Screen resolution help please

[owenmahamilton]

Hi, I just bought this for my PC and would be very grateful if someone could help me with what will hopefully be a small issue please. I have a 4K monitor (actually a TV) attached to my Windows 10 PC which I have the desktop set to run at the native resolution of 3840 x 2160 at 60Hz. When playing GTA IV I have the game resolution set to 1920 x 1080 at 60Hz to reduce the load on my system and I'm happy to do that, at that resolution the game takes up the whole screen in full screen mode but if I try and do this in Episodes from Liberty City (I've only tried The Lost and The Damned so far) then even when set to run in full screen mode, the picture does not fill the screen like it does in GTA IV, I know for a fact it's running in full screen as if I hit Alt + Enter to swap between full screen and windowed mode then the game gets even smaller and the maximise and minimise window icons appear. This seems strange that it takes up the whole screen in GTA IV but not in this, does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong and if so is there any way I can fix it?

Thanks.

[Jurassic Fart 3]

Okay, you're not using a monitor with a recognizable driver profile—you're using a TV. You are NOT going to get optimal results. I can pretty much guarantee that you'll have to set resolution inside game options at 1920•1080.

Just because you have "kick-ash" hardware doen't mean the game was designed to run with what you have.

[M. Walrus]

Don't listen to the guy above, I run GTA IV in 4k with no issues.

If using nvidia hardware, check your scaling options in nvidia control panel (adjust desktop size and position) and make sure "aspect ratio" is selected, as well as "perform scaling on: GPU".

Either this may fix it, or you need to go into your TV's options and tell it to scale the picture to full screen.

[Jurassic Fart 3]

Yeah…whatever you do, don't listen to someone who's not full crap. The game was not developed or patched to run at higher resolutions than what I've already mentioned. Just because Mordecai's not having any problems with his NON-STANDARD or SUPPORTED set-up—who ALSO is NOT running the game under the conditions stated by OP—doesn't mean what I said isn't true.

nVIDIA's interface is pretty easy to understand. Experimenting with scaling and rendering options take only a few minutes, not a lot of headache, there.

Bottom line is: If you don't have drivers specifically tailored to your display device—or you're not using drivers that adequately and accurately instruct your system in how to handle your hardware profile—you may not get what you want; you're at the mercy of whoever wrote the drivers you ARE using…maybe it's coded to handle your stuff, maybe not, but since you're having issues, QED (Duh!): You don't have the right drivers. Else, you wouldn't have problems…assuming you're doing everything ELSE right, that is.

Regardless of all that, and what Mordecai so "diplomatically" said (Jerk!), forcing aspect ratio with nVidia Experience (Intel) or Catalyst Control Center (AMD) should give you approximately-desired results.

See, I used to run this game off my laptop on the 60" TV in the living room with no aspect ratio problems, and no fullscreen/windowed issues…but, because the game wasn't designed to run on hardware that huge, the picture wasn't exactly sharp. You gotta expect these things when you're running legacy games on modern hardware.

Unsubscribing because have no interest in flame war with the unfriendly fellow who responded. Hope you have found the help you needed by now. Good luck, Owen, and happy gaming. Wish I could have been of more assistance. Hope I didn't offend (was not my intent, I assure you).