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Nvidia adapter scaling on widescreen monitors with fixed aspect ratio


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Hi everyone!

 

My 8800GT works perfectly in iATKOS 4i.

Only one thing is ruining the idyll.

Non-widescreen resolution are scretched. This is very ugly. My stupid monitor (Samsung bw225) can't handle this. In windows/linux solution is simple -

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nvidia driver can scale with fixed aspect ratio. So i was wondering if this is possible with NVinject or other program on Mac?

 

I've searched many corners of the internet, with no luck.

Am I alone with my problem? Are everybody happy with stretching?

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Could you please direct me to this screen settings? I can't find it!

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overscan is not related to the display ratio + it's for TV ony. As the name says, it makes the beam scan over the screen borders, and will only make a kind of zoom, leaving the same aspect. if you want to change the aspect ratio, you have to change the resolution, with one that has the good ratio.

 

eg : 800x600 or 1024x768 or 1280x1024 = 4:3, not right

1280x768 = 16:10, should be better for your display.

 

anyway I'm surprised that you can't disable auto stretch from your screen menu

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My monitor stretches 4:3 resolution to 16:10

 

In windows/linux, (with DVI connection) there is an option to scale while maintaining aspect ratio (black bars on left and right).

I think, video adapter working in 1680x1050 (for monitor), but scales 4:3 modes with it's own methods.

 

I wonder how can i achieve this on mac....

 

 

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the point is not to pick up the right mode.

i want 4:3 resolutions with black bars

(for example, while playing diablo2)

 

"1024x768" and "1024x768 (stretched)" modes looks same, only difference - switch to stretched mode is faster (i think mode is changed only on videoadapter side - for monitor, it's still 1680x1050)

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