CounterStrike:Source Resolution problem

[Sassa]

Oh . You're too kind Sassa.

Apology accepted. Now carry on guys...

Yes, carry on guys...

 

[Sassa]

http://www.sevenforums.com/chillout-room/19851-off-topic-redirect-off-53.html#post254379

 

[7DowN]

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?

 

[matt332]

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

 

[matt332]

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

 

[Dainiukas]

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

 

[QuackPot]

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.

 

[RakeshM]

No FIX yet?

So,..

I guess no fix for now?

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

 

[RakeshM]

Fixed

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

 

[Dainiukas]

not working for me

 

[matt332]

anyone still having this problem, just open Launch options on CounterStrike:Source and put in -freq 75 hit ok,

restart game and it will be fixed, enjoy

 

[satchmo]

I am running CSS and HL2DM without any problem.

 

[Temba]

This thread seems helpful for this problem

http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/19216-cant-play-games-fullscreen-5.html

If you have a ATI driver;

As some of you who may noticed (those who
have widescreen panels and are into retro-gaming or play games at anything other than your desktop resolution), there's a bug in the ATI drivers for Windows 7 (maybe Vista, don't know) that disables scaling and doesn't let you pick any scaling options. Thus we're stuck into Flattenedville any time the resolution is not widescreen.

Here's the fix:

- Set your resolution to anything below your usual resolution.
- Hit the CCC
- Top left, click "Graphics", and "Desktops & Displays" on the pulldown menu.
- For your desired display, click the little black triangle in the bottom part of the screen, on the LITTLE picture, not the BIG one, and click "Configure".
- The scaling options will now be selectable, check the "Enable GPU scaling" box and select "Maintain aspect ratio". Hit Apply.
- Set your old resolution back. Even though the forementioned scaling controls are greyed out and you can actually see "Scale image to full panel size" grey-selected, don't worry.
- Go play your games!

Tested under Windows 7 RTM and Catalyst 9.8 drivers.

Unfortunatley this didn't work for me but hopefully it might help someone.

It's too bad about this "black bars" games problem. I've had no other problems with W7 other than this.

 

[MUFFINMAN]

thanks alot, this worked for me. Altohugh i didnot have the "enable gpu scaling box)
i was ableto choose from 3 different choices (aspect ratio, full screen, and centered)
I picked the full screen and then changed back to my old resolution. It worked like a charm. I use a crappy ati radeon 32000 512m for anyone that wants to know.

 

[schae23]

Playing games in Windows 7 at full screen widescreen.

How do I do this? I right clicked on the executable but did not find any "shortcut TAB". What am I missing?:sarc:

 

[Jindles]

hey i have same problem my normal resolution is 1680x1050 and on counter strike source on vista it said resolution 1024x768 Normal(4:3) and this was just right for me. when playing cs:s the size was perfect but when i upgraded to windows 7 my resolution messed up and i had big black bars on the side. also everything went smaller

 

[cloud8521]

anyone still having this problem, just open Launch options on CounterStrike:Source and put in -freq 75 hit ok,

restart game and it will be fixed, enjoy

im afraid its not always good to do that, as you may cause damage to some monitors this way.

 

[ryu007]

cs source problem

can anyone help me with my problem, how come i cant see the character of cs but i can see the maps, all i can see is graphic stirpes, i already plyed cs b4 but unlike this new version i cant see my char and the others..