Notebook gaming on a non native resolution

Danthemanz · 15th December 2006, 5:46 AM

Hi, im looking at buying the Asus F3JV which has a GF go 7600 and a 1680x1050 LCD. Its quite obvious that the graphics chip wont be able to play some modern and future games at this resolution so i have a few questions.

Can the Asus laptops be set in BIOS to not stretch the pixels so that you only play on part of the screen?
If not, if you play at a non widescreen res does it stretch it out sideways?

Also i heard that ATI have software to fix out of alignment pixels???
Does Nvidia have this too and does it actually work??

Any other info would be great.

Thanks for your help.

-Daniel

mximus · 15th December 2006, 8:12 AM

the nvidia drivers have a setting "use fixed aspect ratio"...that way it doesn't stretch the game, instead using it like a normal non wide screen.

Danthemanz · 15th December 2006, 8:30 AM

Thanks.
Thats only for aspect ratio right? Not resolution?

mximus · 15th December 2006, 8:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Danthemanz

Thanks.
Thats only for aspect ratio right? Not resolution?

yup, only for aspect ratio....resolution you should be able to change in the game.

Danthemanz · 15th December 2006, 9:36 AM

Of course, but then the pixels get stretched out if the res is wrong even if its 4:3 right?

mximus · 15th December 2006, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danthemanz

Of course, but then the pixels get stretched out if the res is wrong even if its 4:3 right?

yeah you have to make sure the height is the right amount of pixles (in your case 1050) otherwise it will look a bit blurry.

yanman · 15th December 2006, 10:46 AM

i've noticed with my 1920x1200 native res that the detail level is a bigger effect of the speed of the game rather than the resolution.

Danthemanz · 15th December 2006, 11:44 AM

Ok so the Nvidia driver set doesnt have a tool to fix pixel alignment.

So, does the Asus laptops have the ability to not stretch images and display the correct resolution?

15th December 2006, 5:46 AM	#1
Danthemanz Old School Admin Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,486	Notebook gaming on a non native resolution Hi, im looking at buying the Asus F3JV which has a GF go 7600 and a 1680x1050 LCD. Its quite obvious that the graphics chip wont be able to play some modern and future games at this resolution so i have a few questions. Can the Asus laptops be set in BIOS to not stretch the pixels so that you only play on part of the screen? If not, if you play at a non widescreen res does it stretch it out sideways? Also i heard that ATI have software to fix out of alignment pixels??? Does Nvidia have this too and does it actually work?? Any other info would be great. Thanks for your help. -Daniel

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15th December 2006, 8:30 AM	#3
Danthemanz Old School Admin Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,486	Thanks. Thats only for aspect ratio right? Not resolution?

15th December 2006, 9:36 AM	#5
Danthemanz Old School Admin Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,486	Of course, but then the pixels get stretched out if the res is wrong even if its 4:3 right?

15th December 2006, 11:44 AM	#8
Danthemanz Old School Admin Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,486	Ok so the Nvidia driver set doesnt have a tool to fix pixel alignment. So, does the Asus laptops have the ability to not stretch images and display the correct resolution?