Streeeeetched Screen Problems

Cueshark · 27 Apr 2006 at 21:09

Ok....

I have just bought a Viewsonic VX2025WM and I'm playing an old game.

I have the ingame res set to 1152x864 which made the game perfect on my old 19" crt.

But with my new monitor it will stretch the display to fit onto the widescreen.

In the catalyst control centre I can change my display properties from "stretch image to full panel size" to "use centred timings" - I think this has an effect to something...but still the image will be stretched to fit.

The monitor settings ( on the actual monitor itself ) are locked.....I think this is because I'm using the digital input which forces automatic settings.

I want the bars ....but this monitor wants to correct everything.

Can anyone help :<

ChoÞÞer · 27 Apr 2006 at 21:34

isnt they any buttons on the screen, which you can move in and out..? like on crt screens..

Cueshark · 27 Apr 2006 at 22:42

Nope : <

I think those analogue manual display options are only available if you use the vga inputs...I'm using dvi so it configures itself automatically.

There should be a way to override this with the catalyst control centre.

But whatever I choose it still stretches.

I wonder if there is an option I'm missing somewhere.

ChoÞÞer · 27 Apr 2006 at 22:51

ah.. well.. sorry i cant help you

hope you fix it.. good luck

Raymond Lin · 27 Apr 2006 at 23:40

you have 2 options

1 - play the game at 1680 x 1050

2 - play the game stretched

It is well known that the viewsonic doesn't do scaling like the NEC and Philips, or last option, get an nvidia card. It seems you can achieve scaling via software with nvidia cards but not ATI.

wellibob · 28 Apr 2006 at 13:20

Shame some of these widescreen monitors dont have a "just" mode, similar to the panosonic Tv set ups. "Just" being the center of the image stays the same, and the left & right gets pulled out to fill the screen, without being highly noticable.

Raymond Lin · 28 Apr 2006 at 13:30

wellibob said:
Shame some of these widescreen monitors dont have a "just" mode, similar to the panosonic Tv set ups. "Just" being the center of the image stays the same, and the left & right gets pulled out to fill the screen, without being highly noticable.

That is still disproportional isn't it?

wellibob · 28 Apr 2006 at 13:47

It is, but unless a game supports widescreen resolutions, your pretty much stuck with squashed image on a widescreen TFT. I kept a standard TFT to play games that dont support a 16.9/16.10 aspect ratio. A pain, but there you go.

Raymond Lin · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:22

wellibob said:
It is, but unless a game supports widescreen resolutions, your pretty much stuck with squashed image on a widescreen TFT. I kept a standard TFT to play games that dont support a 16.9/16.10 aspect ratio. A pain, but there you go.

not all, Dell, NEC, Philips screen can let you play a game in proportion with boarders on either sides, it can even stretch proportionally until 1 diamension hits the edge but keeps the ratio of the image.

wellibob · 28 Apr 2006 at 23:31

Yes, a non widescreen mode is supported on various lcd monitors. Handy function for those who demand it.