Re: 4:3 games on 5:4 monitors - good or bad?

Michael Cecil wrote:

Also, besides letting the monitor handle the ratio, with nVidia (and I
assume ATi) you can have the drivers determine how the aspect ratio
scaling is handled.

Yea, that's the method I use too but it must be noted that you must be using a DVI connection and not VGA to get this option in the video card properties.
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