Aspect Ratio Help

[ashis_lakra]

Hi There,

I have bought a Graphic Card which supports DVI and HDMI output only. I have Acer 18.5 inch LCD VGA monitor. There's no DVI port for the monitor, so i will use a DVI cable along with a "VGA Male TO DVI Female Adapter" to connect monitor to Graphics card. Since, i heard DVI is superior to VGA cable.

Now, my doubt is : My games at 1024x768 gets stretched full screen while using VGA cable and "VGA Female TO DVI Male Adapter". Will the monitor support "Maintain aspect ratio" by using DVI cable , so that the game doesn't stretch full screen?

Help me clearing the doubts on using VGA and DVI cables..

 

[asingh]

Which graphic card..?

 

[ashis_lakra]

Sapphire HD 5770 1GB DDR5 vapor-x

 

[ajayashish]

I believe u need to choose another resolution for the game which is the same as the aspect ratio of ur monitor...

 

[ashis_lakra]

the game SWAT 4 runs in 1024x768 resolution and is stretched.. but this stretching can be adjusted in my lenovo y560 laptop... the laptop maintains aspect ratio in game, while my desktop doesnt...

 

[asingh]

I think there is some setting in CCC to fix this. Will only be able to tell once I reach home..!

 

[ashis_lakra]

while using VGA cable, the CCC doesnt show anything to maintain Aspect Ratio. I googled and found that if monitor supports DVI then it can be maintained. So, if i use DVI cable and a adapter, will my monitor support maintaining aspect ratio ? that's the confusion..

 

[Piyush]

why are you running at 1024 resolution
i think 18.5 screen allows 1376*768 resolution

 

[vickybat]

^^ Yes i think you have found his problem mate.

@ op

Do what piyush said and set your resolution @ 1366x768. Thats the native resolution of your monitor. It will fix the aspect ratio i.e 16:9.

 

[ashis_lakra]

the game doesnt show 1366x768 resolution.. it shows 800x600, 1024x768, 1200x800, 1600x1200 only.. some games dont support widescreen resolutions so, i run them in normal resolution and the games stretches.. the images dont seem sharp in stretching... any software to force the monitor maintaining aspect ratio ???

 

[MegaMind]

^^Does this happen in all games???

 

[masterkd]

SWAT 4 does not have native widescreen support. To use custom resolutions, navigate to

for 32 bit OS (vista/7)
<boot-drive-letter>:\Users\<your-user-name>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Sierra\SWAT 4\Content\System\swat4.ini

for 32 bit OS (vista/7)
<boot-drive-letter>:\Users\<your-user-name>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files(x86)\Sierra\SWAT 4\Content\System\swat4.ini

for windows XP
\<game install folder>\Content\System\Swat4.ini

Search for the following lines:

FullscreenViewportX=
FullscreenViewportY=

and change it to

FullscreenViewportX=1366
FullscreenViewportY=768