24 Inch Dell Widescreen ,Game resolution ?

[Bald-Eagle11]

Guys i have a 24 Inch Dell Widescreen , what in game setting should i put for the resolution ?

[Radar-C}{G-]

Re: 24 Inch Dell Widescreen ,Game resolution ?

I am not sure, but I think BF2 lacks wide screen support.... Check the help forums for more details as I am sure that I have read something like that here before.

[Bald-Eagle11]

Re: 24 Inch Dell Widescreen ,Game resolution ?

No i dont mean altering the Target field i mean in game rs settings .

[Sir. bzb]

Re: 24 Inch Dell Widescreen ,Game resolution ?

It depends, 1900x1200 ideally but see how your card likes it.

ah, once you've done the shortcut ignor the ingame res settings.

[Bungalow_Bill]

Re: 24 Inch Dell Widescreen ,Game resolution ?

The Dell 24" monitor runs at a native resolution of 1920x1200 (16:10)

Exact commandline you'll need: (modify the folder location to match your own)

"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\bf2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +restart +szx 1920 +szy 1200

[Bald-Eagle11]

Re: 24 Inch Dell Widescreen ,Game resolution ?

It depends, 1900x1200 ideally but see how your card likes it.

ah, once you've done the shortcut ignor the ingame res settings.

Thats all i needed to know , thx man

[Komet.nl]

Re: 24 Inch Dell Widescreen ,Game resolution ?

Somebody told me that widescreen is better for your eyes since they look in a rectangular shape and not in a square shape as standard monitors have?

[Sir. bzb]

Re: 24 Inch Dell Widescreen ,Game resolution ?

Somebody told me that widescreen is better for your eyes since they look in a rectangular shape and not in a square shape as standard monitors have?

I dont think there is much debate as sitting close to any screen all your life isnt good for you. It is important that you take a break every once in a while.

It is true that without moving you head your field of vision is wider than it is high so the concept of widescreen is better for the sake of ergonomics. Certainly i find it more user friendly. But i dont think there is an argument to be had about screen aspect and health since screens with the same area will give the same exposure irrelevant on whether they are square or rectangular.
If we were talking giant screens of the same screen area that you had to look at then you could say the normal aspect is potentially harmful to your neck as you would have to tilt your head to see the top or bottom of it where as the widescreen is visable without moving your head. However on that scale you could argue that you got greater exposure from the widescreen since its total area was visable at all times.
In computer terms the largest monitor your likely to get normal aspect is about 21" which i wouldnt have thought large enough to require moving your head to see all of the screen especially since the larger the screen the further away you tend to place it from yourself.

[ICANDO]

Re: 24 Inch Dell Widescreen ,Game resolution ?

Whats the +restart in the command line? I dont need this command to change my resolution that way.

[samarlian]

Re: 24 Inch Dell Widescreen ,Game resolution ?

I run a Dell 24" widescreen all i did to set the rez was right click on the desktop BF2 short cut and select properties change fullscreen to:

+widescreen 1 +szx 1920 +szy 1200

and also select all the bf2 settings to high

specs:

CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 S755 will overclock to 2.8ghz
Antec neo truepower 3.0 supply 650w
Zalmen flower cooling cpu fan
Asus P5N32 SLI PREMIUM or the DELUXE
2gb sticks of OCZ DIMM 2 GB DDR2-800 Kit platnium
2 x 7900gtx 512 overclocked to fitted with Zalman VF900 cooling fans
HD Western digital raptor 74gb
HD Western digital cavair 160gb

[Mad Ad]

Re: 24 Inch Dell Widescreen ,Game resolution ?

+szx 1920 +szy 1200 cuts a strip from top and bottom to fit onto the screen....ok I guess if you are a groundpound specialist but I dont like it when flying anything, sometimes all I get to follow is a quick flash of a wing wake and cutting bits out makes me think Im missing something.

Im not sure of the dell 24 but my 23" L2335 can strech any normal res across the screen so I set the game on 1600x1200 and let the monitor stretch that to 1920x1200....no missing strips and the minimap is still the same oval shape.

Tons of discussion about bf2 and widescreen here- http://www.widescreengamingforum.com - there was a post once where someone coloured in the missing strips but I cant find it, but theres other threads with non-colored comparisons to see too.

hth