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kulik-
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Czech Republic305 Posts
November 20 2009 18:47 GMT
#1
hi guys i need help i bought 24 monitor and bw looks so shitty in this... i was lookin in tl for help on old forum but nothin help me i have geforce 2 ti. and i would like to make it that BW shring to smaller version
I tried bw windov mode with that double windov or how to called but bw started laggin even vs pc...
I would like to do something like this http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8895/65608386km1.jpg
if i understand corectly bw will be in middle and part of the monitor will be just black
any help?

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VooDank
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Canada252 Posts
November 20 2009 18:50 GMT
#2
Hi, I had the same problem when i got a widescreen. After a while you just get used to it, and i actually can't stand playing bw on a regular monitor now ;OO
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kulik-
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Czech Republic305 Posts
November 20 2009 18:54 GMT
#3
i have headache one this from it i dont want to use to it) i dont think i can
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Ziph
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands970 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-20 19:01:47
November 20 2009 18:58 GMT
#4
On November 21 2009 03:47 kulik- wrote:
I would like to do something like this http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8895/65608386km1.jpg
if i understand corectly bw will be in middle and part of the monitor will be just black
any help?


If you understand correctly. .. why don't you just try it out wtf. You can get your latest drivers at http://www.nvidia.com download them install them reboot press right mouse click on your desktop and go into the nvidia control panel. Hope that helps.
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Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9110 Posts
November 20 2009 18:59 GMT
#5
Do you have a little icon in your bottom right toolbar for your video drivers (like ATI Catalyst Control Center) if you do select an option like the one in your pic or "maintain aspect ratio." If you don't have the drivers you should probably be able to find them by googling the name of your video card online or checking the company's website.
kulik-
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Czech Republic305 Posts
November 20 2009 18:59 GMT
#6
On November 21 2009 03:58 Ziph wrote:
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On November 21 2009 03:47 kulik- wrote:
I would like to do something like this http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8895/65608386km1.jpg
if i understand corectly bw will be in middle and part of the monitor will be just black
any help?


If you understand correctly. .. why don't you just try it out wtf.

because i dont have this control panel and i dont know how to do it
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kulik-
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Czech Republic305 Posts
November 20 2009 19:03 GMT
#7
i have also on fixed ratio timin and its even worse...
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EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
November 20 2009 19:06 GMT
#8
1) Go to google
2) Google for lastest driver for your graphics card. For ATI cards, it will be Catalyst Control Center.
3) Install driver, and google for how to set "Fixed Aspect Ratio" for it.
On some monitors, you can actually set this through the monitor menu itself. Just go searching around in it while you wait for the driver to download/install.
4) Profit
5) This is actually a possible 5th step. Some graphics cards (ATI in particular) will NOT do fixed aspect ratio, so you will have to pray that your monitor does or otherwise you are done for. However, most every large monitor I've come across can force fixed aspect ratio by itself, so you should be ok since you have a 24" monitor.
kulik-
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Czech Republic305 Posts
November 20 2009 19:11 GMT
#9
On November 21 2009 04:06 EtherealDeath wrote:
1) Go to google
2) Google for lastest driver for your graphics card. For ATI cards, it will be Catalyst Control Center.
3) Install driver, and google for how to set "Fixed Aspect Ratio" for it.
On some monitors, you can actually set this through the monitor menu itself. Just go searching around in it while you wait for the driver to download/install.
4) Profit
5) This is actually a possible 5th step. Some graphics cards (ATI in particular) will NOT do fixed aspect ratio, so you will have to pray that your monitor does or otherwise you are done for. However, most every large monitor I've come across can force fixed aspect ratio by itself, so you should be ok since you have a 24" monitor.

i have on this fixed aspect ratio timin and still bw is so huge... not like TL for example that i have this white place..
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djcube
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States985 Posts
November 20 2009 19:12 GMT
#10
Check the settings that you can access with the buttons on the monitor itself. My 19inch hp has a setting that says "fill to aspect ratio" or something like that, so I assume your 24inch monitor would have that feature.
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
November 20 2009 19:19 GMT
#11
On November 21 2009 04:11 kulik- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 21 2009 04:06 EtherealDeath wrote:
1) Go to google
2) Google for lastest driver for your graphics card. For ATI cards, it will be Catalyst Control Center.
3) Install driver, and google for how to set "Fixed Aspect Ratio" for it.
On some monitors, you can actually set this through the monitor menu itself. Just go searching around in it while you wait for the driver to download/install.
4) Profit
5) This is actually a possible 5th step. Some graphics cards (ATI in particular) will NOT do fixed aspect ratio, so you will have to pray that your monitor does or otherwise you are done for. However, most every large monitor I've come across can force fixed aspect ratio by itself, so you should be ok since you have a 24" monitor.

i have on this fixed aspect ratio timin and still bw is so huge... not like TL for example that i have this white place..


Fixed aspec ratio timing? You must be using one of the older nivida controllers to get that wording. That's strange though, it should fix it. Are you seeing the black bars at the sides?
kulik-
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Czech Republic305 Posts
November 20 2009 19:21 GMT
#12
no i dont have this bar... and yes i have geforce 2 ti and thats a bit of the problem because there are not any newer ... this one is from i think 2k5...
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andiCR
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2273 Posts
November 20 2009 19:40 GMT
#13
i had this same "problem" on my computer.I basically got used to widescreen and it was cool

THen i updated to Windows 7 and dunno why, but its fixed aspect ratio. No widescreen, just black bars Nice to go back to the original resolution.
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Amarxist
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States371 Posts
November 20 2009 19:42 GMT
#14
Your monitor also can support the aspect ratio scaling. If you go through the options on your monitor its likely you'll find a way to maintain aspect ratio in it.
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Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
November 20 2009 21:03 GMT
#15
Hmm, Geforce 2. That video card is 9 years old. That's probably why it doesn't have a fixed aspect ratio function. Everyone was using 4:3 CRTs then.
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spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
November 20 2009 21:18 GMT
#16
Either monitor settings or newer graphics card drivers, I don't know any other ways to fix this.

If neither your monitor nor the newest official driver has such an option you could try to find hacked drivers which include a fixed ratio setting, but even if you find one it might cause problems. Hacks aren't very reliable. Only try that if there is no other way.
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
nofAcedAgent
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States952 Posts
November 20 2009 22:14 GMT
#17
My widescreen doesnt have an aspect ratio option. And playing BW with it stretch is just something i refuse to do! Urgh gives such a headache

I went onto craiglist and found quite a nice CRT for free - I would recomend this!
kulik-
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Czech Republic305 Posts
November 20 2009 22:44 GMT
#18
its workin now it was on monitor in some cases not in the windovs... thx for help
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