What video card do you have on the c2d computer? If it is something even fairly modern, the gpu control panel should have settings for aspect ratios.

^^ Yup that's the first thing to check. GPU scaling option in the driver.

That must be a Geforce 8600. I give it a shot. I'll report my results tonight.

That gpu should have the scaling option on the driver. Just set it to keep aspect ratio.

I'm unable to find this option in the system options of the card. I have driver 337.88 installed, noticed that there is a new one 340.52, don't know if it is in there.

The feature only appears if a monitor is connected via DVI, if I'm not mistaken.

Yes, i read that also. But it is connected via DVI, but still not there.

Also read here : http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=64588 that the feature can be enabled by unchecking @treat as HDTV option, but i'm also unable to find that. Ok, they are talking about version 160.xx not the 337. Or should i try to get an older version of the driver.

Man i hate this driver searching and testing....

I have a display connected via VGA and I still have the scaling options on Nvidia control panel. I have a GTX 750 Ti graphichcard though, but I would be willing to bet that the driver you have does hae the scaling option too. I will attach a screenshot of where to find the option, sadly the screen is in Finnish, since I cannot seem to change the language, but you should still find it. I think the menu in english is "Desktop size and position", that Philips 190CW monitor you see on the screenshot is the one plugged in via VGA

Thanks for the picture. I just put the text into Google translate an d it should be this option, but mine is different. See picture. Strange thing is when i change the resolution in windows itself or whit the Nvidia tool i get black borders on both sides. But than when i start a game it's gone.

Edit: i updated to the latest driver and it is still the same, only nTune is not working anymore, but i did not suppose to OC.

Roman78 wrote:

Yes, i read that also. But it is connected via DVI, but still not there.

I'm kind of confused as to just what you're doing. Are you using a DVI KVM, then? Do things change if you plug in the monitor without the KVM? Maybe it's even worth trying a different DVI cable.

Also, do you have drivers for the monitor?

Hmm, found a tip on other forums, that if you lower the desktop resolution of your computer to something lower than the standard resolution is, it might show the scaling options after that. Also, I think your monitor is being detected as a TV for some reason, it might be the reason why the option to scale isn't there.

EDIT: Maybe on to something here http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2116350&page=2 has a tip on how to get it working

Registered here to post because I figured out a solution. Had this same problem - my monitor was running on a HD 1080p TV resolu […]
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Registered here to post because I figured out a solution. Had this same problem - my monitor was running on a HD 1080p TV resolution instead of a PC resolution according to Nvidia.

Try this in the Nvidia control panel:

1. Go to Display > Change Resolution
2. Click on Customize
3. Create a new resolution matching your native resolution (1920x1080 for mine)
4. Test it, if it's successful, keep the change. Nvidia should now recognize your display as a PC monitor, rather than a TV.

I was then able to change my scaling options for it, which resulted in no stretching for 4:3 resolution games. Hope this helps.

Nvidia's XP drivers are junk. They continue to update them, and use the same version numbers as the NT6 drivers, but they're not the same. Basic things are missing or don't work properly.

I think you may be better off with AMD hardware and their no-longer-updated XP drivers.

I also ran into this problem. Don't use the latest drivers!

The scaling option won't show up. Google some reviews of the graphics card, check what driver version they used, then add a year or two and you should be sweet 😀

Ok, so i'm going to try older drivers.

Also have some other cards I could use, Like a X1500 or X1950 (but that one needs to much power, there is no extra connector for this one in the computer). Or even worse HD4870, but than my eco PC is gone whit the wind (180 Watt full load.... only the GPU).

Now I downloaded the last Omega based on 169.21 and oldest possible driver from the Nvidia site, which is 320.18 from 2013, There are no older versions there.

All the older ones are on Guru3D, but it is hard to pick one, there are so much:

original:
www.guru3d.com/files-categories/videoca ... -bit).html

Modified:
www.guru3d.com/files-categories/videoca ... fied).html

Now I Downloaded some WHQL drivers, the 169.21 ; 175.16 ; 180.48 and 185.85. Gonna start whit the oldest one.

This should be in Marvin.

bakcom wrote:

Nvidia's XP drivers are junk.

Acknowledged!

Confirmed!

I installed the 175 driver and voila, it is working. Tested whit two games, even Dos games are working.

Guys, thanks for all the help and tips!

moved to Marvin.