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Playing at 1920x1080 on a 1920x1200 monitor?

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gastro54
Profile Joined October 2010
23 Posts
September 08 2011 05:30 GMT
#1
Hi, is it possible to play SC2 at 1920x1080 and have my monitor (Dell U2412M, native = 1920x1200) display black bars instead of upscaling the image?

If this could be possible in windowed fullscreen mode, that would be great. I'm running on a GTX 460.
Fishraper
Profile Joined August 2010
United States69 Posts
September 08 2011 05:45 GMT
#2
set the desktop resolution to 1920x1080
If you're not first, you're last.
DJFaqU
Profile Joined May 2011
466 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-08 05:49:43
September 08 2011 05:47 GMT
#3
Yes. Have you tried actually doing it? You'd be surprised, because it's possible. Is anybody even doing anything before asking stupid questions? Manual? Reading comprehension?
HydraLF
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Hong Kong626 Posts
September 08 2011 05:57 GMT
#4
On September 08 2011 14:47 DJFaqU wrote:
Yes. Have you tried actually doing it? You'd be surprised, because it's possible. Is anybody even doing anything before asking stupid questions? Manual? Reading comprehension?


So much rage



Check the nvidia/ati control panel, there should be an option to disable upscaling
Sure.
evilduky666
Profile Joined February 2010
United States101 Posts
September 08 2011 06:07 GMT
#5
On September 08 2011 14:47 DJFaqU wrote:
Yes. Have you tried actually doing it? You'd be surprised, because it's possible. Is anybody even doing anything before asking stupid questions? Manual? Reading comprehension?


calm down buddy, no question is a stupid question. And yeah, check your driver settings to see if you can turn off image scaling.
Delinius
Profile Joined March 2011
United States324 Posts
September 08 2011 06:55 GMT
#6
On September 08 2011 14:47 DJFaqU wrote:
Yes. Have you tried actually doing it? You'd be surprised, because it's possible. Is anybody even doing anything before asking stupid questions? Manual? Reading comprehension?

Considering it took more time for you to come up with that reply than it would've to give a helpful answer, the only one with a problem is yourself

You'll find the option under Display in the NVIDIA Control Panel
Whirligig
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom77 Posts
September 08 2011 07:03 GMT
#7
If disabling scaling doesn't give you the result you were looking for, there is another workaround, but it's harder to set up than just pressing one radio button.
iloveav
Profile Joined November 2008
Poland1478 Posts
September 08 2011 09:06 GMT
#8
On September 08 2011 14:47 DJFaqU wrote:
Yes. Have you tried actually doing it? You'd be surprised, because it's possible. Is anybody even doing anything before asking stupid questions? Manual? Reading comprehension?



I actually agree with him, many people come here by default before even searching in google...
aka LRM)Cats_Paw.
PandaBlunt
Profile Joined September 2010
United States292 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-08 09:09:35
September 08 2011 09:09 GMT
#9
You could try shiftwindow: http://grismar.net/shiftwindow/. I use it when I want to play LoL. If you want help configuring it pm me and I'm more then happy to help. :3
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nam nam
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden4672 Posts
September 08 2011 09:14 GMT
#10
On September 08 2011 18:06 iloveav wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2011 14:47 DJFaqU wrote:
Yes. Have you tried actually doing it? You'd be surprised, because it's possible. Is anybody even doing anything before asking stupid questions? Manual? Reading comprehension?



I actually agree with him, many people come here by default before even searching in google...


The back-seat moderation is still unnecessary. Either help or if it's against the rules let the mods deal with it. Lashing out at people won't improve anything.
Oproer
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands108 Posts
September 08 2011 09:40 GMT
#11
Why would you do that?
Mostly Harmless
DarKcS
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia1237 Posts
September 08 2011 10:21 GMT
#12
If it doesn't show up, make a custom resolution in the NVIDIA control panel. It's easy.
Die tomorrow - Live today
Phayze
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada2029 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-08 10:57:24
September 08 2011 10:52 GMT
#13
On September 08 2011 18:40 Oproer wrote:
Why would you do that?


1920x1080 is a 16x9 resolution, meanwhile 1920x1200 is 16x10. With Starcraft 2 in particular, you gain a vision advantage by using 16x9. 16x10 was a very popular aspect ratio for PC's, it wasnt until 1080p media became mainstream that PC monitors swapped to 16x9 (Garbage IMHO, the more pixels the better TBH. Purely did this so they could stick 1080p on the box and make cheaper monitors for the same price). As a result, many people have 16x10 monitors, making the vision advantage a must for players looking to win. The vision advantage is quite significant.

as seen Here:
http://h8.abload.de/img/sc2_fov36k6.gif

"Adjust desktop size and position" in Nvidia control panel advanced mode.
Set scaling to "aspect ratio"

AMD has a similar feature in CCC, but I believe the setting is "keep aspect ratio" and either stretch to fill. Enabling the stretch with aspec ratio forced will make resolutions like 640x480 stay 4x3 but stretch to your monitors height (black bars on the sides) or by going to 16x9 stretch the width with black bars on top and bottom.
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Oproer
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands108 Posts
September 08 2011 11:56 GMT
#14
You would think there's more information in a 1920*1200 screen than in a 1920*1080 screen, but apparently, that's not how it works?

1080 is garbage for computers.
Mostly Harmless
gruff
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden2276 Posts
September 08 2011 12:28 GMT
#15
You can't really say it's garbage without specifying what you are doing with the computer. I prefer 1080 at home and 1200 at work for various reasons.
floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
September 08 2011 12:35 GMT
#16
I prefer 1080 for the fact that it's less pixels and slightly better performance wise in many games, but I don't have a high end PC. In SC2 everyone should play on 1080 because of the way Blizzard locked the vertical viewing space. I wonder if they will do the same for D3 and if it signifies that they've decided on 16 as their standard.
MikeG
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada128 Posts
September 08 2011 12:58 GMT
#17
So you want it stretched? Just keep it with the black bars unless you want to lose stuff/stretch.
I believe you have my stapler.
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5508 Posts
September 08 2011 13:30 GMT
#18
display black bars instead of upscaling the image ?
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gastro54
Profile Joined October 2010
23 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-09 04:52:45
September 09 2011 04:51 GMT
#19
Thanks for the replies, everyone. I was able to disable upscaling in the nvidia control panel.

Panda, can shiftwindow do custom resolutions on Windowed Fullscreen?

On September 08 2011 14:47 DJFaqU wrote:
Yes. Have you tried actually doing it? You'd be surprised, because it's possible. Is anybody even doing anything before asking stupid questions? Manual? Reading comprehension?

No need to rage. Believe it or not, this isn't the first place I looked to find the answer to this question.

I have disabled scaling in the nVidia control panel. I am able to play at 1920x1080 with black bars with the Fullscreen setting, but since I have two monitors this is not ideal.

My question was if this was possible in the Windowed Fullscreen mode, because once you select that option, the resolution dropdown selector becomes unavailable and the game resolution defaults to the monitor's resolution.

I don't want to have to change my monitor's resolution each time I play starcraft, since I can actually use its 1920x1200 resolution for other things when I'm not gaming.
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