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I have a dell studio 1555 laptop with a GPU inside. The details are below;

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I can play games in widescreen in Vista, but not in 7. I am using Windows 7 Home Premium. I have the latest Catalyst Control Center. Instead of widescreen, the games are running in a classic style, say like 1024x768 ratio. I have a screen resolution of 1366x768. I have no problem with HD videos and anything else.

The expected result is this;

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And what I get is this;

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How can I fix this?

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  • why -1?? i have a genuine question..
    – Alfred
    Jul 7, 2012 at 9:03
  • Which "Need for Speed" game are you trying to play and under which resolution? Also did that game worked at Vista with the resolution you are trying? Jul 7, 2012 at 9:03
  • i play nfs underground..
    – Alfred
    Jul 7, 2012 at 9:05

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As far as I know Need For Speed Underground don't have widescreen support. There is a patch for it here.

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  • i got it, but the same happens for all other games including NFS most anted
    – Alfred
    Jul 7, 2012 at 9:27
  • "Need for Speed: Most Wanted" doesn't support widescreen either, a quick search at the Wide Screen Gaming Forum, the site I linked earlier, will show you that there is a patch for it too. Jul 7, 2012 at 9:39
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You will, most likely, have to change the aspect ratio inside each game's video settings to 16:9, which is what I understand your screen supports, and then you will be able to set the resolution to a widescreen resolution like 1366 x 768.

Note: If you don't have any problems with video playback, then most likely your video adapter driver already supports 16 : 9 aspect ratio, you just have to enable it in the software you want to use it with.

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