Widescreen Gaming Forum

Hi friends, this is my first post, so first of all big "HI", i got my self fallout 3 last night. Awesome but since i have a slower VGA Card i can only run it smoothly on 4:3 resolutions such as 800X600, the lowest wide screen resolution it runs is 16:9 1280X720 as far as i recall. I was just wandering if there is a way to run it in a lower wide screen resolution such as 852X480, I tried and it gave me a error. Anyone know how to do this? thanks a billion!

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Here's how with Fallout 3:
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/

If you need other solutions, the master game list is in the panel to the left on WSGF:
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/Essential_Games_List

Thanks friend, but i tried the method they were talking about but if i put anything below 1280X720, it says failed to initialize graphics or something, :(

More and more "modern" games cannot be run at resolutions below a 720px height... I don't think there's any workaround for such an engine limitation. :?

Yep i guess so, you are right, I tried everything i can, either overclock my card to run it 1280X720 or run it in 4:3 or run it on 1280X720 with low frame rates, i guess i have to choose one, i rather run it on 800X600 4:3 full smooth. :)

A lot of games won't take a resolution if it is not in your desktop resolution list.

Have you added 852X480 as a custom resolution to your desktop?

Call me i am kind of dumb on this WS Stuff but how do i add more desktop resolutions? I'll google for that topic! thanks for the heads up friend,!

Call me i am kind of dumb on this WS Stuff but how do i add more desktop resolutions? I'll google for that topic! thanks for the heads up friend,!

It depends. For NVIDIA go to NVIDIA control panelchange resolutionadd resolutionscreate custom resolution.

Aight, but the problem is i have a ATI Card, let me play around with it and get back to ya!..... :)

I can't find a method but somebody did explain about something called Powerstrip, yes it did work but i don't get it in standard windows resolution changer, only Pstrip can change the resolution, I'll google about it and see. :)