Does GW support 1920x1600 resolution?

bwillcox

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Join Date: Mar 2007

I am considering upgrading my monitor to a widescreen LCD w/native resolution of 1920x1200 and was hoping that GW (my favorite game) would support that resolution. I never run LCD monitors at anything but native resolutions if I can help it (I don't like the results of the upscaling at non-native resolutions). Does anyone have any experience with 1920x1200 they'd care to share?

Yanman.be

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Should be possible...GW support anything, you can resize the window as much as you like....

Malice Black

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Join Date: Oct 2005

Works perfectly fine.

Hyper.nl

Hyper.nl

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Defending Fort Aspenwood

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Confusing: Title says 1920x1600 but you talk about 1920x1200.

Well, I'm running Guild Wars in 1920x1200 and it works great. I live to have space to have mission map and other goodies on screen and still have clear view over the world.

Mouser

Mouser

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Join Date: May 2005

Defenders of Gods

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Yep, 1920x1200 work like a charm. Tons of real-estate for hero panels, etc.

lord_shar

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Join Date: Jul 2005

near SF, CA

My laptop runs GW at native 1920x1200 60fps without any issues.

Arteful Dodger

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Join Date: Jun 2006

Geezer Guild

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Not to hijack the thread but I too am considering upgrading my monitor. Either a 20" or 22". If I go with the 22" widescreen and set the resolution to say 1440 x 900 will it fill up the entire screen or will it have the black bars at the top and bottom like some movies do on large tv screens?

Malice Black

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Join Date: Oct 2005

You need to run on native resolution. LCD's were not meant to run on anything else.

immortius

immortius

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Black Cats

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Depending on your video card you can set it so that it will render with black bars, so that there is a 1:1 ratio between resolution and pixels used. Otherwise it will stretch.

Arteful Dodger

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Join Date: Jun 2006

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I never have quite understood what native resolution is. I have that option on my HD TV and the explanation in the users guide doesn't help in understanding it.

As for the black bars, I would prefer not to have them if possible. I run an Nvidia 6800 GS. Would prefer to have GW displayed in full screen with no bars.

bwillcox

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Join Date: Mar 2007

Thanks everyone. I bought a Samsung 24" 1920x1200 monitor (a 245BW in case anyone is interested) and am loving it! It works great. I have an Nvidia 8800 GTS video card and the pixels are square (i.e., no stretching which is what I was worried about).

Malice Black

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Join Date: Oct 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Arteful Dodger
I never have quite understood what native resolution is. I have that option on my HD TV and the explanation in the users guide doesn't help in understanding it.

As for the black bars, I would prefer not to have them if possible. I run an Nvidia 6800 GS. Would prefer to have GW displayed in full screen with no bars.
Linky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_resolution

Flightmare

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Join Date: Nov 2006

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Might be a little offtopic.. but the triple screen 3840x1024 setup is awesome :O
And well, if that is supported, 1920x1600 won't be a problem

Yanman.be

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flightmare
Might be a little offtopic.. but the triple screen 3840x1024 setup is awesome :O
Wait what?!?