XFX 7950 aspect ratio problem

[Viridian112]

Hey.

I'm running the latest Catalyst 13.1 drivers for my XFX R7950 DD, and my monitor is an LED Philips 226V (native resolution of 1920x1080 @ 16:9). I can't figure out how to allow games to run at custom resolutions - or if it's even possible.

The problem occurs mainly in older games that run at a native resolution of 1024x768. I want to run these games at the available resolutions without my image being stretched across the screen to create a blurry, stretched picture fill. Is there a way to keep the aspect ratio and resolution within the center of the screen?

I was able to do it on my old computer (nvidia geforce 9200)/monitor. Is it a problem with Radeon cards?


I'm unable to locate any option that allows you to change anything to do with scaling or GPU scaling within my drivers. Any help/advice? Thanks.

 

[smeezekitty]

Usually monitors will automatically stretch an image when fed non-native resolution.

You can look for an option to turn it off but most times it is always on.

 

[Viridian112]

Do you know where I might find such an option? I've tried looking at my monitor properties, and in my CCC drivers, and I can't see anything. :/

 

[smeezekitty]

Have you checked the monitor on screen display? Otherwise it is probably unsupported.

 

[Viridian112]

I can change between 4:3 and 16:9 resolutions, but one doesn't adapt to the other in games. Does this mean I'm forever doomed to suffer through vintage games in blurred stretchiness?

 

[Viridian112]

UPDATE (sorry for gravedig):

Tried this monitor out on my old PC with a NVIDIA GeForce 9200 and original drivers, the aspect ratio adjusts automatically when I change resolutions instead of forcing everything to 1920x1080. This means my monitor is fine - is it a GPU issue or a driver one?

 

[smeezekitty]

Settings or driver issue. Things like that are not GPU hardware dependent.