21:9 Aspect Ratio PC Games info

FTL · 13 Mar 2015 at 21:42

Scougar said:
As I have a 7850K APU I want to find out if I can do 1:1 pixel mapping with these LG super wide monitors so I can reduce the image size if I need to (so I'd get black on either side of the image to help with performance.) ?

Is that possible?

And yes... I'm very curious as I'm after a new monitor

Hi Scougar!!

Scougar · 14 Mar 2015 at 02:21

FTL said:
Hi Scougar!!

FasterThanLight of FFS by chance? Hi :-)

Been looking at the 25" LG 21:9 but not sure it is really a suitable display, as I read documents and code... I like my vertical height :-(

Seems like something with decent vertical pixels is the 34" LG but that is rather darn pricey :-(

old gamer · 26 Mar 2015 at 15:35

reinstalled aliens vs predator as I thought it would support 21.9, being 5 years old now the graphics can look a bit dated but still nice to play at ultrawide

Phixsator · 26 Mar 2015 at 16:06

old gamer said:
reinstalled aliens vs predator as I thought it would support 21.9, being 5 years old now the graphics can look a bit dated but still nice to play at ultrawide

Makes you laugh or cry when an old game like that works but a new 2014/2015 release does not.

foster grant · 26 Mar 2015 at 16:22

I have two 21.9 lg monitors..and have one of them set to 1920 x1080 for firefox and alike ...but the monitor I game on is set to (BF4 /BF3/TITANFALL ) 2560 x1440...if i have it set to 2560 x1080 i get those horrid black bars at the side ...also that resolution in game is not nice to look at for me .

Nexus18 · 26 Mar 2015 at 16:30

You shouldn't have black bars with bf 4, 3 or titan fall at 2560x1080, they properly support 21.9

foster grant · 26 Mar 2015 at 16:33

well thats what I thought Nexus ....but lol

Sorry I should say not in game ....but at the game menu

Nexus18 · 26 Mar 2015 at 16:41

Ah yes there isn't anything you can do about that.

I think flawless wide-screen fixes stuff like that for some games though.

foster grant · 26 Mar 2015 at 16:52

still...cant grumble lol

AWPC · 26 Mar 2015 at 20:04

PC devs are getting lazier all the time their CBA to support 21:9 natively is costing them sales @ full price most 21:9 owners I know will not buy a PC game @ full price if it does not support 21:9 natively. The 21:9 modders like HaYDen have had enough it seems as well no new 21:9 mods from him this year just fixes to existing mods.

All the PC devs have to do is either zoom in on the image a little & or adjust their FOV calculator so it looks @ resolution x aspect ratio to display the correct FOV!

If GTA5 does not support 21:9 natively I am probably done with my 21:9 LG forever (I emailed the PC devs for GTA5 back in Sept 2014 to request 21:9 support so they know about it but never reply).

21:9 is a great aspect ratio but at this rate its going to be 10 years before it ever becomes a PC mainstream resolution

Phixsator · 26 Mar 2015 at 20:29

21:9 is perfect for gaming and for movies.. Its weird that no body thought of this when 16:9 was chosen to be "mainstream". I cannot see a negative thing about 21:9. Wish support and adoptation was better cause its bloody awwsome. Im buying a 16:9 gsync panel soon but only for fast fps games as im still going to enjoy my RPGs on my immersive AOC 2963pm.. god i love IPS.

silvagti · 26 Mar 2015 at 20:52

Phixsator said:
21:9 is perfect for gaming and for movies.. Its weird that no body thought of this when 16:9 was chosen to be "mainstream".

It's just down to limitations of technology really. 21:9 has been mainstream in the cinema pretty much forever. 4:3 was just a kludge because the CRT technology wasn't there to create a 21:9 TV back in the day. Likewise 16:9 followed on from it to fill the gap between 4:3 and 21:9.

If it had been technologically feasible I'm sure we'd probably have went straight to 21:9 rather than bothering with 16:9 and 4:3!

Nexus18 · 26 Mar 2015 at 23:05

Yup, games these days are a joke for true 21.9 support, it is amazing how almost all of the much older games work really well yet games from the last year or 2 don't.

I am most likely going to jump to a 27" 1440 screen in the next few months especially if gta 5 doesn't have proper 21.9 support....

AWPC · 1 Apr 2015 at 19:28

Dirt 3 Complete Edition (Steamworks) has native 21:9 support just tested it out.

GamingSlug · 2 Apr 2015 at 17:44

Pillars of Eternity has native support for 21:9

Phixsator · 2 Apr 2015 at 17:46

GamingSlug said:
Pillars of Eternity has native support for 21:9

And adds a whole new sense of immersion to the game as well. Im playing it myself right now on my 29" AOC and im loving that game already. Have spent over 10 hours on the game so fare and are not out of gilded vale yet

AWPC · 4 Apr 2015 at 11:00

DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin - 21:9 support is now fixed by HaYDen but for now you need to set your desktop to 1920x1080 as it only works for windowed mode not full screen mode he has to do more work on that.

http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=24098&start=1010

Without people like HaYDen 21:9 would be over before its even started as so many devs are too lazy to implement it. LG, Samsung, Dell etc etc ahould sponsor HaYDen to do these fixes

AWPC · 12 Apr 2015 at 13:06

Ori And The Blind Forest- Flawless widescreen has now fixed this with their excellent addin for 21:9 support.

IceWind · 12 Apr 2015 at 13:45

eve online is native at this res

johnnystuff · 12 Apr 2015 at 19:45

IceWind said:
~~eve online~~ excel is native at this res

Fixed that for ya