First post, by Mau1wurf1977
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Hi all!
I'd like to have a thread that allows everyone who uses a widescreen monitor for their retro PC (be it DOS or Windows) to let us know if there are any issues with 4:3 aspect ratio support.
I did try to test for smooth scrolling because of 60 Hz / 70 Hz, but all the demos and pinball games I tried look just as smooth via DVI with no parent stuttering happening.
This is about VGA input only!
I've attached a game and PCPBENCH for convenience.
Monitor is an AOC 23.6" 16:9 1920 x 1080 monitor model e2450Swd
Feel free to reply / copy paste below as a template:
BIOS: Image gets stretched
DOS Command prompt: Image gets stretched. Left part cut off.
DOS 320 x 200 game: Image gets stretched. Left part cut off.
DOS 640 x 480 game: 4:3 (PCPBENCH 101)
DOS 800 x 600 game: 4:3 (PCPBENCH 103)
DOS 1024 x 786 game: 4:3 (PCPBENCH 105)
DOS 1280 x 1024 game: 5:4 (PCPBENCH 107)
DOS 1600 x 200 game: Not supported (PCPBENCH 145)
Windows 640 x 480: 4:3
Windows 800 x 600: 4:3
Windows 1024 x 768: 4:3
Windows 1280 x 1024: 5:4
Windows: 1600 x 1200: Not supported
ISO image to burn a test CD
Quickly a little test image. Just burn this ISO onto a CD. Boot from it. It's automatic and all you need to do is press ESCAPE after each resolution. After the resolution test it will do a scrolling test. Report if you see any stuttering.
Then report back here 😀