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pneu   10-13-2008 at 10:00:10 PM

ok well i want to play my old games in non wide screen 640*480 800*600 and i have a widescreen monitor

i read ati can support pixel aspect ratio scaling but i dont see it in the CCC panel
i have a viewsonic VA1903wb and 8.9 CCC drivers on a 3870

i also have a VGA cable with a DVI adapter

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nukemaster   10-13-2008 at 10:12:34 PM
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Enter CCC.
Make sure you are on the Advanced view
Select your screen then under "Attributes" select "Enable GPU scaling" and place a check mark on 'Maintain aspect ratio"

 

Should be like this, remember to apply it
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8884/scaleitff2.jpg


Message edited by nukemaster on 10-13-2008 at 10:13:55 PM
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http://tinyurl.com/5v55wk - C2 Mem performance? http://tinyurl.com/6pmbke - SLI/Xfire?
http://tinyurl.com/yfmxdc9 - Part Guide?
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pneu   10-13-2008 at 10:21:04 PM
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ya but i dont have tht digital panel stuff

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pneu   10-13-2008 at 10:43:08 PM
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is this because i have a vga cable with a dvi adapter? cuz its connected thru a dvi port..

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nukemaster   10-13-2008 at 11:28:50 PM
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Ahhh crap, that is exactly why. my bad.

 

looking for an alternative

 

Edit....Nothing that i can find, BOOooo

 

Can you run those games in window mode? that would at least allow them to look right.


Message edited by nukemaster on 10-13-2008 at 11:39:37 PM
------------------------------ http://i33.tinypic.com/sw3a5y.png
http://tinyurl.com/26uxxb - C2/i7 Temp? http://tinyurl.com/cj3pw - VGA power?
http://tinyurl.com/5v55wk - C2 Mem performance? http://tinyurl.com/6pmbke - SLI/Xfire?
http://tinyurl.com/yfmxdc9 - Part Guide?
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pneu   10-14-2008 at 03:29:47 AM
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yeah i can but then it'l be soo small :(!!!

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nukemaster   10-14-2008 at 04:07:08 AM
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The only other thing i could think of would be to add some resolutions that match the height of the screen to the games.

 

800 x 600 = 960 x 600 (still 16:10)
640 x 480 = 768 x 480 (Still 16:10)

 

There is a link on adding more custom resolutions to CCC, with some luck you can run windowed games with your screen at low rez to avoid the small window effect.

 


Old, but it may still work

 

http://futuremark.yougamers.com/fo [...] hp?t=13196

 

Wish i had a better idea


Message edited by nukemaster on 10-14-2008 at 04:28:46 AM
------------------------------ http://i33.tinypic.com/sw3a5y.png
http://tinyurl.com/26uxxb - C2/i7 Temp? http://tinyurl.com/cj3pw - VGA power?
http://tinyurl.com/5v55wk - C2 Mem performance? http://tinyurl.com/6pmbke - SLI/Xfire?
http://tinyurl.com/yfmxdc9 - Part Guide?
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pneu   10-14-2008 at 04:34:48 AM
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nuke master i have 960*600 but for some reason (if u fix this ill love u) ALL the text is squishy and like idk its kinda like my monitor cant handle it or something, it really grinds my gears


all the text is all screwed up and distorted or something if u no what i mean

if u cud help me fix that (idk if there is a fix) thatd be great

it happens with 768 as well

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pneu   10-14-2008 at 05:02:22 AM
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nvm man the 768 worked for me for some reason, thanks alot bro

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nukemaster   10-14-2008 at 01:21:19 PM
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glad it worked

------------------------------ http://i33.tinypic.com/sw3a5y.png
http://tinyurl.com/26uxxb - C2/i7 Temp? http://tinyurl.com/cj3pw - VGA power?
http://tinyurl.com/5v55wk - C2 Mem performance? http://tinyurl.com/6pmbke - SLI/Xfire?
http://tinyurl.com/yfmxdc9 - Part Guide?
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dEth8   07-04-2009 at 08:36:34 PM
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Nice, I've been looking for some of these suggestions for quite some time. Thanks for the contributions you posted in this thread all... especially nukemaster.

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nukemaster   07-05-2009 at 01:07:55 AM
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any time :)

------------------------------ http://i33.tinypic.com/sw3a5y.png
http://tinyurl.com/26uxxb - C2/i7 Temp? http://tinyurl.com/cj3pw - VGA power?
http://tinyurl.com/5v55wk - C2 Mem performance? http://tinyurl.com/6pmbke - SLI/Xfire?
http://tinyurl.com/yfmxdc9 - Part Guide?
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