Games Not Playing in Fullscreen?

Moxide · Feb 3, 2014

I've recently got Loadout and Warframe but I can't run'em in full screen. I set the settings to full screen on both games and changed the resolution to my monitor's, but I have an inch or so of black screen on the edges when I play these games, it's quiet annoying.

nukemaster · Feb 3, 2014

Are you running the same refresh rate and resolution on the desktop? Does it do this as well?

This is a common issue with over/underscan on HDMI enabled devices(some go way over the edge of the screen while others do what you are seeing). I would first check the cards control panel to see if you can change the over/underscan options to make this problem go away.

Moxide · Feb 3, 2014

nukemaster :

How do I do this :\?

I'm sorry aboot my noobiness.

Edit: Now it's gone for Loadout, but there is still the boarder for Warframe although I have the same resolution on both.
I've experienced this problem anywhere before.

nukemaster · Feb 3, 2014

What kind of video card do you have. It is generally in the video cards software.

If you are running the same resolution on the desktop it should also have these bars around the screen, does it?

Moxide · Feb 3, 2014

nukemaster :

On Warframe it still has it. And no, my computer doesn't have'em.

My video card is AMD Radeon HD 7700

nukemaster · Feb 4, 2014

It may be a game issue, try to see if the game has windowed full screen or fake full screen as an option(this all assumes you are 100% sure you are running the same resolution and refresh on the game and desktop).

Shantanu Ghose · Feb 4, 2014

Moxide :

is your monitor on the recommended resolution?

Moxide · Feb 4, 2014

Shantanu Ghose :

My monitor is not on the recommended resolution as it has the black thing on the edges. 1600x900 (what I have now) fits it perfectly.

Moxide · Feb 4, 2014

nukemaster :

There are a few problems with windowed mode. Firstly, FPS/TPS games don't work well at all when it's like that. When I'm moving my mouse down and the right click for whatever reason, instead of just doing the task, it opens and options bar on the tool bar.

nukemaster · Feb 4, 2014

Strange I have played many games in Windowed fullscreen/fake full screen/border-less window mode on both Nvidia and AMD hardware. This mode looks just like full screen, but games do not minimize on alt tab, they still show behind whatever you are running.

What monitor is it anyway? and what is the recommended resolution?

Moxide · Feb 4, 2014

Recommended: 1920x1080

It has the border though.

Screen is 24inch I think.

nukemaster · Feb 4, 2014

and is 1920 x 1080 what you run on the desktop as well? or is that at 1600 x 900 as well?

Moxide · Feb 4, 2014

nukemaster :

I run 1600 x 900 as it fits my screen perfectly.

nukemaster · Feb 4, 2014

I highly recommend you change to 1920 x 1080 and adjust overscan/underscan until the image fits your screen.

LCD screens look much better at the native(recommended) resolution.

Open AMD Catalyst Control Center(if you do not have it you should install it from the AMD website.) and select My Digital Flat Panels and then Scaling Options. You may have to go all the way to 0% on the Overscan side

Moxide · Feb 4, 2014

Thank you

!

nukemaster · Feb 5, 2014

Any time

HDMI because it is used on TV's and computers sometimes needs some slight tweaks(tv's tend to overscan so computers tend to underscan by default).

sanjaykrishna · Aug 21, 2014

Moxide :

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