flybynight

ok so i have my dx9 and all drivers current . but i only see the top left portion of the game . any ideas . brand new pc . i have uninstalled and reinstalled the game .

OH YEAH WERE IN BUISNESS NOW !!!!! the aspect ratio was sett to 1:333333 . and after lookin at my option for my screen i saw panoramic , wide and 1:1 . so i set the AR in the game to 1:133333 and all is well . perfect resolution and very clear . game play didi not suffer . thanx alot for the help

it is a widescreen 20" this panel was part of a package deal . but i added on later . it is a gateway monitor with HD and the stand lets me rotate , lower and raise on different directions . something else i forgot to mention earlier . it came with a program called EZtune . it allows me to run a wizard for best screen resolution and also when i turn my screen 90 degrees it will turn whatever is displayed 90 degrees also . but i turn off this feature when gamming simply because it would be easier to diagnose problems without it . . going to try some of the earlier advice from above .

thanx for all the help guys . yes it is a g/f 6100 . i will try to adjust th esettings in the game but it will be difficult since i only see the top left portion of it and my screen is a 20 inch so 5:1 sounds like a good deal too. any suggestions on a good video card as i am somewhat ignorant to this type of thing?

sorry bout that heres what belarc had to say:................................................... Operating System System Model Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Gateway GT5032 Enclosure Type: Desktop Processor a Main Circuit Board b 2.20 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 256 kilobyte primary memory cache 1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: C51MCP51 Serial Number: UYFH60207991 Bus Clock: 200 megahertz BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 12/05/2005 Drives Memory Modules c,d 250.05 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 234.89 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space PHILIPS DROM6216 [CD-ROM drive] TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552D [CD-ROM drive] WDC WD2500BB-00GUC0 [Hard drive] (250.06 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMAL73179887, rev 08.02D08, SMART Status: Healthy 896 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot 'A0' has 512 MB Slot 'A1' has 512 MB Slot 'A2' is Empty Slot 'A3' is Empty Local Drive Volumes c: (NTFS on drive 0) 250.05 GB 234.89 GB free Network Drives None detected Controllers Display NVIDIA nForce 430/410 Serial ATA Controller Primary IDE Channel [Controller] Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller NVIDIA GeForce 6100 [Display adapter] Gateway FPD2185W [Monitor] (20.9"vis, s/n V62 50N 14001, February 2006) Bus Adapters Multimedia Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller ATI Unified AVStream Driver Realtek AC'97 Audio Communications Other Devices PCI Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP 1394 Net Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.1.100 / 24 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 Dhcp Server: 192.168.1.1 Physical Address: 00:15:58:0E:6A:A0 Networking Dns Server: 208.67.222.222 Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller USB Human Interface Device (2x) Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard HID-compliant mouse NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator PDI Kernel Ports Device Driver Generic USB Hub USB Mass Storage Device USB Root Hub (2x).......................................i also noticed that my other games are doing similar things but some of them i can run with 256 color and the older games i can run in 98 /95 compatibilty . but the newer ones have problems . my pc should handle these games tho. heeelp!