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Originally Posted by Redwine

A question...

Into a wide screen LCD monitor, you loss the top and the bottom of the screen.

1]
It is posible to reduce the image height and put the full height into a WIDE LCD monitor, and have 2 black strips at monitor sides ?

2]
Is too bad the ingame image if you use the sim in 1024x768 into a native 1280x1024 NO WIDE LCD ?

I am looking for a 19/20 LCD but i cant decide to buy due to these "resolution problems"

1. Yes, with NVIDIA cards it is under "Digital Flat Panel Settings" in the control panel.

Display Adapter Scaling will stretch the image to fit the entire screen even if it means distorting the image.

Fixed Aspect Ratio Scaling will stretch the image to fit onto the screen without distorting the image. The result on a widescreen monitor and a non-widescreen game (SHIII) would be black bars on the sides of the screen. Vise Versa would be black bars on the top and bottom.

I use the fixed aspect ratio scaling and like it on my LG 20.1" Widescreen (cheaper then the Dell and the same manufacturer). The little black lines on the side become less noticeable as you get into the game more.

If you have a ATI card or more questions, check out www.tweakguides.com NVIDIA and ATI guides for more info. I highly recommend the information offered there. (I am not associated in anyway with them btw.)

2. As for playing a game in the non-native resolution, sometimes it is actually better. If you have a decent graphics card the scaling will smooth the image, somewhat like antialiasing, without any FPS loss of actual AA and a FPS gain over the higher resolution. I play several games just below the native resolution just for that reason. You will want to leave your desktop at the native resolution.