Widescreen Games

**Razor Blade** · February 6th, 2004

Does Anyone Know of any PC Games that support Widescreen Resolutions?

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**hushypushy** · February 7th, 2004

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Sir Key · February 7th, 2004

i think gta & vc got that function

Modem1 · February 7th, 2004

Quake III does.

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Omegainf · February 7th, 2004

Why would you want to play a game on widescreen???

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**Kane** · February 8th, 2004

Halo does, as I was playing that on my bro's 18" Widescreen LCD monitor.

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**hushypushy** · February 8th, 2004

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Originally Posted by Omegainf

Why would you want to play a game on widescreen???

well some people have widescreen monitors, like kane just said. and i have the feeling the RB wants to use his new 52" TV to play games....just a guess though.

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takwu · February 9th, 2004

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As for TV, I'm not sure if any current video card driver can use a widescreen resolution for TV out.

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**hushypushy** · February 9th, 2004

IIRC mine can. it has some WEIRD ASS resolutions that apparently can be used. but dont quote me on that, ive never tried.

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takwu · February 10th, 2004

I'm sure your driver has weird resolutions.
As a matter of fact I use 848x480 to play CPS1/2 games, to get those long rectangle pixels without stretching.
But as far as I've seen, TV output usually only works with 2 resolutions, 640x480 and 800x600. I haven't tried it on more recent drivers tho.

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**Katsuya** · February 11th, 2004

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**hushypushy** · February 11th, 2004

i just remembered about games like Tony hawk 4 and THUG (tony hawk underground) that have a widescreen option well i dunno about PC...but i know PS2 and GC have em. it's anamorphic widescreen...it adds more stuff to the left and right and you use your TV's stretch feature to widen it out....looks good

a few GC games have widescreen, a friend of mine has a widescreen TV and a GC and he was showing me some stuff..sorry i cant remember any other games besides THPS4 :/

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**Katsuya** · February 11th, 2004

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**Razor Blade** · February 11th, 2004

>>i have the feeling the RB wants to use his new 52" TV to play games....just a guess though.

Thats right!

>>As for TV, I'm not sure if any current video card driver can use a widescreen resolution for TV out.

Actually my card can. I use Rage 3D to have custom resolutions to fit my TV. I use 1024x600. It works perfect.

I am using 4.10 and Rage 3d as I said before.

Also thanks for the replies. A few of my PS2 games have widescreen but when strecthed 52" they look pixelated as you could imagine.

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roxor · February 13th, 2004

1024*600 is not a 16:9 resolution. Here are a few that are: 320x180, 800x450, 1024x576, 2048x1152.

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**hushypushy** · February 13th, 2004

well its close..something like .58 when 16x9 is .56....

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Kazuya Mishima · February 13th, 2004

VC can only have the widescreen enabled for the real time videos, at least in my pc.

Btw, what is the max resolution you can choose when using tv-out? I heard that 800x600. If its more it can damage the tv but dont know for sure. And why the tv screen looks so washed out?

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Viper_Viper · February 13th, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kazuya Mishima

VC can only have the widescreen enabled for the real time videos, at least in my pc.

Btw, what is the max resolution you can choose when using tv-out? I heard that 800x600. If its more it can damage the tv but dont know for sure. And why the tv screen looks so washed out?

different for diffent tvs. standard crts usualy max at 800x600. Plazmas can go higher and lcds can go even higher.

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**Razor Blade** · February 14th, 2004

I think 800x600 is max for that. I have an RGB connection on my tv, which you can have pretty much any resolution and no damage at all. But your maxtv resolution when you have a newer one is usually best suited.

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RZetlin · February 14th, 2004

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	Cs 1.6 __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

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Omegainf Penadinho Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro Posts: 2,595	Why would you want to play a game on widescreen??? __________________

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Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	Halo does, as I was playing that on my bro's 18" Widescreen LCD monitor. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

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takwu previous extinction Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 1,857	Need For Speed Porsche Unleashed (and perhaps other NFS, or other EA games?) As for TV, I'm not sure if any current video card driver can use a widescreen resolution for TV out. __________________ Latest toy: Sharp LCD TV Monitor LL-M17W1U

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	IIRC mine can. it has some WEIRD ASS resolutions that apparently can be used. but dont quote me on that, ive never tried. __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

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takwu previous extinction Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 1,857	I'm sure your driver has weird resolutions. As a matter of fact I use 848x480 to play CPS1/2 games, to get those long rectangle pixels without stretching. But as far as I've seen, TV output usually only works with 2 resolutions, 640x480 and 800x600. I haven't tried it on more recent drivers tho. __________________ Latest toy: Sharp LCD TV Monitor LL-M17W1U

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	i just remembered about games like Tony hawk 4 and THUG (tony hawk underground) that have a widescreen option well i dunno about PC...but i know PS2 and GC have em. it's anamorphic widescreen...it adds more stuff to the left and right and you use your TV's stretch feature to widen it out....looks good a few GC games have widescreen, a friend of mine has a widescreen TV and a GC and he was showing me some stuff..sorry i cant remember any other games besides THPS4 :/ __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,032	>>i have the feeling the RB wants to use his new 52" TV to play games....just a guess though. Thats right! >>As for TV, I'm not sure if any current video card driver can use a widescreen resolution for TV out. Actually my card can. I use Rage 3D to have custom resolutions to fit my TV. I use 1024x600. It works perfect. I am using 4.10 and Rage 3d as I said before. Also thanks for the replies. A few of my PS2 games have widescreen but when strecthed 52" they look pixelated as you could imagine. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Kazuya Mishima The seeker of perfection Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Suing somebody Posts: 3,146	VC can only have the widescreen enabled for the real time videos, at least in my pc. Btw, what is the max resolution you can choose when using tv-out? I heard that 800x600. If its more it can damage the tv but dont know for sure. And why the tv screen looks so washed out? __________________ Visit my blog in Spanish: http://andreyirra.blogspot.com

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,032	I think 800x600 is max for that. I have an RGB connection on my tv, which you can have pretty much any resolution and no damage at all. But your maxtv resolution when you have a newer one is usually best suited. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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