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Lazzaro · 6th February 2008, 08:33 PM

just a quick question, are pc games these days mostly rendered at a 16x10 resolution?

when i was looking for a tv for my 360, i was trying to find a 16x9 to match the 360's native 720p output.

now i'm looking for a new pc, and a new monitor along with it, but every one i see is 16x10, so i'm just checking this is normal and it won't be stretching all the games i play?

GaryM · 6th February 2008, 09:02 PM

I thought "normal" for a PC was 4 x 3, with various widescreen formats in the minority but becoming more popular.

pixelsink · 6th February 2008, 10:08 PM

most new games have screen settings for 4x3, 16x9 & 16x10 resolutions.

Recipe For Hate · 6th February 2008, 10:16 PM

yar, aslong as you have a high enough spec PC to support them, yer sorted

Lazzaro · 6th February 2008, 10:20 PM

cheers guys!

appreciated.

Rebelius · 7th February 2008, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GaryM

I thought "normal" for a PC was 4 x 3, with various widescreen formats in the minority but becoming more popular.

actually, "normal" used to be 5:4, you only really get 4:3 on 20" monitors these days, and anything bigger than 20" tends to be widescreen 16:10

And yes, almost all new games will go to any resolution up to your monitors maximum if you have the right drivers installed.

GaryM · 7th February 2008, 05:12 PM

I know NVidia are very good these days with their drivers (and I assume ATi aren't bad either). The computer at my work runs Vista x64 and handles my 3200 x 1200 desktop nicely. I don't do any 3D stuff on my Linux PC at home but it's nice to know if I wanted to I could get the driver

6th February 2008, 08:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lazzaro Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 6,060	monitors. just a quick question, are pc games these days mostly rendered at a 16x10 resolution? when i was looking for a tv for my 360, i was trying to find a 16x9 to match the 360's native 720p output. now i'm looking for a new pc, and a new monitor along with it, but every one i see is 16x10, so i'm just checking this is normal and it won't be stretching all the games i play?

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GaryM Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 326 Band: Illicit Still - A Tribute to Classic Metal	Drivers I know NVidia are very good these days with their drivers (and I assume ATi aren't bad either). The computer at my work runs Vista x64 and handles my 3200 x 1200 desktop nicely. I don't do any 3D stuff on my Linux PC at home but it's nice to know if I wanted to I could get the driver

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