CounterStrike:Source Resolution problem

TGSoldier said:

Oh . You're too kind Sassa. :)

Apology accepted. Now carry on guys...

Yes, carry on guys...

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billybest said:

He said he is more comfortable with playing at a lower resolution. Most likely because he has been playing with it for a long time.

I have played Counter-Strike 1.6 competitively, and many people worry about resolution. I have yet to see a top competitive CS/CSS player use a resolution larger than 1024x768. I use the lower resolutions too just because I seem to register better (although it might be "just in my head.") and I can maintain constant 100fps on any resolution.

Now to answer the OP's question: Do you have an NVIDIA or ATI graphic card? If you do have a NVIDIA card, you can go into your NVIDIA Control Panel. Then on the left side click "Adjust desktop size and position." Then select one of the options:

Use NVIDIA scaling: This MIGHT remove the black bars (never tested this)
Use NVIDIA scaling with fixed-aspect ratio: This will add black bars in order to maintain proper aspect-ratio
Use my displays' built-in scaling: This removes black bars and stretches your screen to match your monitor
Do not scale: This SHOULD be the same as above

NOTE: I only found these to work in XP. In Windows 7, it seems to automatically go to "Use my display's built-in scaling," and has black bars by default. You can give it a try to see if it works. I don't think the NVIDIA drivers are perfected for Windows 7, hence why the scaling options seem to be glitchy.

ANOTHER NOTE: I play with the black bars. I think all or most of the "top caliber" gamers play with black bars if they have a widescreen monitor. I THINK the stretched screen (4:3 resolution on a 16:10 monitor) makes the left and right sensitivity slower than the up and down sensitivity when moving with the mouse. I would recommend playing with the black bars (only when playing CS/CSS of course if you want to use the 800x600 resolution.)

My graphic card is ATI. What do I have to do to remove those black bars?

i dont think its possible with my graphic card drivers, so ive orderd a GTX 280 :>> and hopefully will have some kind of scaling on the drivers,

in reply to the ati guy, just lookfor something called flatpanel scaling hf

CLOSE THREAD IS FIX NOW :>


if anyone comes across this and wonders how its fixed just go into launch options and put

-freq 75

even if you have a 60 hz or below or above moniter
put that in it fix's hf :)

matt332 said:

CLOSE THREAD IS FIX NOW :>


if anyone comes across this and wonders how its fixed just go into launch options and put

-freq 75

even if you have a 60 hz or below or above moniter
put that in it fix's hf :)

I have this problem with Counter-strike 1.6... but the biggest problem is my monitor(only 60hz and 1280x800) and i can't play cs in 800x600 rezolution without black both sides...can someone help me? p.s video card ati radeon hd 3470 256MB.Sorry for my bad english

Dainiukas said:

matt332 said:

CLOSE THREAD IS FIX NOW :>


if anyone comes across this and wonders how its fixed just go into launch options and put

-freq 75

even if you have a 60 hz or below or above moniter
put that in it fix's hf :)

I have this problem with Counter-strike 1.6... but the biggest problem is my monitor(only 60hz and 1280x800) and i can't play cs in 800x600 rezolution without black both sides...can someone help me? p.s video card ati radeon hd 3470 256MB.Sorry for my bad english

I have that graphics card but I have bars in CSS on the top and bottom of my screen.

But I'm installing the ATI driver for windows 7 that should hopefully fix the problem.

So,..

I guess no fix for now?

I have the same problem and cant enjoy my games with that black bars in side

Hey Guys,..

I think I found the fix.

Right click on the game's .exe

go to short cut tab

select maximized in the Run(drop down menu)

apply the settings

this worked for me

not working for me