best settings for latest games

**Adster** · 06-23-2005, 03:03 AM

Ive noticed games like GTA SA and battlefield 2 on my 19 inch monitor only fill up half of the screen. with my new graphics card radoen 700 XT PCI express

what settings do i have to use to fill up the entire screen?? it must be something simple but only seen it do it for those 2 later games ther sides have black bars at the sides if you know what i mean

i have teh latest Catylist drivers too im only just new to PC gaming the last few months

**Smith** · 06-23-2005, 03:41 AM

Is it only the games, or is it like that all the time?

MAbye you have to ajust some settings on your moniter.

**Monkeee** · 06-23-2005, 05:55 AM

hmm.... increase the resolution?

**Adster** · 06-23-2005, 07:27 AM

only for those 2 games it seems
what should teh resultion be?

**Monkeee** · 06-23-2005, 10:19 AM

well the resolution should minimally be the resolution of your desktop, but if you want a more graphical expirence you should raise it. maybe raising the resolution higher than your desktop may remove the bars and fill the monitor.

**GepperRankins** · 06-23-2005, 10:25 AM

if it's an LCD you have to resize to max resolution or i think maybe you can get away with a fraction (800x600<1600x1200) not sure though. on a CRT change settings using the front panel. it shouldn't intefere with other games either

**Adster** · 06-23-2005, 10:52 AM

my desktop is 800 x 600 coz im yeah sort of blind need to see

**colt45joe** · 06-23-2005, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by Adster

Ive noticed games like GTA SA and battlefield 2 on my 19 inch monitor only fill up half of the screen. with my new graphics card radoen 700 XT PCI express

what settings do i have to use to fill up the entire screen?? it must be something simple but only seen it do it for those 2 later games ther sides have black bars at the sides if you know what i mean

i have teh latest Catylist drivers too im only just new to PC gaming the last few months

yea, same thing happends to me, but my monitor has an auto button...and it just automatically adjusts everything to fill up screen and look all pretty n stuff.
you should look for the auto button