Resolution reducing screen size

bushmins · 8 Jun 2007 at 20:56

When i play certain games (some old and some new) i find that if i use any resolution other than 800x600 i get 1cm of black screen at the top and sides of the picture.
My monitor is a CRT 19" and my desktop is always at 1280x1024.

Anyone have any idea?

In nwn2 i can select an option to 'put into windowed mode' then change it to 800x600, then go back to full screen then it will let me have my 1600x1200.

ns400r · 8 Jun 2007 at 20:57

Using the controls on the monitor, resize the display until it fits the screen.

Most monitors will then remember those settings.

bushmins · 8 Jun 2007 at 21:01

When in desktop i am using 1280x1024 (which has no black bit), but if i select 1600x1200 on the nvidea resolution options it does the same black line thing.

@ns400r : If i adjust my monitor to cope with the game then desktop will be out.

ns400r · 8 Jun 2007 at 23:21

Maybe not. The recent CRT monitors I have used have remembered at least 10 different screen resolutions so once configured the black edge shouldn't be a problem.

Energize · 8 Jun 2007 at 23:33

Yep crt monitors remember the resolution geometry settings in the bios or whatever. My crt auto changes for every resolution so it fills the screen.

bushmins · 11 Jun 2007 at 10:28

It works now, thanks a lot. No more black lines!

Never suspected it to be so simple. So as i set it up for 1600x1200 it will now always remember the monitor setting for that resolution... amazing what they can do with computers now