22" widescreen and gaming

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i have been really looking at the Samsung 226bw http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001096 strictly for gaming and watching movies and HD video, now i had read some reviews that some games do not support these widescreen monitors and will cut off some of the screen and its like playing the game inside a black box or borders on your screen, can somebody explain this to me if this is a problem or not

also if anyone has any suggestions on a badass monitor for gaming and watching movies/ HD movies and all that good stuff please let me know.
 
Well, most newer games do support 1680 x 1050. But, even if they don't, the monitor is capable of re-scaling the image to fit a different resolution.

They are great for gaming.

Just don't get the Sceptre I got unless they have fixed whatever was wrong with these.
 
ya all games in last 2 years suupport that resolution, or you can use custom resolution.

Within the drivers for video card the software can stretch the image as needed, and within the monitor there is usually built in scaling as well.

You're all covered.
 
if you've got a nvidia card its even easier, just make sure to use the dvi and there is wonderful scaling options in the drivers. you can set it to keep aspect ratio but still go outside native resolution (ie. black bars on the sides), or you can also keep the resolution. very useful if you want to play at 1200x1024, you keep the clarity of native resolution with very small black bars on top and bottom with the usual larger ones on the sides.

also check out www.widescreengamingforum.com if anyone can hack a game to use widescreen properly, its them
 
THRESHIN said:
if you've got a nvidia card its even easier, just make sure to use the dvi and there is wonderful scaling options in the drivers. you can set it to keep aspect ratio but still go outside native resolution (ie. black bars on the sides), or you can also keep the resolution. very useful if you want to play at 1200x1024, you keep the clarity of native resolution with very small black bars on top and bottom with the usual larger ones on the sides.
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that's very sweet
i asusme it translates to the 206bw and 2032bw as well?
 
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