Nvidia 4:3 on a 16:9 monitor and GET borders

fridgedigga · Sep 12, 2013

I want to be able to play games at like 1280:1024 because my monitor supports 75Hz at 4:3 resolutions below that. But it gets stretched across by 16:9 monitor and I'm not a huge fan of its looks.

So I want to get 4:3 aspect ratio on my 16:9 monitor and keep the aspect ratio.

I'm using Nvidia and I've looked around in the settings but I can't quite get what I want.

Please help me...

rhysiam · Sep 12, 2013

So the setting you want is hopefully on your monitor, not your video card. The video card will happily send whatever resolution you tell it to, it's your monitor that's then stretching that picture to fill the screen. Have a play around with the settings on your monitor, there should be a 4:3 setting somewhere and you should be all good to go.

PyjamasCat · Sep 12, 2013

You may not have to reduce your resolution for that. I have managed to run my 1080p monitor at 75Hz without resolution changes. If you read this downsampling guide, you will come across "Setting the best total pixel value". When you set lower values here, you can achieve higher refresh rates instead of bumping up the resolution.

http://screenarchery.wikia.com/wiki/Downsampling_%E2%80%93_A_full_guide_to_achieve_3840x2160_resolution_%E2%80%93_NVIDIA_only

photonboy · Sep 13, 2013

The problem is very simple.

There are two ways to solve it (properly) and both have to do with ASPECT RATIO.

1) Make sure the MONITOR itself is set to display by ASPECT.

I prefer method 2:

2)
a) NVidia Control Panel
b) Adjust desktop size and position
c) select "Aspect Ratio" under scaling, and
d) select "GPU" under the next option.

Your graphics card will then always send out the default resolution to your monitor and scale it to work, rather than have the monitor fix this for you. No performance loss.

**If method 2 doesn't work, switch to method 1 (enabling ASPECT in the monitor). I can't test your scenario I don't think.

Also, it's very possible whatever GAME you play will just default to 60Hz anyway. I support 50Hz at 1280x720 and 1920x1080 but very few games give me that option.

****OTHER OPTION:
You probably would have to set your DESKTOP to 1280x1024@75Hz, then start the game AFTER. If you've done the Aspect thing you get no stretching. I did test this by setting my desktop to 1920x1080@50Hz and all the games I tried were running at 50FPS instead of the normal 60FPS.

Then set things back.

(Not sure why you would want black bars just to get another 15FPS but whatever... )

k1114 · Sep 13, 2013

Most 1080p monitors are going to limit it to 60hz at 1080p but are 75hz for lower res, not just 4:3. It's related to resolution bandwidth/cable standards, and/or hardware's pixel clocks. Downsampling is having a large resolution and making it smaller. What you want to do is overclock your monitor. Although they are both achieved through custom screen res opions, they are completely different things. If you don't want to oc, scaling options need to be changed on both you gpu and monitor. In the nvidia control panel, go to adjust desktop size and position. On you monitor, you will need to look for any scaling option.

photonboy · Sep 14, 2013

k1114 :

Overclocking can damage a monitor. I know there are ways to do it, but you take your chances on simply wrecking it.

75Hz vs 60Hz isn't going to perform much differently anyway, so again it seems very strange to me that you would prefer that with BLACK BARS to a normal setup.

I've never, ever seen anyone want to do that before...

PyjamasCat · Sep 15, 2013

k1114 :

Okay, so it turns out some games actually don't run if you use my method. Also the damage thing is a bit of a scare. No more OC now

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