1200 resolution sweet as, fits perfect. his monitor is same specs as mine, cept mines better :P hehe. and mine has 2ms vs his 5ms. native 1680x1050, aspect 16:10.

The-Reaper

Weird.. how could he get 1600x1200res?.. considering any 20"-22" highest resolution are 1680x1050res.

I understand 1600x1000 or 1600x900... but 1600x1200?...

*juz curious*...

Cheers :oops:

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my mate has a Viewsonic 22" LCD VX2235WM. his runs 1600x1200 resolution sweet as, fits perfect. his monitor is same specs as mine, cept mines better :P hehe. and mine has 2ms vs his 5ms. native 1680x1050, aspect 16:10.

The-Reaper

Weird.. how could he get 1600x1200res?.. considering any 20"-22" highest resolution are 1680x1050res.

I understand 1600x1000 or 1600x900... but 1600x1200?...

*juz curious*...

Cheers :oops:

1600x1200 is the standard 4:3 resolution for none-widescreen 20-22" LCD monitors.

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my mate has a Viewsonic 22" LCD VX2235WM. his runs 1600x1200 resolution sweet as, fits perfect. his monitor is same specs as mine, cept mines better :P hehe. and mine has 2ms vs his 5ms. native 1680x1050, aspect 16:10.

The-Reaper

Weird.. how could he get 1600x1200res?.. considering any 20"-22" highest resolution are 1680x1050res.

I understand 1600x1000 or 1600x900... but 1600x1200?...

*juz curious*...

Cheers :oops:

1600x1200 is the standard 4:3 resolution for none-widescreen 20-22" LCD monitors.

yeah but his is a WS monitor. i think he has specific drivers tho, therefore he can select 16x12 adn the monitor must auto-adjust the aspect ratio. i dunno. i can force it to work in bf2142, im happy with that for now. :)

cheers for all the replies aswell

yeah but his is a WS monitor. i think he has specific drivers tho, therefore he can select 16x12 adn the monitor must auto-adjust the aspect ratio. i dunno. i can force it to work in bf2142, im happy with that for now. :)

cheers for all the replies aswell

Doesnt it wreak the lcd monitor?.. forcing the resolution higher than its factory specification?...

1680x1050 vs 1600x1200.. extra 70 there..

*juz wondering*.. :oops:

Cheers :?

yeah but his is a WS monitor. i think he has specific drivers tho, therefore he can select 16x12 adn the monitor must auto-adjust the aspect ratio. i dunno. i can force it to work in bf2142, im happy with that for now. :)

cheers for all the replies aswell

Doesnt it wreak the lcd monitor?.. forcing the resolution higher than its factory specification?...

1680x1050 vs 1600x1200.. extra 70 there..

*juz wondering*.. :oops:

Cheers :?

nah i mean with bf2142 i can force it to run 1680x1050, which is my native resolution. bf2142 doesnt support widescreen, so max res for me is 1600x1200. there is a command that forces it to run 1680x1050. no stress on monitor. just pain in the arse that it has to be done like that.

nah i mean with bf2142 i can force it to run 1680x1050, which is my native resolution. bf2142 doesnt support widescreen, so max res for me is 1600x1200. there is a command that forces it to run 1680x1050. no stress on monitor. just pain in the arse that it has to be done like that.

Aight!, thx for the info there man :wink:

Cheers :)