Widescreen Gaming

thedoc46 · 16 Nov 2007 at 15:11

Thinking of going widescreen rather than dual..

Which PC games out there support widescreen?

Also is it true anything that dons the 'Gaming For Windows' marketing banner, must support widescreen?

KNiVES · 16 Nov 2007 at 15:14

Nearly every game supports widescreen. You want to watch out for games that don't, instead of games that do.

Yes, the GFW thing is true. But it's more of a marketing bullet point than anything else, seeing as widescreen resolutions are the standard in PC games and have been for nearly a decade anyway.

<Dubz> · 16 Nov 2007 at 15:17

why not both! i use a normal 16 and a Viewsonic 20 inch wide for gaming

bloodline76 · 16 Nov 2007 at 15:21

If it doesnt support it then there is usually a fix out that that enables it. Ive recently gone to widescreen and havent looked back since.

Recommended!

manoz · 16 Nov 2007 at 15:26

Newer games do (cept SoF lol), older games usually have a fix available from widescreen gaming forum

PhillyDee · 16 Nov 2007 at 15:32

Except Battlefield 2 and 2142. EA think its giving you an unfair advantage. :rolleyes:

Even though playing on an LCD other than native res gives you a disadvantage. Cant think of any games apart from them 2.

Toothpick · 16 Nov 2007 at 17:29

You may have to edit config files for some games, I can't remember any game from the last year or two that won't do widescreen at all.

Rebelius · 16 Nov 2007 at 17:37

SC: DA was a PITA for widescreen too iirc - you had to do all sorts of messing cos the menu widescreen ones only went upto 1440x900, and editing the config caused problems. buggy buggy game, might be sorted now.

That's the only game I remember having trouble with though. 1650x1050 here, and a 1024x1280 for the web next to it.