Letterboxing in skyrim

Post » Sun May 13, 2012 9:52 pm

I just got a new Asus 23" HD widescreen monitor. I chose 16:9 aspect ratio at the Skyrim launcher, and I am getting black bars on the top and bottom of my screen when I play. If I don't choose this aspect or higher, I can't choose a very high resolution. How do I get rid of these bars?
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leni
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 7:04 pm

This belongs in the PC support section for Skyrim, I think.

Anyways, what's your native resolution? Is it 1920 x 1200?
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Vera Maslar
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 10:21 pm

1920x1080.

If I choose this setting in Skyrim, it is full screen, but my video card can't handle it. I am building a new PC tomorrow but would like to know for future reference.
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Elisha KIng
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 10:29 pm

Black bars are the result of running at a different aspect ratio than the native aspect ratio of the screen. It sounds to me like the resolution somewhere isn't matching up. There is no way to get rid of black bars without running at the same aspect ratio as the screen and stretching or zooming, both of which don't look good.

Are you running the desktop at 1920 x 1080 as well?
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Zosia Cetnar
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 9:23 pm

Black bars are the result of running at a different aspect ratio than the native aspect ratio of the screen. It sounds to me like the resolution somewhere isn't matching up. There is no way to get rid of black bars without running at the same aspect ratio as the screen and stretching or zooming, both of which don't look good.

Are you running the desktop at 1920 x 1080 as well?

Yes, the desktop is set to 1920x1080. Unless I set Skyrim to 16:9 and run @ 1920 x 1080, I see black bars.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 5:48 pm

If your monitor is 16:9 aspect ratio and the resolution you're using is also 16:9 aspect ratio it should fit the screen all the way.
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Dalley hussain
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 5:20 pm

Try 16:10.
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Trevi
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 2:00 pm

I actually have this issue with New Vegas running it in Ultra.
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MatthewJontully
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 9:57 pm

See how 1600x900 looks and runs.
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