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Shad0w   07-22-2008 at 08:17:23 AM

Hey,

I am looking to buy a new monitor and step up in size from my old 19" CRT. I am looking at a 22" widescreen, but as I would like to have the option of playing games with a lower resolution than the native without distortion, I am going for a 1:1 pixelmapping monitor.

This is however difficult to find and limits the choices somewhat. Then I heard that nvidia drivers can do 1:1 pixelmapping - so my question is if any of you use this and are you satisfied with the results?

Is it good enough so you would recommend me to include monitors without 1:1 pixelmapping in my search ?

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skittle   07-22-2008 at 08:39:34 AM
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Why not just play the game windowed?

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Shad0w   07-22-2008 at 08:45:31 AM
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Because that sux :P

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PaCanc   07-22-2008 at 09:28:43 AM
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By 1:1 do you mean that if you play something in a resolution of 1024x768 on a 22" display (1680x1050) only 1024x768 pixels are drawn on the screen? (usually centered in the screen, with black bars filling the rest).
If yes, I have used this feature through nVidia driver and it worked OK.

However, I tried this with Starcraft (640x480) and Diablo 2 (800x600), and those resolutions were very small compared to the entire screen, so I played them stretched, but keeping the aspect ratio (this is also an option in the nVidia driver utility).

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Shad0w   07-22-2008 at 12:52:09 PM
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That's exactly what I mean. Do you or anyone else know if there's any difference between using the driver feature and a monitor which supports 1:1 pixelmapping directly?

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Flakes   07-22-2008 at 01:02:08 PM
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theres no difference, my monitor does it and so does my driver, both have the same effect, black bars on either side. and i haven't noticed any performance issues using either one. although be warned playing Diablo 2 in this manner on my 21.5" screen made the actaul image size about 4cm across total lol.

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Shad0w   07-22-2008 at 03:04:36 PM
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hehe :)

Sounds good. If I can rely on the driver's pixelmapping feature I got quite some more monitors to choose from.

I know 800*600 is gonna be quite small, but I can live with some stretching when playing Diablo 2, which is the only game I play in such low resolutions.

It's more likely 1280*1024 on a 22" I will run for some other games, as this will be equivalent to a 19" non-widescreen - that's big enough for me :)

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jkflipflop98   07-22-2008 at 03:36:50 PM
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Just about every LCD monitor ever made will do what you are asking.

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Shad0w   07-22-2008 at 10:38:53 PM
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Well what's all the fuss about 1:1 pixelmapping then? Which all monitors obviously don't have :)

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cjl   07-22-2008 at 11:04:50 PM
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Every one I've ever used has it.

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Shad0w   07-22-2008 at 11:06:30 PM
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Don't you think that you think of the software pixelmapping feature? For example HP W2207H and Samsung T220 doesn't have 1:1 pixelmapping to my knowledge.. just to take an example of two realtively new monitors..

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cjl   07-23-2008 at 12:23:11 AM
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No, I'm thinking of a 1:1 feature in the monitor's menu. The same place you set brightness and contrast, as well as clock and phase if you're on VGA.

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Shad0w   07-23-2008 at 12:24:59 AM
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I think you have been very lucky then. Can't come up with any other explanation :)

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Bronze Graphics badge jaguarskx   07-23-2008 at 03:26:51 AM
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jkflipflop98 wrote :

Just about every LCD monitor ever made will do what you are asking.



Actually, there aren't many wide screen monitors which have 1:1 pixel mapping.

I know mine does though.

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pauldh   07-23-2008 at 02:14:44 PM
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jaguarskx wrote :

Actually, there aren't many wide screen monitors which have 1:1 pixel mapping.

I know mine does though.


Finding a 22" with it would be tough. I bought this cheap 24" which does have it. I'm thrilled with this thing for a gaming monitor.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824014173


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cjl   07-23-2008 at 05:25:20 PM
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I know for a fact that the Dell SP2208WFP has it.


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Shad0w   07-24-2008 at 10:01:39 AM
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Okay. I just think Dell's design is so boring :)

But if the software can do the 1:1 pixelmapping just as well, then there's no point in searching for a monitor having it?

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