How to force letterbox on a widescreen monitor?(Intel HD)

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AkiraJkr Jul 3, 2019 @ 2:22pm

I've been having this issue in many games ever since I switched to Windows 10, where if I play a game at an 4:3 aspect ratio while in fullscreen, it will stretch the image instead of making black borders and it has been a pain since then. Known affected games...are pretty much any.

I tried googling for a solution, but none seemed to exist. I was only able to find solutions to...stretch the display.

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_I_ Jul 3, 2019 @ 2:41pm

go to the intel hd control panel, and scaling options, set it to scale or centered

or to let a game run at native res, try the help from https://www.wsgf.org/mgl

Last edited by _I_; Jul 3, 2019 @ 2:42pm

AkiraJkr Jul 3, 2019 @ 2:44pm

I checked the panel and at the Scaling Options and the only ones there...
https://i.imgur.com/Jxb7iKP.png

Other than that, the Customize option doesn't seem to...change anything. It only makes the screen smaller.

_I_ Jul 3, 2019 @ 2:51pm

try getting the latest gpu driver from intel, not windows update

AkiraJkr Jul 3, 2019 @ 3:36pm

It makes no difference. I've already tried. Same options. Although from intel I just have better performance for some reason.

_I_ Jul 3, 2019 @ 3:46pm

what igpu/cpu do you have?

AkiraJkr Jul 3, 2019 @ 4:00pm

Intel HD. First Gen.

UTFapolloMarine Jul 3, 2019 @ 4:57pm

im not sure if windows 10 has a reso that suppports such old and small amount of pixles, i would try and set my actual resolution to a 480p pixel if i was you and see if that works.

_I_ Jul 3, 2019 @ 4:58pm

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/22521/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-Driver-Windows-7-64-Windows-Vista-64-exe-?product=97497

it may also be the display, check the monitor settings for non native res
it should have scale/stretch otpions

Last edited by _I_; Jul 3, 2019 @ 4:59pm

AkiraJkr Jul 3, 2019 @ 7:43pm

That's...the one I have installed. Yeah. Also my max resolution is 1080p. But it doesn't have a Maintain Aspect Ratio option. Just Maintain Display Scaling.