The Official Widescreen Gaming Thread

Razeus · Feb 6, 2007, 05:40 PM

It's the future.

Widescreen monitors are becoming standard on all gaming systems.

Dev's need to know, we will not stand for unsupported games using widescreen rez's!!!

Post your widescreen games you play along with your native rez, cpu, gpu and ram (if not already in your sig). Give these 4:3 users reason they too can enjoy widescreen gaming!

Right now, I'm enjoying EQ2 and CoH

**logical** · Feb 6, 2007, 08:13 PM

Youd be better off reading the WidescreenGamingForum Forum. THE place for all widescreen gaming hacks and fixes.

Sh26 · Feb 6, 2007, 08:22 PM

"standard?"

I still use my old crt monitor

**Trunks0** · Feb 6, 2007, 10:07 PM

Dell 24" 2405FPW, native resolution of 1920x1200. IMHO it is one of the best things I have ever purchased. The game I'm currently enjoying most in all its widescreen goodness is "Call of Duty 2", which has some of the best widescreen support I have seen yet.

Razeus · Feb 6, 2007, 10:38 PM

^
Jealous. What kind of frames you getting with that 1900+ rez? do you use AA and AF?

**Trunks0** · Feb 6, 2007, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwhjr77

^
Jealous. What kind of frames you getting with that 1900+ rez? do you use AA and AF?

I use AF in varying degree's depending on the game, but AA is generally out of the question unless it is an older game or I dip below the native resolution. And the frame rates are not amazing as I do not have a very powerful rig

. That said however the monitor is awesome for watching movie's on and perfect for multi-tasking with multiple windows. Which as luck would have it, is some thing I find my self doing more of than gaming these days so it works out quite well

kkevin666 · Feb 6, 2007, 11:36 PM

Sorry but until huge game publishers like EA etc start insisting games have widescreen support no amount of posting will help.

They simply will not cater to widescreen gamers when the ADD multitude of gamers dont even know what widescreen is.
Fact of life im afraid.

Sorry bad day.

Supra_Freak · Feb 7, 2007, 12:08 AM

Im running on a Samsung 19" SyncMaster 940BW with HDCP at 1440x900 native Rez on an 8800GTX with 1gb of Ram and a 3200+ Venice at 2.8GHz!

Il never go back to 4:3 again, widescreen ftw!!!

icecold1983 · Feb 7, 2007, 12:13 AM

do u just stretch the movies? or do u have an hd dvd/blueray

**Trunks0** · Feb 7, 2007, 12:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kkevin666

Sorry but until huge game publishers like EA etc start insisting games have widescreen support no amount of posting will help.

They simply will not cater to widescreen gamers when the ADD multitude of gamers dont even know what widescreen is.
Fact of life im afraid.

Sorry bad day.

Its one of the requirement of the "Games for Windows" certification from Microsoft, so if they want the cert they will.

Razeus · Feb 7, 2007, 09:10 AM

What the hell are you doing buying EA games anyway?

(Though I will be picking up Crysis - hope EA don't milk it too bad). I'm certain Crysis will have widescreen rez.

_TiTaNiuM · Feb 7, 2007, 09:17 AM

I play pretty much every everything at widescreen since I got my gateway FPD2485W.

1920x1200 all the way!

For example:
World of Warcraft/The Burning Crusade
Medieval 2: Total War
Rome: Total War
HL2/HL/CS:S/DoD:S/Sourcemods
Red Orchestra
Quake4
Doom 3
FEAR
BF2142
BF2

and many more.

Most games seem pretty adaptive to widescreen

This monitor has made my anime viewing much more enjoyable! It's glorious and I still cant get over how badass this beast is.

I usually get away with 2x AA and 8x af, sometimes more AA depending on game, framerates usually are pretty strong suprisingly for the resolution and meager capabilities of my system.

DeathKnight · Feb 7, 2007, 10:48 AM

Westinghouse LTV-32W6 32" LCD HDTV
1360x768 with VGA input

I have and play quite a few widescreen games. I also have workarounds/hacks for a few games that have no 'official' support for widescreen resolutions.

Anteuz · Feb 7, 2007, 04:06 PM

Yes, widescreen gaming for the win!
I 'only' have HP w19 lcd monitor and samsung hdtv, once you go wide there's no going back. I'm currently playing Nwn2, waiting for Supreme Commander.

Crawdaddy79 · May 18, 2007, 11:04 PM

All this time I thought widescreen gaming was a gimmick. "Why would you prefer to have your aspect stretched?" I asked myself many times any time someone talked about widescreen gaming.

Well, now that I've had a widescreen for about a month now, I love it.

Aspect ratios in games that support it - surprisingly do not stretch. Instead you simply have more viewing room. I was watching some of the old videos I recorded with FRAPS with Trackmania United and it seriously just looks like the edges of the game are cut off. Very boring.

In any case, if you do not have a widescreen I strongly encourage you to get one.

Now I know why people were bitching so badly about Battlefield 2 not supporting it. Stretched objects suck.

The Pig · May 18, 2007, 11:07 PM

It's like a whole new world. I'll never go back to 4:3 or CRTs again.

TheOwly1 · May 18, 2007, 11:35 PM

I enjoy it...but you sure can get kicked in the teeth by old games if your monitor stretches everything to fit. Playing Planescape Torment at the moment and its nasty having to put up with everything streched.

AL1916W 1440x900 8800GTX 2GB RAM

chew · May 18, 2007, 11:52 PM

Love my 2005fpw.

You guys cal your rigs crap? I play most of my games at 1280x800 stock and still get under 30fps.

Taman Linkin · May 19, 2007, 12:37 AM

Using Samsung LA32R7 and widescreen is awesome. Nice unfair viewing advantage :P And I have no prob playing 4:3 ratio, just put the TV option at 4:3 render mode.

Sweetz · May 19, 2007, 02:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheOwly1

I enjoy it...but you sure can get kicked in the teeth by old games if your monitor stretches everything to fit. Playing Planescape Torment at the moment and its nasty having to put up with everything streched.

AL1916W 1440x900 8800GTX 2GB RAM

That's why I love my Samsung LN-T2653H HDTV, built in 4:3 support. I just hit the old aspect button on the remote and no stretching of 4:3 resolutions without having to screw with flaky driver LCD scaling settings.

The game that made me buy a widescreen was Oblivion. Though truth be told I think Half-Life 2 has made me appreciate more than anything. You wouldn't think it, but that game really benefits from widescreen.

badboy · May 21, 2007, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheOwly1

I enjoy it...but you sure can get kicked in the teeth by old games if your monitor stretches everything to fit. Playing Planescape Torment at the moment and its nasty having to put up with everything streched.

AL1916W 1440x900 8800GTX 2GB RAM

you can set it so doesnt stretch in the driver options..
you get a smaller screen but at least it looks good

TheOwly1 · May 21, 2007, 01:35 AM

Hmmm. I cant see it anywhere... Using latest NV drivers

.

ChrisRay · May 21, 2007, 02:19 AM

22 inch Widescreen monitor with native 1680x1050 resolution. And a olevia 27 inch Widescreen LCD HDTV. Which supports 1920x1080 interlaced resolution. As well as 720P. Widescreen is where its at

badboy · May 21, 2007, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheOwly1

Hmmm. I cant see it anywhere... Using latest NV drivers

.

strange....

I will see exactly where it is when I get home

aop · May 21, 2007, 11:32 AM

Just got my Samsung 225BW 22" WS monitor today. Widescreen is so much better than standard 4:3 but honestly I like my old CRTs colours much more than I like the colours of this new LCD. I have only played LotRO with my new monitor and it looks a lot better than on 4:3 monitor. Too bad my video card just started crapping on itself (getting a GF8800GTS 640MB this week or at the beginning of next week) and I have to RMA it when I receive my new card.

Hell_Razor · May 21, 2007, 02:48 PM

loving my dell 2407

my rig is not bad, so now, if i can't play a game in widescreen, i don't play it at all.

_TiTaNiuM · May 21, 2007, 03:00 PM

I

widescreen gaming and I especially

my 24in Gateway pwnitor (not just a monitor, but a PWNitor!)

moshpit · May 21, 2007, 06:04 PM

Dell 22" Widescreen here. 1680x1050 resolution on everything I play. Most games I play support it natively. SupCom and Stalker with the 1.0003 patch mainly right now, both look spectacular in widescreen. Also played a little with Oblivion, FEAR (took some hacking), and C&C3, all looking sweet as hell.

For movie and media viewing, a good widescreen can't be beat. I love mine

badboy · May 22, 2007, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheOwly1

Hmmm. I cant see it anywhere... Using latest NV drivers

.

its in here

open the nvidia control panel > display > Change Flat Panel Scaling

Jaillum Malord · May 22, 2007, 04:54 AM

Currently waiting for Lost Planet - Being playing the Demo to death with a vengence - Have an Acer AL2623W 26" monitor with a Native Res of 1920x1200. GFX card (See Sig) handles the resolution like a dream.

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Razeus Radeon Arctic Islands Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 24,125	The Official Widescreen Gaming Thread It's the future. Widescreen monitors are becoming standard on all gaming systems. Dev's need to know, we will not stand for unsupported games using widescreen rez's!!! Post your widescreen games you play along with your native rez, cpu, gpu and ram (if not already in your sig). Give these 4:3 users reason they too can enjoy widescreen gaming! Right now, I'm enjoying EQ2 and CoH

Feb 6, 2007, 08:13 PM	#2
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Feb 6, 2007, 08:22 PM	#3
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Feb 6, 2007, 10:07 PM	#4
Trunks0 Keeping an open mind Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada Posts: 19,969	Dell 24" 2405FPW, native resolution of 1920x1200. IMHO it is one of the best things I have ever purchased. The game I'm currently enjoying most in all its widescreen goodness is "Call of Duty 2", which has some of the best widescreen support I have seen yet. __________________ -Trunks0 not speaking for all and if I am wrong I never said it. (plz note that is meant as a joke) System: Gigabyte Z87X D3H - Intel i5 4670k @ 4.2Ghz - CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Black RGB - 16Gb Kingston HyperX Black DDR3-1600 - Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD±RW - Samsung 850 Evo 250Gib - 4TiB Seagate - Asus Radeon R9 Fury STRIX - Creative AE-5 Plus - Windows 10 64-bit Last edited by Trunks0 : Feb 6, 2007 at 10:12 PM.

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Feb 6, 2007, 10:38 PM	#5
Razeus Radeon Arctic Islands Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 24,125	^ Jealous. What kind of frames you getting with that 1900+ rez? do you use AA and AF?

Feb 6, 2007, 11:36 PM	#7
kkevin666 Radeon R520 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Newport South Wales Posts: 469	Sorry but until huge game publishers like EA etc start insisting games have widescreen support no amount of posting will help. They simply will not cater to widescreen gamers when the ADD multitude of gamers dont even know what widescreen is. Fact of life im afraid. Sorry bad day.

Feb 7, 2007, 12:08 AM	#8
Supra_Freak I did this to your momma! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Delhi Ontario, Canada Posts: 7,012	Im running on a Samsung 19" SyncMaster 940BW with HDCP at 1440x900 native Rez on an 8800GTX with 1gb of Ram and a 3200+ Venice at 2.8GHz! Il never go back to 4:3 again, widescreen ftw!!! __________________

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Feb 7, 2007, 12:13 AM	#9
icecold1983 Radeon Arctic Islands Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,757	do u just stretch the movies? or do u have an hd dvd/blueray

Feb 7, 2007, 09:10 AM	#11
Razeus Radeon Arctic Islands Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 24,125	What the hell are you doing buying EA games anyway? (Though I will be picking up Crysis - hope EA don't milk it too bad). I'm certain Crysis will have widescreen rez.

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Feb 7, 2007, 10:48 AM	#13
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Feb 7, 2007, 04:06 PM	#14
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May 18, 2007, 11:04 PM	#15
Crawdaddy79 Radeon 8500 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 18,695	Hope I don't get another infraction for bumping this. All this time I thought widescreen gaming was a gimmick. "Why would you prefer to have your aspect stretched?" I asked myself many times any time someone talked about widescreen gaming. Well, now that I've had a widescreen for about a month now, I love it. Aspect ratios in games that support it - surprisingly do not stretch. Instead you simply have more viewing room. I was watching some of the old videos I recorded with FRAPS with Trackmania United and it seriously just looks like the edges of the game are cut off. Very boring. In any case, if you do not have a widescreen I strongly encourage you to get one. Now I know why people were bitching so badly about Battlefield 2 not supporting it. Stretched objects suck.

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May 18, 2007, 11:07 PM	#16
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May 18, 2007, 11:35 PM	#17
TheOwly1 Radeon Sea Islands Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,183	I enjoy it...but you sure can get kicked in the teeth by old games if your monitor stretches everything to fit. Playing Planescape Torment at the moment and its nasty having to put up with everything streched. AL1916W 1440x900 8800GTX 2GB RAM __________________ EXAMINE You see a signature. It is a picture of an astonishing island landscape. A picture of the best cat you have ever seen is in the bottom left corner, as well as a detailed list of system specs. The font is large and bold.

May 18, 2007, 11:52 PM	#18
chew no Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,901	Love my 2005fpw. You guys cal your rigs crap? I play most of my games at 1280x800 stock and still get under 30fps.

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May 19, 2007, 12:37 AM	#19
Taman Linkin Rage3D Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hulu Langat, Selangor. Posts: 1,244	Using Samsung LA32R7 and widescreen is awesome. Nice unfair viewing advantage :P And I have no prob playing 4:3 ratio, just put the TV option at 4:3 render mode. __________________ I'm no fanboy. Never was. Never will be.

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May 21, 2007, 01:35 AM	#22
TheOwly1 Radeon Sea Islands Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,183	Hmmm. I cant see it anywhere... Using latest NV drivers . __________________ EXAMINE You see a signature. It is a picture of an astonishing island landscape. A picture of the best cat you have ever seen is in the bottom left corner, as well as a detailed list of system specs. The font is large and bold. Last edited by TheOwly1 : May 21, 2007 at 01:53 AM.

May 21, 2007, 02:19 AM	#23
ChrisRay 1983 - 2010 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3,641	22 inch Widescreen monitor with native 1680x1050 resolution. And a olevia 27 inch Widescreen LCD HDTV. Which supports 1920x1080 interlaced resolution. As well as 720P. Widescreen is where its at __________________ Chris 'ChrisRay' Arthington 1983 - 2010 May you rest in peace -- \|CPU: Intel I7 Lynnfield @ 3.2 Ghz\|Mobo:Asus P7P55 WS Supercomputer \|Memory:8 Gigs DDR3 1333\|Video:Geforce GTX 295 Quad SLI\|Monitor:Samsung Syncmaster 1680x1080 3D Vision\/Olevia 27 Inch Widescreen HDTV 1920x1080 \|CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition @ 2.5 Ghz\|Mobo:Asus M3n HT Deluxe Nforce 780A\|Memory: 4 gigs DDR2 800\| Video: Geforce GTX 280x2 SLI Nzone SLI Forum Administrator NVIDIA User Group Members receive free software and/or hardware from NVIDIA from time to time to facilitate the evaluation of NVIDIA products. However, the opinions expressed are solely those of the members

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May 21, 2007, 11:32 AM	#25
aop Radeon Caribbean Islands Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 4,685	Just got my Samsung 225BW 22" WS monitor today. Widescreen is so much better than standard 4:3 but honestly I like my old CRTs colours much more than I like the colours of this new LCD. I have only played LotRO with my new monitor and it looks a lot better than on 4:3 monitor. Too bad my video card just started crapping on itself (getting a GF8800GTS 640MB this week or at the beginning of next week) and I have to RMA it when I receive my new card.

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May 21, 2007, 02:48 PM	#26
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