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Previous Updates at the WSGF EA Gives Away Three C&C Titles EA has the original Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Tiberian Sun (plus Firestorm) available as Freeware download. The original C&C and RA were reported as 16:10 anamorphic, while Tiberian Sun is pixel-based. Would be nice to get Detailed Reports for these. Also interested to see about Surround/Eyefinity support in Tiberian Sun. --Ibrin 06:29, 15 February 2010 (UTC) WSGF Joins the [H]ard OCP Boycott - Don't Buy Global Agenda The WSGF in joining in with Kyle Bennet and [H]ard OCP in their Boycott of Global Agenda. In a thread on the developer's forum (which is filled with WSGF members), the developer responded to a request for Eyefinity support with, "No, since it would give an unfair advantage." The game is Vert- without proper WS or Surround/Eyefinity support. Since the dev refuses to support us, we say don't support them with your dollars. --Ibrin 20:39, 12 February 2010 (UTC) Update on BioShock 2 FOV - Patch Underway (Revised) "2K Elizabeth", (Community Manager for 2K Games) forwarded me this Formal Announcement of a Hor+ Patch. To quote the page, "We always meant to have our FOV expand horizontally, but a last minute bug fix for a related issue changed this back to a vertical FOV just before ship. We feel rather silly about this, and agree that horizontal expansion is much more awesome, and that you'll have it very soon." I've reached out separately to Elizabeth to confirm this will mean Eyefinity support, and hope to hear back soon. --Ibrin 18:45, 10 February 2010 (UTC) BioShock 2 - BioShock FOV Problems Redux Csokis provided some comparison shots of BioShock 2 being Vert-. Considering that we went through this exact same thing on the original BioShock (and the WSGF event made X-Play! on G4TV), the FOV issues are surprising. This thread on the 2K Forums picked up our original posting and users there go on to say that other issues fixed in patches to the original BioShock are missing as well. These are issues like the mouse acceleration and the "walk" key. Sounds like the team in 2K Marin didn't start with the patched codebase. We've also got an Eyefinity thread on the issue. --Ibrin 15:29, 10 February 2010 (UTC) ATI Enables Proper Eyefinity "Intermediate Resolutions" in Catalyst 10.1 While beta testing some drivers for ATI I found that 5040x1050 was now selectable (rather than the previous and unusable 3840x1024) on my 3x24" Eyefnity setup (with a native res of 5760x1200). Upon asking ATI when this would be released, they informed me it had been released with Catalyst 10.1. Somehow this flew under the radar of both ATI's PR folks, and the Eyefinity users here on the WSGF. I considered this lack of proper intermediate resolution the single greatest flaw in the initial Eyefinity release. Now that this is resolved, I will be updating my Radeon 5870 1GB Review. Now, on to getting Bezel Management. --Ibrin 17:44, 8 February 2010 (UTC) Global Agenda - Detailed Report fuzioninfinity provided a Detailed Report of Global Agenda. Being based on the UE3 engine (and having no custom FOV code from the developer) means it's Vert-, cripplingly so in Eyefinity and Surround. --Ibrin 17:44, 8 February 2010 (UTC) WSGF Review - Ergotech Heavy Duty Triple Monitor Desk Stand The fine folks at Ergotech contacted me in December about doing a review for one of their multi-monitor stands. After consulting with them, we ended up settling on the Ergotech Heavy Duty Triple Monitor Desk Stand. I've finished both the video review (posted on YouTube) and the written review. In short, the Ergotech Triple Desk Stand is a fine piece of hardware and comes highly recommended. We've also set up a Discussion Thread where you can share your thoughts with Ergotech on what you'd like to see in a multi-monitor stand. --Ibrin 21:55, 5 February 2010 (UTC) Bad Company 2 Beta - Detailed Report Robbaz provided a Detailed Report of the Bad Company 2 Beta. The game is Hor+, including under TripleHead/Eyefinity. The HUD is not stretched, and it is centered. The game menus are also centered on the middle panel in TH/EF. If the retail copy performs in the same manner, the game should be Certified. --Ibrin 17:55, 2 February 2010 (UTC) Avatar Gets Hor+ Patch for WS and TH/EF scavvenjahh reports that Avatar: The Game received a widescreen and TripleHead/Eyefinity update with a recent patch. Previously the game was natively Vert-, and required an .ini edit for Hor+ gameplay. With update v1.01 a "Force Widescreen FOV" option is available under the display options. This allows for native Hor+ gameplay. --Ibrin 11:03, 31 January 2010 (UTC) Mass Effect 2 - Getting TripleHead/Eyefinity Patch PC Games Hardware picked up on our story about Mass Effect 2 having broken Eyefinity support. They were able to get in touch with people at EA and AMD to get more information. Both parties were aware of the issue (our AMD rep was involved in the discussion here), and BioWare is working on a patch. No ETA on the patch yet, but it is forthcoming. --Ibrin 18:34, 29 January 2010 (UTC) Widescreen Patch for Age of Empires 2: Conquerers New forum member boekabart has published a widescreen patch for Age of Empires 2: Conquerers. We have been able to confirm good widescreen support with a non-stretched HUD. boekabart has confirmed dual-screen support through a horizontal span in WinXP. While we haven't yet been able to test the patch in Surround or Eyefinity, the dual-screen success gives us hope. A number of forum members offered to make donations to boekabart for his hard work, and we are happy to help facilitate that. We will be working to add this patch to our downloads page in the coming days. --Ibrin 07:24, 26 January 2010 (UTC) Widescreen and Surround/Eyefinity Solutions A number of games have been posted in the Confirmed Solutions forum over the past week or so. Highlights include: Red Faction (Pure Faction Patch), UberSoldier 2 (aka Crimes of War), and Aliens vs. Predator Classic 2000. AVP was recently released on Steam, and the developers released a widescreen patch within 3 days. No word yet on Surround/Eyefinity support for AVP. --Ibrin 16:44, 23 January 2010 (UTC) The Void - Detailed Report Chepito posted a Detailed Report for The Void. The game is Hor+ in widescreen and Surround/Eyefinity with a proper HUD. There are some issues with res limitations. Hit up the DR for details. --Ibrin 18:05, 19 January 2010 (UTC) Dreamkiller - Detailed Report scavvenjahh posted a Detailed Report for Dreamkiller. The game is Hor+ in widescreen and Surround/Eyefinity with a proper HUD. It looks Certifiable. --Ibrin 05:20, 17 January 2010 (UTC) Geometry Wars - Detailed Report New member Hero of Time posted a Detailed Report for Geometry Wars. The game is Hor+ in widescreen, but we are waiting on screens for TripleHead or Eyefinity. The HUD (minimal as it is) and the menus do look stretched. --Ibrin 17:44, 15 January 2010 (UTC) Heroes of Annihilated Empires - Updated Detailed Report scavvenjahh updated the Detailed Report for Heroes of Annihilated Empires. He provided updated info on the full retail version, and screenshots for TripleHead and Eyefinity. It looks to be Certified. --Ibrin 13:10, 13 January 2010 (UTC) Colin McRae DiRT 2 - Detailed Report scavvenjahh posted a Detailed Report for DiRT 2. The game provides flawless support for widescreen, TripleHead and Eyefinity. It looks to be Certified. --Ibrin 16:23, 11 January 2010 (UTC) Monitor Roundup from CES 2010 There weren't many monitor announcements, as CES 2010 seems to be all about Tablets, Tegra and Netbooks (oh, my!) along with the usual assortment of iPod and iPhone accessories. There were a few monitor announcements to be had. First, HP announced a line of "green" LCDs which feature low power, are mercury-free and utilize solid state while LEDs. HP announced the LE19f (1440x900; 19"), LA22f (1680x1050; 22"), ZR22w (1920x1080; 21.5") and ZR24w (1920x1200; 24"). All but the 19" have DisplayPort, DVI w/ HDCP and VGA. The 19" drops the DP. Dell announced the 27" UltraSharp U2711. This is a 16:9 panel which touts a resolution of 2560x1440. Considering this has the same horizontal pixels as a 2560x1600 panel, this appears to be the 16:9 "answer" to a 16:10 30" panel. The U2710 includes HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI w/ HDCP x2, VGA, Composite and Component connections. --Ibrin 13:45, 10 January 2010 (UTC) AMD at CES 2010 While there weren't a lot of new Eyefinity announcements at CES (something on Eyefinity⁶ would have been nice), it was in strong showing. AMD had a strong Eyefinity presence at CES with multiple demo rigs. They were also touting strong Eyefinity support in key titles from 2009 and 2010. Dave Baumann passed along this slide from their latest Eyefinity presentation deck, which outlines a number of those titles (Mass Effect 2 included!). AMD did unveil the Mobility Radeon for the 5000-series. This brings DX11 and Eyefinity support to notebooks. Not sure how the EF support is going to work unless the notebooks sport multiple display outputs. Finally, AMD and Samsung demoed the new thin-bezeled SyncMaster MD230. It will come in 3x23" configuration for $1899 and 6x23" for $3099. --Ibrin 12:15, 10 January 2010 (UTC) NVIDIA Enters Multi-Monitor Gaming with 3D Vision Surround Announcement At CES 2010 NVIDIA announced it's foray into the multi-monitor gaming world with its announcement of "3D Vision Surround." The technology will launch alongside the Germi cards, but will work with the existing GT200 family as well. This solution allows for combined implementation of 3D, Surround and PhysX. We've set up a new section in the Multi-Monitor Gaming portion of the forum for discussion. --Ibrin 16:53, 7 January 2010 (UTC) Massive Update to the Master Monitor List. We just completed a massive update on the Master Monitors List. We've moved old monitors to the Retired List, and added new monitors to the MML. We are no longer creating individual pages for monitors. However we have added several new columns of data. We now indicate HDMI and DisplayPort connectors, included speakers, VESA mounts, and which units support 57Hz refresh rate (to support the Matrox TripleHead2Go). All this is done just in time for CES, where the next crop of monitors will be announced. --Ibrin 16:38, 6 January 2010 (UTC) RailWorks Detailed Report scavvenjahh posted a Detailed Report for RailWorks. The game is slightly "Vert- and vastly Hor+", according to scavvenjahh. It works well unless your native resolution is 1280x768, where the game fails to run. It does support TH/EF. --Ibrin 03:01, 4 January 2010 (UTC) Serious Sam HD Detailed Report - Certified Missed this one a couple of weeks ago. scavvenjahh posted a Detailed Report for Serious Sam HD. The game has excellent support for both widescreens and multi-monitor setups, and is Certified. One of the CroTeam developers is posting in the thread about some fixes for TH/EF that are being rolled into an upcoming patch. Great to see the devs supporting TH/EF, and great to see them on the WSGF --Ibrin 10:23, 2 January 2010 (UTC) Borderlands Detailed Report Catching up on news after the holidays. StingingVelvet posted a Detailed Report for Borderlands. The game is Vert- in TripleHead/Eyefinity, though there is debate on whether the default FOV for a 16:9/10 monitor is adequate. There is a fix in place to adjust the FOV for single and multi-mon setups, but there are some anomalies with the TH/EF implementation. --Ibrin 14:32, 31 December 2009 (UTC) Stripped Monitors for Thin Bezel The user Gunja decided to strip his monitor for triplehead gaming. People wanted photo's, so he made some. It was too late to make foto's in the process of dismantling, but he explains it in this video. The bezel is now 11mm. Read it now on the topic he made! --P-Storm 18:26, 29 December 2009 (UTC) WSGF Game Of The Year 2009 Award, final heat 14 nominees have been eliminated. Seven are left. Which will win WSGF's GOTY 2009? Vote for your favorite in the final round. --The Cranky Hermit 04:05, 28 December 2009 (UTC) WSGF Game Of The Year 2009 Award, voting is now open! Vote for your WSGF Game Of The Year Awards. These games where all Certified. So which of the games gets your vote? You can vote on the 3 topics 1,2,3. The first round of voting is split into three initial "heats," with a final round of voting to follow. --P-Storm 12:51, 24 December 2009 (UTC) WSGF Review of the Radeon 5870 Ibrin has finally been able to get his full review of the Radeon 5870 out the door. This is a follow-up to the initial Benchmarks he ran. While there are a few small things he would change to make to the Eyefinity experience even smoother, the Radeon 5870 and Eyefinity both come highly recommended. If you still can't figure out what to give your favorite gamer for Christmas, this may be the answer. ^_^ Update: Created a Discussion Thread in the Forum for this review. --Ibrin 17:59, 23 December 2009 (UTC) Elven Legacy Supports TH/EF kondor999 posted some info regarding Elven Legacy and EyeFinity. The title has native support for his 5040x1050 resolution, and supports CrossFire. He posted a screenshot at 5040x1050 as well. --Ibrin 03:21, 21 December 2009 (UTC) I Don't Play Multiplayer: Unreal Tournament StingingVelvet made a journey report about Unreal Tournament. His experience is pretty refreshing if you didn't play multiplayer before. Read the exciting story and discuss his fun experiment. --P-Storm 11:34, 18 December 2009 (UTC) Catalyst 9.12 / 9.12 Hotfix - Eyefinity and Crossfire Dave Baumann from ATI made a forum post regarding the new Catalyst drivers. It states that it supports Crossfire with Eyefinity. Visit the post for more info, and to discuss. It also fixes some bugs like the enlarged cursor. Don't forget to grab the hotfix also. --P-Storm 00:33, 18 December 2009 (UTC) L4D2 Reviewed - "Ramblings of a Moron" Style Cynagen posted a new Ramblings of a Mornon for L4D2, and I've gone an Wikified it. It's also in the forum, where you can discuss his unique take on the smash hit (hint: he doesn't give it the same five gold stars everyone else did). --Ibrin 11:43, 17 December 2009 (UTC) DICE Indicates Support for WS and TH/EF In the BF Bad Company 2 Forums DICE developer repii indicated support for Widescreen and EyeFinity. He also discusses it on his personal dev blog. This is certainly good news, considering the track record of recent DICE titles. Please visit the forum thread to discuss, which also has the two links referenced above. We've been very vocal in our criticism of their lack of support. Let's be just as vocal in our appreciation of their support of Widescreen and EyeFinity. --Ibrin 16:25, 14 December 2009 (UTC) Update to Egrotron DS-100 & Neo Flex HD Review Ibrin updated his review for the DS-100 Monitor Stand & the Neo-Flex HD Wall Mount. After upgrading to 24" panels, he was able to obtain the 55" cross-bar from Ergotron and used to Neo-Flex HD wall mounts to provide better stability and distribute the weight. A new 720p HD video has been uploaded to YouTube as well, and is included in the updated review. --Ibrin 16:11, 12 December 2009 (UTC) Update to Radeon 5870 Benchmarks - Win7 Ibrin updated the benchmarks for the Radeon 5870, updating the baseline for Windows 7. While the primary objective was to simply update the baseline for the new OS, we did find some significant performance improvement in Far Cry 2 at the more demanding settings in 5760x1200. --Ibrin 16:11, 12 December 2009 (UTC) TripleHead/EyeFinity hack for Frontlines: Fuel of War GeneralAdmission solved the FOV problem for yet another Unreal3-engine game. This time for Frontlines: Fuel of War. The the forum thread for discussion and the download link. --Ibrin 02:20, 10 December 2009 (UTC) Lego Indiana Jones 2 - Grade B scavvenjahh posted a Detailed Report for Lego Indiana Jones 2. The game is Hor+ through TripleHead/EyeFinity. It has Vert- cut-scenes, and the HUD is cut off in TH/EF (though it doesn't effect gameplay). Overall it appears to have similar performance to the first Lego Indiana Jones. --Ibrin 01:27, 10 December 2009 (UTC) Zombie Driver - Certified scavvenjahh posted a Detailed Report for Zombie Driver. The game is Hor+ through TripleHead/EyeFinity, with a perfect HUD. The game is Certified. --Ibrin 14:51, 8 December 2009 (UTC) Force Unleased - Grade B Missed this a week back, but Sweetz posted a Detailed Report for The Force Unleased. The game is Hor+ through TripleHead/EyeFinity. The HUD is good, and on the center screen for TH/EF. The FMVs are stretched (based on a 16:9 aspect ratio), and some of the cut-scenes are Vert-. Editing an .xml file is needed for 2560x1600 and TH/EF resolutions. --Ibrin 12:44, 6 December 2009 (UTC) Star Trek DAC Detailed Report scavvenjahh posted a Detailed Report for Star Trek DAC. The game is Hor+ through TripleHead/EyeFinity. The HUD stretches, and is only "correct" at a 16:9 aspect. Even 4:3 aspects are "squished." --Ibrin 7:14, 4 December 2009 (UTC) WSGF Forum Offline - Update: Back Online The WSGF Forum will be offline as we attempt to upgrade to phpBB3. We apologize for any inconvenience. Update: We were able to successfully migrate the board and all the settings. If you find any issues, please send a PM to Ibrin or one of the Mods. --Ibrin 18:56, 1 December 2009 (UTC) TripleHead and EyeFinity fix for Modern Warfare 2 Dopefish updated his Widescreen Fixer with support for Modern Warfare 2. You can download it from his site. The fixer was mentioned in a news article on PC Games Hardware. You can discuss in this forum thread. The patcher does work in multiplayer and isn't pinged by PunkBuster, but use online at your own risk. --Ibrin 14:24, 27 November 2009 (UTC) Benchmarks of the Radeon 5870, including EyeFinity @ 5040x1050 & 5760x1200 I was able to secure a Radeon 5870 from ATI and set up an EyeFinity rig with three Dell U2410s. I have just completed a round of benchmarks on the Radeon 5870. I bench Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, and Far Cry 2 in both DX9 and DX10. I also run a full AA analysis on Far Cry 2. Everything is compared to all of the previous NVIDIA benchmarks as well. --Ibrin 22:15, 24 November 2009 (UTC) Rise of Flight Detailed Report scavvenjahh posted a Detailed Report for Rise of Flight. The game supports both widescreen and TH/EF natively. It is Vert-. However it has a large zoom range that can compensate for this, and provide an effective Hor+ experience. The game requires a minimum height of 900. This prohibits running the game at 1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x800 or 3840x800. Rise of Flight gets a Grade C. --Ibrin 10:33, 21 November 2009 (UTC) Left4Dead 2 is Certified DaFox posted a Detailed Report of Left4Dead 2. As we've come to expect from Valve titles, L4D2 has perfect support for Widescreen and TH/EF. --Ibrin 02:30, 18 November 2009 (UTC) User Review of Monoprice monitor arms for Multi-Mon setup rtaylor07 posted a User Review of the Monoprice 3-Way Adjustable Monitor Arms. I've never used any Monoprice "hardware," but I'm a HUGE fan of their cables. We love getting user reviews on the site. I always love hearing what "real" consumers have to say about products. Keep them coming. --Ibrin 20:39, 14 November 2009 (UTC) Torchlight is Certified scavvenjahh posted the DR for Torchlight. It has Hor+ support in WS and Multi-Mon, with a proper HUD. The game ends up being Certified --Ibrin 05:03, 11 November 2009 (UTC) Earth 2150 Detailed Report - Grade C I missed this one about a week ago. Chmielok put in a DR for Earth 2150, and its expansion packs. It is Vert-, and lacks support for 16:9. That gives it a Grade C. --Ibrin 5:05, 7 November 2009 (UTC) EyeFinity Problems for Dragon Age: Origins - Patches Pending UPDATE We have multiple reports out that like The Witcher, the cut-scenes and dialog scenes in Dragon Age produce black screens. Everything else works fine, but this flaw basically breaks such a story-heavy game. We have word from Dave Baumann (from ATI) that a patch is pending soon. Issue effects TripleHead2Go as well. Normal widescreen is unaffected. UPDATE: A post from Bioware with a patchnote "Fixed video issues when running on a very wide screen display, including ATI Eyefinity displays" --Ibrin 12:59, 5 November 2009 (UTC) Red Faction: Guerrilla Detailed Report - Grade B scavvenjahh posted a Detailed Report on Red Faction: Guerrilla. Native support for 16:9 and 16:10 with good HUD. ini edit for 15:9 and Surround/EyeFinity. The mutlti-monitor configurations have some minor issues with the cut-scenes and a stretched HUD. --Ibrin 23:08, 1 November 2009 (UTC) C&C Red Alerrt 3 Detailed Report - Grade B Thanks to new forum member Chimelok for the Detailed Report on Comand & Conquer: Red Alert 3. The game appears to have Hor+ for widescreen, and Vert- for Surround. --Ibrin 22:59, 29 October 2009 (UTC) Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising - Certified Mach1.9pants posted a Detailed Report on Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. The game has perfect support in widescreen and surround, in both single and multi-player.. --Ibrin 12:45, 26 September 2009 (UTC) Overlord II Almost Certified scavvenjahh posted a Detailed Report of Overlord II. Flawless Widescreen and Surround - Certified. --Ibrin 19:20, 25 September 2009 (UTC) Need For Speed: Shift Almost Certified scavvenjahh posted a Detailed Report of Need for SpeeedL Shift. Flawless Surround, but a slightly stretched HUD in normal support. Grade B. --Ibrin 19:20, 22 September 2009 (UTC) Anno 1404 is Certified scavvenjahh posted a Detailed Report of Anno 1404. Game performs flawlessly in Widescreen and Surround. Sorry for missing this a few days ago. --Ibrin 08:30, 19 October 2009 (UTC) Overlord II is Hor+ scavvenjahh posted some screenshots of Overlord II. The game is Hor+ with a proper HUD in all resolutions. --Ibrin 01:20, 16 October 2009 (UTC) Risen Gets Certified StingingVelvet posted a Detailed Report on Risen. The game is Certified in WS and TH, and Stinging Velvet was able to post some additional settings so that the HUD is no longer stretched. --Ibrin 04:34, 12 October 2009 (CDT) TripleHead2Go Updates for NVIDIA Cards A number of people have posted updated to improved TripleHead2Go support in the NVIDIA 191 series drivers. Success isn't guaranteed, but people are reporting 5040x1050 support (last seen in 182.50 drivers) and DX10 support (not widely seen yet). YMMV, but it's worth checking out. --Ibrin 20:13, 9 October 2009 (CDT) Ergotron Monitor Stand Give-Away Ergotron is hosting the "Create a Comfy CubeLife" Monitor Stand Give-Away for National Ergonomics Month. You can enter each week in October, and if you are selected as a weekly winner you get to select the stand of your choice up to $400. The Triple LX is an option for TH2Go/EyeFinity users. --Ibrin 16:04, 6 October 2009 (UTC) Fuel Detailed Report scavvenjahh posted a Detailed Report for Fuel. Widescreen works natively in XP and Vista. The Reg Edit for Surround only works under Vista. --Ibrin 01:44, 03 October 2009 (UTC) Majesty 2 Screenshot in 5040x1050 Kaimelar posted a screenshots of Majesty 2 in 5040x1050. We know it works in Wide Surround. --Ibrin 01:44, 28 September 2009 (UTC) Wolfenstein Screenshots in 5040x1050 thales100 posted some great screenshots of Wolfenstein in 5040x1050. Very nice texture and lighting work, made all the more so by Wide Surround. --Ibrin 11:07, 24 September 2009 (UTC) Performance Tips for NVIDIA Cards driftefx posted a tip on how to get better performance out of NVIDIA drivers. Good tips, and anything to improve performance is always welcome. --Ibrin 13:23, 22 September 2009 (UTC) Need For Speed Screenshots a 5040x1050 thales100 posted some more screenshots, this time of here. Pretty amazing in general. --Ibrin 19:20, 20 September 2009 (UTC) Mirror's Edge Screenshots a 5040x1050 thales100 posted some amazing screenshots of here. The TH2Go does an amazing job at enhancing the art and design of the game. --Ibrin 03:33, 18 September 2009 (UTC) Video from ATI Launch Event Posted to YouTube in 720p HD Thanks to GeneralAdmission we have six videos from the launch event. We've loaded them on our YouTube Channel. They are all 720p HD. Hope you enjoy. Will post to our video section tomorrow. --Ibrin 23:45, 14 September 2009 (CDT) ATI EyeFinity Special Report from Launch Event. GeneralAdmission was able to attend ATI's special launch event for their 5800-series. He had the opportunity to see EyeFinity (ATI's new multi-monitor gaming technology) in action firsthand. His impressions (along with pics and video) can be found in this forum thread. If you have questions or want to contribute to the discussion, post a reply there. Special thanks for Ibrin to send GeneralAdmission to this event to make this report. --P-Storm 23:07, 11 September 2009 (CDT) Starcraft is pixel-based widescreen in singleplayer A Starcraft solution with detailed instructions and screenshots can now be viewed here. Don't even think of using this on Battle.Net. --The Cranky Hermit 23:51, 9 September 2009 (CDT) Hor+ Hack for Starcraft We've got a thread about a widescreen hack for Starcraft. StingingVelet claims it works perfectly, so we're looking for a Detailed Report. Surprised we're not seeing the same interest as the Diablo II hack. --Ibrin 22:25, 9 September 2009 (CDT) Hor+ Hack for Warriors Orochi Tanuki created and posted a hack that allows Warriors Orochi to run properly in widescreen. Download link and screenshots in the above forum thread. --Ibrin 18:47, 6 September 2009 (CDT) Champions Online: Perfect WS & Near-Perfect TH Support I posted a Detailed Report on the Champions Online Open Beta. The game offers perfect support for widescreen, and near perfect support for TH. The one issue in TH and WTH is that the game crashes when trying to create a character. So, you create a character in WS and then change over for gameplay. --Ibrin 20:52, 3 September 2009 (CDT) Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood is Hor+ Cranky posted a Detailed Report on Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. The game offers near perfect support for WS and TH, with only some minor issues in the animated "loading" screens, and anamorphic cut-scenes. --Ibrin 09:02, 31 August 2009 (CDT) Scrapland Update - Download Link for Fix Tanuki posted a link for his Scrapland Fix. Give it a whirl and provide feedback. --Ibrin 13:54, 28 August 2009 (CDT) Osmos Update - Wide Surround Support at 3840x800 We have updated the Detailed Report of the Osmos Demo. We have confirmed every widescreen resolution up to 1920x1200, and Wide Surround report at 3840x800. If anyone has tested the full version, we can Certify it. --Ibrin 13:03, 28 August 2009 (CDT) Osmos is Hor+, No Wide Surround Support I posted a Detailed Report of the Osmos Demo. The game is Hor+ and supports Surround up to 3840x1024. It does not support Wide Surround. --Ibrin 22:20, 27 August 2009 (CDT) Penumbra Series in TH2Go Leapo has confirmed that the Penumbra Series works in Surround and Wide Surround. There is a cap of 4096 pixels wide. This means that 3840x1024 and 3840x800 both work, as well as custom resolutions with a horizontal res of 4096 or less (such as 4096x853). --Ibrin 10:53, 25 August 2009 (CDT) Widescreen Fix for Gothic II N00berd is working on a widescreen fix for Gothic II. If you've still got the game, try out the patch and send feedback to N00berd. --Ibrin 17:11, 22 August 2009 (CDT) Nation Red Demo is Hor+ scavvenjahh posted some screenshots for Nation Red. It works all the way through Surround (with a slight .ini tweak), with a proper HUD. Download the demo and check out the tops-down zombie shooting action. --Ibrin 14:42, 19 August 2009 (CDT) Divinity 2 is Certified LeeNux's first Detailed Report is for Divinity 2 – Ego Draconis, sequel to Divine Divinity. All standard widescreen resolutions are supported natively, with hor + gameplay, and no known flaws, making this game Certified. --The Cranky Hermit 10:20, 17 August 2009 (CDT) Scrapland Gets a Solution Tanuki has developed a widescreen solution for Scrapland. It works all the way through Surround, but stretches the HUD. The stretch isn't so bad in widescreen, but looks fairly annoying in TripleHead. After a bit more testing he will have it ready for posting. --Ibrin 14:26, 15 August 2009 (CDT) Blueberry Garden - Grade B Cranky posted a Detailed Report for Blueberry Garden. The game is Pixel-based, meaning that both the horizontal FOV and vertical FOV are tied directly to the number of pixels. 1280x800 and 1680x1050 both provide the same aspect ratio, but 1680x1050 allows you to see more in both directions. The game offers native support up to 1680x1050, and an .ini solution allows for larger resolutions and custom resolutions. Cranky finds that the game becomes difficult to play above 1680x1050, so leaving it with the natively supported resolutions may be best. Great job by indie developer Erik Svedäng in supporting widescreen. --Ibrin 07:44, 13 August 2009 (CDT) East India Company Hor+ WS, Mixed TH Support scavvenjahh posted some comparison screenshots for the new East India Company Demo. The game offers Hor+ support for widescreen, with a proper HUD. The TripleHead support is a mixed bag. The world map is Hor+, but pillarboxes to 16:10 widescreen. The battle screens do support a proper Hor+ Wide Surround. --Ibrin 09:04, 11 August 2009 (CDT) Batman: Arkham Asylum Detailed Report and Benchmarks I put together a Detailed Report on the new Batman demo. It is Hor+ with solid support for TH and WTH. There is an issue in Surround where the "cinematic" action sequences are zoomed in too far, making them Vert-. Paddy found a work-around, that can hopefully be added into the final product before shipping. He also set up a "Thank You" thread over on the Eidos forums for their great support of TripleHead and the PC platform in general. Stop by it if you can. Finally, I put the game through its paces in a series of benchmarks in 18 different quality, AA and PhysX combinations at 5040x1050. I also tested max settings from 1680x1050 through 5040x1050. --Ibrin 23:56, 8 August 2009 (CDT) Huxley is Vert- Ibrin checked out the Open Beta for Huxley. The game offers full resolution support, all the way to 5040x1050. Unfortunately it is Vert-. TripleHead is unplayable and has a stretched HUD. --Ibrin 21:05, 5 August 2009 (CDT) Galactic Civilizations II Custom Res whismerhill posted a custom res solution for Gal Civ II. This means that we now have support for 1280x720 --Ibrin 11:05, 3 August 2009 (CDT) iRacing updates Surround Support Hutch reports that the folks at iRacing have updated the title with better Surround Support. The updates include bezel management built into the title, the ability to set monitor angle and three viewpoints for rendering (reducing the outer stretch). Thanks to iRacing for supporting the community. --Ibrin 21:45, 31 July 2009 (CDT) Benchmarks for GTX 1792MB SLI in WS and WTH Thanks to the fine folks at EVGA, I've been able to continue our benchmark suite of the NVIDIA 200-series. This round adds the GTX 275 1792MB in SLI. I've added a link in the left nav to our new WS and WTH Benchmarking Index. Feel free to hit this forum thread to discuss any of the benchmarks. --Ibrin 20:48, 28 July 2009 (CDT) Unique Dual Widescreen Monitor from EVGA EVGA has released an interesting dual widescreen monitor called the InterView. It is dual 17" widescreens at 1440x900 each. The unique feature is that both displays rotate front-to-back, so that people on opposite sides of a desk can view the same image (with the displays set to mirror mode). This doesn't have many applications for gaming, due to the low resolution and lack of support for "dual displays" in games. But, it does offer unique productivity opportunities. --Ibrin 23:15, 25 July 2009 (CDT) WSGF Mumble Server CrackerJackMack has gone above and beyond for the WSGF again by setting up a Mumble Voice Chat Server. Mumble is Open Source and allows the WSGF to run a server without worrying about license fees and cost. This will allow forum members to chat at their leisure, or while playing a game. The Mumble Server queries the forum user database, so there is nothing new to sign up for. Just log in with your forum ID and password. Cynagen has posted a "How-To" on getting set up on the server (the above link). --Ibrin 09:15, 22 July 2009 (CDT) Solutions for Six Older Titles New forum member Micha posted Solutions for six older titles, including Hor+ solutions for Archangel and Rayman 3. --Ibrin 10:34, 21 July 2009 (CDT) Gabriel Knight 3 Solution and Screens New forum member Steamer posted a Solution for Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred. A simply registry hack allows for Hor+ gameplay. Pretty cool info considering the influx of retro gaming news lately. --Ibrin 09:21, 19 July 2009 (CDT) Secret of Monkey Island SE Detailed Report - Grade B Cranky posted a Detailed Report for The Secret of Monkey Island SE. The updated game is 16:9 anamorphic, and pillarboxes in Surround. The classic version is 4:3 pillarboxed in all resolutions. --Ibrin 08:04, 17 July 2009 (CDT) Trine Detailed Report - Grade B I missed it a few days ago, but X-Warrior posted a Detailed Report for Trine. The game is Hor+, with some minor HUD stretching. It also has an .ini file for custom resolutions and TripleHead. While not perfect WS and TH support, overall a very solid showing. --Ibrin 23:26, 15 July 2009 (CDT) New Wolverine Wide Surround Pics in the Insider Gallery I've loaded 50 pics from the first level of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, running in 5040x1050 Wide Surround into the Insider Gallery. I've also created an HD Version of the gallery application, which allows for newer pictures to be viewed at 1280x720. --Ibrin 22:12, 12 July 2009 (CDT) Tell Tale Games Custom Resolution Tool Updated New forum member Derrick has updated his TTG Custom Resolution Tool. It now supports 640x480 on the low end, and up to 4095x4095 on the high end. The tool has also been tested with the new TTG Monkey Island title. You can hit the Wiki Page for more info, and to download the tool. You can also hit this discussion thread to show your thanks and post any feedback. Thanks to Derrick from all of us at the WSGF. --Ibrin 22:12, 12 July 2009 (CDT) Moved to a new host We've moved to a new host. Things seem to have gone fairly smoothly. If you notice anything that doesn't look right, please let us know. --Ibrin 16:24, 10 July 2009 (CDT) Benchmarks for GTX 295, GTX 275 896MB and GTX 1792MB in WS and WTH Thanks to the fine folks at EVGA, I've been able to borrow a pair of GTX 275 cards to Benchmark in WS and WTH. I've also created a new Wiki page to catalog all of the WS and WTH Benchmarking that we've done over the years. Feel free to hit this forum thread to discuss any of the benchmarks. --Ibrin 00:52, 8 July 2009 (EDT) Harry Potter: Half-Blood Prince Demo is Vert- in WS w/ added Stretch in TH scavvenjahh posted screens for the new Harry Potter demo. Game is Vert- in widescreen. The game is Vert- and Stretched in Surround. It has very limited resolution options as well. --Ibrin 12:51, 5 July 2009 (EDT) Fuel Fix for Surround Racer_S and elior77 posted Registry Hacks for Fuel. HUD is stretched, and you have to disable shadow maps; but the game is Hor+ --Ibrin 10:25, 3 July 2009 (EDT) Lobbying Central I created a new area in the Surround Forums called Lobbying Central. Previously the WSGF has been successful in lobbying developers to add Surround support, both before and after a release. The purpose of this new forum is to collect all of these threads, so that we can coordinate our efforts and keep tabs on Surround support. --Ibrin 23:10, 1 July 2009 (EDT) Really Old News	1st Annual WSGF Awards Awards & Winners: Field of Vision - Valve & Introversion Narrow Minded - DICE & EA Sports WS Game of the Year - Call of Duty 4 Full details at the 2008 Awards Page.
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