Widescreen Gaming

JamFace · 22 Oct 2006 at 20:22

Hey guys,
Does anyone know of any software that'll insert black bars down the sides of my widescreen monitor, rather than stretching the game.
I'm trying to play max payne 2, but it's stretching the image

I have a HannsG 19" widescreen and an ATI x1800xt
Cheers,
JamFace

meghatronic · 22 Oct 2006 at 20:35

In ATI control center......

iamgud · 22 Oct 2006 at 21:02

This is why I own a 7900GTX and a 2007WFP.

1:1 pixel mapping for the win!

90% of games can be hacked to run at native res , www.widescreengamingforum.com

But the progam you seek is Powerstrip.

JamFace · 22 Oct 2006 at 21:24

ok... sorry if this sounds pretty stupid, but i can't find the option in the ati control center, and i downloaded powerstrip, but can't work out how to make it put bars at the sides

NutritioN · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:09

Anything called display adapter scaling?

Which version of the ATI driver do you have

JamFace · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:18

ATI Catalyst Control Center Version 1.2.2425.37188
Can't seem to see anything about display adapter scaling....

CHUDS · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:22

can i just ask does any graphics card allow to use widescreen? or only the newer ones? if so what ones

Echo toxin · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:32

Why can't you just play Max Payne with a widescreen resolution? It does support them. I can get MP1 and MP2 up to 1920x1200.

Boogle · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:40

It is there in the drivers somewhere, my laptop is widescreen with an X1600 and I set it to keep the aspect ratio (black bars).

NutritioN · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:42

Install the HannsG driver from their website and select 1440 x 900 res in game. Tried that? If MP doesn't list your res then making sure Windows has the correct driver may help.

JamFace · 23 Oct 2006 at 00:24

I tried setting max payne to 1440x900 which is the native resolution of the monitor, but it still appears stretched, looks the same as when it's set to 1024x768

Downloaded the driver from hannsg too, but it just contains an inf file, which i don't know what to do with...

NutritioN · 23 Oct 2006 at 09:05

Ah, if you can already select that res that's it I thought. If it looks stretched then MP doesn't recognise it as a widescreen aspect. Don't think there's anything you can do?

to install the .inf, right-click desktop>properties>settings>advanced settings>monitor>properties>update driver>manually choose driver>choose .inf file. Or something like that