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Zyrek
Profile Joined April 2005
2 Posts
May 12 2009 22:39 GMT
#1
Looking at new computer monitors and wondering how sc looks on 16: 9?

Anyone have any experience with this setup or care to share their knowledge, it would be appreciated.
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
May 12 2009 22:40 GMT
#2
i hate it all fat and stretched so i set my comp to show sc at 4:3 ratio
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Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-12 22:42:39
May 12 2009 22:42 GMT
#3
On May 13 2009 07:39 Zyrek wrote:
Looking at new computer monitors and wondering how sc looks on 16: 9?

Anyone have any experience with this setup or care to share their knowledge, it would be appreciated.

Even if it looks like crap at 16: 9 to you as it does to most people you can just display it at its native resolution just fine.
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Zyrek
Profile Joined April 2005
2 Posts
May 12 2009 22:45 GMT
#4
Is 16: 10 much better?
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20166 Posts
May 12 2009 22:46 GMT
#5
i got used to it after a couple weeks...that was like 3 years ago T_T
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
Kentor *
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-12 22:54:43
May 12 2009 22:48 GMT
#6
16: 9 is not for SC man. Change it back to 4:3 when you play.
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9110 Posts
May 12 2009 22:58 GMT
#7
No matter what your screens aspect ratio is (mine is 16:10) you are going to want to display sc in it's native ratio or else it'll be all stretched and messed up so it doesn't really matter.
Ideas
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States8171 Posts
May 12 2009 23:03 GMT
#8
I play it in widescreen all the time. It's not bad at all I dunno what these guys are talking about. It's not like SC looks better at all in standard ratio.
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decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20166 Posts
May 12 2009 23:06 GMT
#9
how do you get it to display in 4:3? just change your screen resolution and then run sc?
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9110 Posts
May 12 2009 23:17 GMT
#10
On my graphics card control panel thing there is an option along the lines of "Run Programs in Native Resolution." I had to dl some drivers and stuff first though, but it wasn't too hard to figure out.
aseq
Profile Joined January 2003
Netherlands4001 Posts
May 12 2009 23:22 GMT
#11
On May 13 2009 08:17 Jonoman92 wrote:
On my graphics card control panel thing there is an option along the lines of "Run Programs in Native Resolution." I had to dl some drivers and stuff first though, but it wasn't too hard to figure out.


And on some cards the programmers who made the drivers are retards and these options don't work correctly, like for me when i got my 8800 GTS. I haven't checked in driver updates tho, I'm kinda used to the widescreen SC now.
0neheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States92 Posts
May 12 2009 23:35 GMT
#12
i play on widescreen all the time. after you get used to it, i don't think there's a ton of difference.

i don't see why not, after you get used to it
Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-13 19:48:31
May 12 2009 23:39 GMT
#13
I don't like playing in 16 : 9/10 since the mouse moves faster in the X-axis than the Y-axis due to the screen being horizontally stretched.
I just set my graphics card to scale SC to 4:3 when I play.
keit
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
1584 Posts
May 12 2009 23:49 GMT
#14
I'm so used to playing SC at 16:10 that it feels wrong playing it at 4:3 ratio.

might feel weird at start but you'll get used to it.
Graphics
udgnim
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8024 Posts
May 13 2009 00:21 GMT
#15
use the below "Image Scaling" setting for ATI 48xx cards to play SC at 4:3

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Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9110 Posts
May 13 2009 01:11 GMT
#16
Yea the above picture is exactly what I did also.
sudo.era
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States300 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-13 02:36:28
May 13 2009 02:34 GMT
#17
Some people can get their card to force the 4:3 aspect ratio, and some can't. With Nvidia's latest drivers (and unless you have specifically the 8800GT), you won't be able to. I have no idea about ATI. Some monitors have the option as well but mine didn't.

As for playing Starcraft in 16 : 9 and 16 : 10, it's not just that it looks bad - it plays inaccurately. When the picture is stretched horizontally, your cursor will move much faster horizontally than vertically. You can get used to it but you'll never reach the same level of precision as you could with the correct ratio.

Personally, I got so sick of Stretchcraft that I bought a 2nd monitor - 15", 1024x768 (only $70). Now I have a good deal more desktop space, and whenever I want to play SC I just set the 15" as the main.
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
May 13 2009 02:42 GMT
#18
All drivers are different, but i love 4:3 myself. 1792x1344 ftw.
U Gotta Skate.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66363 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-13 02:50:23
May 13 2009 02:44 GMT
#19
I got used to 16 : 9 after like... a day lol

I have a 4:3 in wide function, but it looks so weird ._.
POGGERS
MamiyaOtaru
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States1687 Posts
May 13 2009 08:25 GMT
#20
bought a 1600X1200 monitor so I could avoid all this
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