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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 :(

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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.

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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?

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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

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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."

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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 :)

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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.

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