I am trying to understand this thread. It seems no one has mentioned the widescreen mode option in the on screen options of the monitor. I am sure this option varies with each monitor. I am trying to understand how this comes to play.
Before I purchased my Dell WFP2407, I was able to demo my friends Dell WFP2405 running on a NVIDIA 7800GTX 512 using a DVI-D cable. When I ran games with none widescreen aspect (such as 5:4), I opened the monitors on screen options and switched widescreen mode to aspect. From then on when I opened games that ran in the 5:4 aspect the monitor ran in aspect mode with the black bars on the side. No other fuss required. My Dell WFP2407 is running on an ATI 1900XT using a DVI-D cable. The monitor does not retain the widescreen mode option, I have to choose aspect each time I open a 5:4 or 4:3 aspect game.
Sorry to bump this thread, hope to continue the discussion.
Before I purchased my Dell WFP2407, I was able to demo my friends Dell WFP2405 running on a NVIDIA 7800GTX 512 using a DVI-D cable. When I ran games with none widescreen aspect (such as 5:4), I opened the monitors on screen options and switched widescreen mode to aspect. From then on when I opened games that ran in the 5:4 aspect the monitor ran in aspect mode with the black bars on the side. No other fuss required. My Dell WFP2407 is running on an ATI 1900XT using a DVI-D cable. The monitor does not retain the widescreen mode option, I have to choose aspect each time I open a 5:4 or 4:3 aspect game.
Sorry to bump this thread, hope to continue the discussion.