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    Windows 7 Call of Duty 1, sides cut off of screen

    Hi, Call of Duty 1 will only run in a portrait kind of resolution, both left and right have big black borders. The same happened with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, but I simply changed the resolution to 1680x1050 and it spread itself out like it should. On CoD1 I can only change it to...
    • from el paso
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    • black borders call of duty cod1 cod2 compatibility desktop display driver issues gaming gaming issues graphics monitor performance portrait mode resolution screen settings update video settings xpsp3
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Games
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    Windows 7 screen resolutions

    This should be simple. I have a samsung syncmaster T260HD monitor that I really love. It was a joy to use on my old 32 bit XP PC with integrated graphics card. Its native resolution is 1920 x 1200 but on old PC was able to EASILY change resolution down a bit to 1200 x 800 or any other...
    • com1usa
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    • black borders desktop scaling display drivers display settings geforce gts graphics card monitor native resolution pc upgrade resolution adjustment samsung screen resolutions syncmaster tech support text readability user frustration visual experience windows 7 xp compatibility zoom feature
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  3. Windows 7 I get 800x600 with 1 black borders each side!

    Please help me! I am using Windows 7 x86 and a laptop Samsung R510 But whenever I play Flight Simulator or 007 Nightfire, my screen has 2 black borders! 1 for each side! 1200x800 works but I don't like it because I see things smaller! :mad: I don't have these problems in Vista nor in XP. I...
    • SpAzy
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    • black borders display issue flight simulator gaming graphics performance resolution samsung r510 screen size windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 display problem

    please somone help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! first ill start with my system optoma projector HD-80 (1080p) Denon 3808CI A/V reciever (1080p passthrough and upconvertion) ATI 4879 X2 video card (HDMI capable) AMD 940 Phenom II prosessor Samsung 23" monitor I first had windows vista installed (no...
    • wuz
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    • 1080p amd processor ati drivers av receiver black borders catalyst control center compatibility display firmware gaming hdmi hdmi passthrough monitor optoma projector resolution samsung troubleshooting video card windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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    Windows 7 windows dvd creater PROBLEM

    Everything works fine when burning etc, But no matter what setting i set it too (ie. 4;3 or 16.9) the dvd comes out as a very narrow video with large black borders on either side .Ive burnt mutiple dvds and had the same problem each time. never had this problem with dvd maker for vista ,is...
    • Gilly
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    • black borders common problems dvd burning dvd creator dvd maker graphics issues user help video formatting vista windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support