Infinete Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I've been having this problem where certain games do not like to use the full size of my laptop screen (14"/15"), if you look at the screen shots on the links, you will see. Can anyone explain to me why this is happening and how i can resolve it. Thank you for your time, any help much appreciated. Pic 1 my normal latop screen http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e303/infinete/DSCI0023.jpg Pic 2 Playing quake 2, shrunken screen http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e303/infinete/DSCI0022.jpg Edit: it does this with doom as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanchez Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Your first problem is that you're using norton. Has it been like this since you got the laptop. Have you installed the latest drivers? I recommend the Omega drivers for your ATi Card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 This doesn't seem like a driver issue, at all. More the games don't propperly support your laptop monitors resolution. Any chance of you testing out some more 'up to date' games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinete Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 This was like this before norton, i shall try updating the driver, however, as for newer games... hmm, working pefectly black and white unreal tournament (first one) Works but small screen age of empires 3 (slightly bigger screen not full though) discworld doom 1,2, final doom quake 2 maybe something to do with certain games, both old and new :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirtynine. Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 This was like this before norton, i shall try updating the driver, however, as for newer games... hmm, working pefectly black and white unreal tournament (first one) Works but small screen age of empires 3 (slightly bigger screen not full though) discworld doom 1,2, final doom quake 2 maybe something to do with certain games, both old and new :S Those newer" games are still old well not very old but a good coupple of years." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinete Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 ok, messing around with quake 2, it seems that the type of opengl i use changes the size of the screen, i have almost filled it using a standered opengl, however it is not full, can anyone recomend a very good opengl for download for me to try... thankyou in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konfucius Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Try to look on some fansites, some made improvements to the games so that they support more resolutions or even feature better textures. Only this week I discovered that there's a high-res pack for Duke Nukem that replaces the 2D sprites with 3D models and generally updates the texture resolution to modern standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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