Widescreen and game performance

Borg · 03-02-2004, 04:26 PM

I hope this hasn't already been discussed, but I did a search and turned up nothing. Soooo,

I'm thinking about getting the emachines widescreen laptop. 1) Does anyone have experience with how IWDII and Baldur's Gate II perform on widescreens? I like to play using the full screen -- can the game work with that? 2) Does anyone have experience with the emachine's laptops relative to those games (I'm looking at the low end one -- 5309 or something)?

Thanks!!!

Arledrian · 03-02-2004, 05:01 PM

I have played both those games on an emachines 15.4'' widescreen laptop, but both in window mode, so that the games are unaffected. If you were to play fullscreen, I imagine the pixels would be stretched out horizontally, making the games look horrible. So my advice is just to stick with playing in an 800x600 window.

[ 03-02-2004, 05:02 PM: Message edited by: Arledrian ]

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03-02-2004, 04:26 PM	#1
Borg The Magister Join Date: March 25, 2003 Location: San Francisco Age: 52 Posts: 137	I hope this hasn't already been discussed, but I did a search and turned up nothing. Soooo, I'm thinking about getting the emachines widescreen laptop. 1) Does anyone have experience with how IWDII and Baldur's Gate II perform on widescreens? I like to play using the full screen -- can the game work with that? 2) Does anyone have experience with the emachine's laptops relative to those games (I'm looking at the low end one -- 5309 or something)? Thanks!!!

03-02-2004, 05:01 PM	#2
Arledrian Egyptian Goddess of the Dead Join Date: July 12, 2001 Location: South Carolina Age: 40 Posts: 3,771	I have played both those games on an emachines 15.4'' widescreen laptop, but both in window mode, so that the games are unaffected. If you were to play fullscreen, I imagine the pixels would be stretched out horizontally, making the games look horrible. So my advice is just to stick with playing in an 800x600 window. [ 03-02-2004, 05:02 PM: Message edited by: Arledrian ]

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