widescreen concerns

Forgive me if this question is not related to Vista its just that I got a new monitor the same time I installed Vista so I am not sure which is the issue.
Basically I dont want my games to try and fill the whole screen unless the game is specifically designed to fill a widescreen. I would much rather have a "windowed" screen with the rest of the monitor black.
Is that setting of my monitor which I can switch on and off? or a setting in the OS? or a driver issue?

You don't mention what monitor you're referring to, but with my Dell 2405FPW, it's a setting in the monitor itself If I remember correctly.
I think it's an option to 'autosize' or maintain 1:1 aspect ratio.
"Sean" wrote in message

Forgive me if this question is not related to Vista its just that I got a new monitor the same time I installed Vista so I am not sure which is the issue.
Basically I dont want my games to try and fill the whole screen unless the game is specifically designed to fill a widescreen. I would much rather have a "windowed" screen with the rest of the monitor black.
Is that setting of my monitor which I can switch on and off? or a setting in the OS? or a driver issue?

panasonic 21" widescreen something something.
Its a pretty mainstream monitor if not more so then even the dell monitor I bet I have that setting as well. This is good beucase Oblivion currently is not working.
"hdrdtd" wrote:

You don't mention what monitor you're referring to, but with my Dell 2405FPW, it's a setting in the monitor itself If I remember correctly.
I think it's an option to 'autosize' or maintain 1:1 aspect ratio.
"Sean" wrote in message Forgive me if this question is not related to Vista its just that I got a new monitor the same time I installed Vista so I am not sure which is the issue.
Basically I dont want my games to try and fill the whole screen unless the game is specifically designed to fill a widescreen. I would much rather have a "windowed" screen with the rest of the monitor black.
Is that setting of my monitor which I can switch on and off? or a setting in the OS? or a driver issue?

Oblivion ROCKS in widescreen. I am running it at 1650 x 1080 on my Dell monitor. Once the drivers get to be final, there will be an option to use the graphics card to stretch, the monitor to stretch or to not stretch. I don't think any of the current beta drivers have that function enabled yet... WHat card are you using? I am using Nvidia Geforce 7600GT..and AWESOME budget gaming card. They go for between $150-$200 for PCIe
"Sean" wrote in message

panasonic 21" widescreen something something.
Its a pretty mainstream monitor if not more so then even the dell monitor I bet I have that setting as well. This is good beucase Oblivion currently is not working.
"hdrdtd" wrote:
You don't mention what monitor you're referring to, but with my Dell 2405FPW, it's a setting in the monitor itself If I remember correctly.
I think it's an option to 'autosize' or maintain 1:1 aspect ratio.
"Sean" wrote in message Forgive me if this question is not related to Vista its just that I got a new monitor the same time I installed Vista so I am not sure which is the issue.
Basically I dont want my games to try and fill the whole screen unless the game is specifically designed to fill a widescreen. I would much rather have a "windowed" screen with the rest of the monitor black.
Is that setting of my monitor which I can switch on and off? or a setting in the OS? or a driver issue?

I am so stupid. What I did was simply accept the resolution setting it found automatically which was NOT widescreen. Once I picked the correct res I had full widescreen!
I get some flicker when I move into the tab stuff like managing items and its a little slow when running around outside. bright colors are also a bit to bright but over all its great. I am running a single ATI 1600 I could go dual but I think the slow down while outside is the response time of the monitor while the colors is simply a driver in beta. Overall pleased.
"Zapper" wrote:

Oblivion ROCKS in widescreen. I am running it at 1650 x 1080 on my Dell monitor. Once the drivers get to be final, there will be an option to use the graphics card to stretch, the monitor to stretch or to not stretch. I don't think any of the current beta drivers have that function enabled yet... WHat card are you using? I am using Nvidia Geforce 7600GT..and AWESOME budget gaming card. They go for between $150-$200 for PCIe
"Sean" wrote in message panasonic 21" widescreen something something.
Its a pretty mainstream monitor if not more so then even the dell monitor I bet I have that setting as well. This is good beucase Oblivion currently is not working.
"hdrdtd" wrote:
You don't mention what monitor you're referring to, but with my Dell 2405FPW, it's a setting in the monitor itself If I remember correctly.
I think it's an option to 'autosize' or maintain 1:1 aspect ratio.
"Sean" wrote in message Forgive me if this question is not related to Vista its just that I got a new monitor the same time I installed Vista so I am not sure which is the issue.
Basically I dont want my games to try and fill the whole screen unless the game is specifically designed to fill a widescreen. I would much rather have a "windowed" screen with the rest of the monitor black.
Is that setting of my monitor which I can switch on and off? or a setting in the OS? or a driver issue?