How Can I Render a Smaller Game Resolution with Black Bars on an Ultrawide Monitor?
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PixelPioneer88
I'm currently borrowing my friend's ultrawide monitor that has a resolution of about 3400x1440. My RTX 2070 Super has trouble keeping up with 60 FPS in Battlefield 6 at that resolution. While I'm waiting to upgrade my GPU, I want to run the game at a lower resolution but have black bars on the sides instead of stretching the display. Is there any software or setting that can help me achieve this effect, rendering a smaller area (like around 2140x1440) while keeping the rest of the screen blacked out?
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Even if there was software for this, it wouldn't really be much different from just playing the game in a smaller window with a lower resolution.
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I'm not entirely sure, but isn’t it possible to just select a lower resolution in the game settings? That might be the easiest solution.
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Another option is to lower the desktop resolution itself. If that doesn’t work for you, just set the game to a lower resolution. What you're describing sounds like it doesn't exist because you can achieve the effect with one of these methods.
BusyBee99: I tried that method, and it made everything look blurry. Any ideas to avoid that?
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You can try using the Nvidia Control Panel! Go to 'Adjust desktop size and position', set it to 'no scaling', and then either adjust the in-game resolution or the desktop resolution to fit. This way, you should be able to run your game with black bars on the sides without it being stretched.
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StrategySeeker: That's actually exactly what I’m trying to avoid.