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MikeShaffer
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Sun Jan 13, 2002 1:20 am

Ok, I don't know for sure if this is a problem, but in Counter Strike the highest I can set the resolution to is 800x600 in OpenGL. If I select Software I can set it as high as I want, but the video quality isn't as good. When I set the resolution higher than 800x600 it sort of keeps it the same resolution but makes it smaller, so I see it on my desktop. My desktop is 1800x1440... Thing is, it seems to run smoothly on 800x600 so it seems the card should have a lot left, right? Any ideas?

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J5
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Sun Jan 13, 2002 1:41 am

Hmm that is odd. First of all have you tried lowering your resolution on the desktop to say 1024x768 then go into the game? Also the usual, get the latest drivers and within counter-strike does it go to the windowed mode after connecting to a server or right as you click on a higher resolution and change it.
 
MikeShaffer
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Sun Jan 13, 2002 2:01 am

Yea, I tried lowering the windows resolution to 1024/768 then setting CS to 1024x768 and it actually worked. Then I tried to set it at 1152x864 or 1280x960 in CS and it did the same old problem. I took a screen shot of it.

http://www.geocities.com/divx_edu/desktop.jpg
(you have to cut and paste the url to a new window)

I'm going to install the newest drivers right now and see if it fixes it.

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dmitriylm
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Sun Jan 13, 2002 10:50 am

I think it is because youre using non-standard screen resolutions. Stick to often used numbers, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200, etc..
 
MikeShaffer
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Sun Jan 13, 2002 12:13 pm

Ok, I'll try that.

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