Aspect Ratio Issues

[StinkyMojo]

My 19" widescreen doesn't have an option in the OSD for a fixed aspect ratio, so I select the "Use NVIDIA scaling with fixd-aspect ration" option and it doesn't do jack.

Is this a common problem? I'm using the latest stable drivers on my 7900GTX.

I can't stand playing stretched out old games

 

[PingSpike]

What kind of monitor do you have?

I fought with this forever, then gave up and bought a second 4:3 LCD. I think some monitors just don't get along with the nvidia fixed aspect ratio scaling...either that or nvidia just never fixed it properly.

 

[StinkyMojo]

Viewsonic VA1912wb

 

[PingSpike]

I couldn't get it to work, ever, on a viewsonic 20" widescreen (I believe it was the same kind model as yours, only the 20" version) or my current vx2235w. It often gave me the opposite effect of what I was going for, putting black bars on the top and bottom and then overscanning the sides. I just think there's something wrong with the way viewsonic does their monitors that doesn't get along with the scaling.

 

[tigersty1e]

I'm using 169.25 drivers paired with an 8800 GT 512 MB and I can get nvidia fixed aspect ratio to work.

I couldn't get it to work on my old 6800 card, so this new feature may just be a new feature for the 8800 cards.

In any case, I select the 4:3 resolution first (1400 x 1050) and then click yes to accept changes. After that click the fixed aspect ration bubble and then hit yes to accept and black bars appear.

If I click fixed aspect ratio first before selecting a 4:3 resolution, the feature doesn't work and it reverts back to default.

 

[BassBomb]

It's always worked with my 6600GT and my 8800GT

On NEC 20WMGX2 and Sharp LC52D62U

It only works on DVI if you did not know

 

[nitromullet]

Try the "do not scale" option. That should give you the image at the exact resolution you select in the center of the screen.