Widescreen on fullscreen issue

[John Williams]

I just got an nVidia 8800GT. My monitor is a Viewsonic G220fb fullscreen CRT.

Since I installed the 8800, I haven't been able to use widescreen resolutions for anything. If I set up a widescreen resolution, in a game or on the desktop, instead of putting black bars on the top and bottom of the monitor, it stretches the sides out beyond the edges of the screen. By pushing my cursor to the edges of the screen, I can 'scroll' back and forth. The monitor controls don't fix the problem at all, and I can't find any settings that have any effect on it.

I've been searching for days, but this is one of those oddball problems that searching for is almost useless, as the terms bring back tens of thousands of responses. Any help wold be appreciated.

WinXP Pro
DX9 (latest)
8800GT
Audigy 2
169.21 video drivers

 

[BassBomb]

Why are you trying to use widescreen resolutions on 4:3?

Are you using DVI?

 

[Syntax Error]

Nvidia control panel should have resolution scaling settings, there is one setting that allows you to keep the aspect ratio, which is probably what you're looking for.

But yeah, why are you running Widescreen resolutions on 4:3? Unless the game-in-question gives you Hor+ in viewing angle, there's no real point.

 

[WelshBloke]

Why are you trying to use widescreen resolutions on 4:3?

But yeah, why are you running Widescreen resolutions on 4:3?

Well some games just look better that way! :laugh:

Right click desktop
click nvidea control panel
wait frikken ages till application opens (welshbloke goes into long and boring diatribe about how both major graphics vendors need to pull there fingers out of their as.... oh its opened cool)


change flat panel scaling
use nvidea scaling with fixed-aspect ratio

or even better if your monitor supports it

use my displays built-in scaling

 

[BassBomb]

Flat panel scaling will only work with DVI

 

[Lithan]

Originally posted by: BassBomb
Flat panel scaling will only work with DVI

That sounds like a reasonable answer to me.

 

[John Williams]

I prefer the feel of widescreen when a game properly supports it.

My monitor is a plain old CRT, so there is no section for scaling.