Any 8800 users having trouble displaying 640x480?

[gamepad]

I am an avid Starcraft player so I need to use 640x480 on my wide screen monitor.
However, 640x480 is always stretched, even when I select fixed-aspect ratio from
the NVIDIA Control Panel.

NVIDIA has suggested an OverScanCompensation utility that allows 640x480 to work
with a fixed aspect ratio. It works, but has a major issue: After selecting Full Screen
on any type of video, the effects of the OverScanCompensation utility disappears until
I reboot my computer.

This is so frustrating having to restart my computer over and over just because I
watched a video. I'm so pissed that this high end graphics card can't even play my
favorite game, Starcraft.

Does anyone else have this problem?

I would like to know if this is a known issue, or if this is just an isolated incident on my
computer.

 

[BFG10K]

LCD scaling is currently broken with nVidia's drivers. This is a known issue.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
LCD scaling is currently broken with nVidia's drivers. This is a known issue.

ATI too, unfortunately

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: gamepadI'm so pissed that this high end graphics card can't even play my

sure it can play it; just not in the proper aspect ratio for a 4:3 screen.

further, it's a 9 year old game.. the problem isn't the high end graphics card(s), but the games lack of WS support.

just plug in a 4:3 monitor and the "high end" graphics cards will display it just fine.

 

[BFG10K]

the problem isn't the high end graphics card(s),

Of course the problem's the graphics card.

If it preserved the aspect ratio when scaling there wouldn't be an issue. It doesn't because the drivers are broken.

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: BFG10K

the problem isn't the high end graphics card(s),

Of course the problem's the graphics card.

If it preserved the aspect ratio when scaling there wouldn't be an issue. It doesn't because the drivers are broken.

the game is broken. if it supported the correct resolutions, it would look just fine.

 

[BFG10K]

the game is broken. if it supported the correct resolutions, it would look just fine.

Please tell me you're joking because I can hardly believe the nonsense I'm reading.

How does a full screen 2D game support "the correct resolutions" given you'd have to redo all assets by hand for each additional resolution you wanted to support?

By their nature such games can only support one resolution.

The drivers are broken, plain and simple, because the morons who write them can't understand the simple concept of not stretching a 4:3 image into a widescreen one.

 

[Laminator]

Maybe your computer is punishing you for using an 8800GTX to play Starcraft. Anyways, have you tried using your LCD monitor to fix the aspect ratio (if it supports this) instead of the nVidia Control Panel?

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: BFG10K

the game is broken. if it supported the correct resolutions, it would look just fine.

Please tell me you're joking because I can hardly believe the nonsense I'm reading.

How does a full screen 2D game support "the correct resolutions" given you'd have to redo all assets by hand for each additional resolution you wanted to support?

By their nature such games can only support one resolution.

The drivers are broken, plain and simple, because the morons who write them can't understand the simple concept of not stretching a 4:3 image into a widescreen one.

:laugh:

 

[Zenoth]

That's when you hug your CRT when you have one ...

*hugs his CRT*

I don't play StarCraft though, but I play Diablo II, and thanks God, 600x800 works wonders.

 

[Matt2]

This is why I will not buy a LCD that doesn't have its own 1:1 pixel mapping.