widescreen for fps?

by spooz • 21 Mar 2008, 15:12 • Journals
What about widescreens monitors for fps games? Is it really big diference between 4:3 and 16:10 ?
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roYal 21 Mar 2008, 15:14
yes, ask they guys who sucked in lan :PP
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Quazz 21 Mar 2008, 15:15
I have played both and it requires some accommodation yes
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sHaKy 21 Mar 2008, 15:25
i played with widescreen at cdc3 owned hard liked it. but i stay with CRT tbh
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b 21 Mar 2008, 16:16
hoi, inbox pl0x!
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PatrickBateman 21 Mar 2008, 15:27
For ET widescreen is probably better than 4:3 since the maps are quite flat and the gameplay is horizontally orientated.

lol engrish
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im a tree 21 Mar 2008, 15:29
true

people need to remember to CHANGE THEIR FOV, going from fov 90 crt to fov 90 widescreen is a waste
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squalli 21 Mar 2008, 16:03
I didn't notice anything different :/
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chromepeer 21 Mar 2008, 16:47
that's what he said, you should have noticed if you increased your fov.
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decem 21 Mar 2008, 18:04
how come?
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im a tree 21 Mar 2008, 18:47
because going crt fov 90 to lcd fov 90 = you see the same horizontally, but a lot less vertically

It's best (imo) to keep vertical fov the same, so you see the same vertically as you would, but have more at the sides

can be done from http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/fovcalc.php

explanation from John Carmack (you can't argue with the man that coded the engine to the game you play)

QuoteOn a normal 4:3 aspect ratio screen, a 90 degree horizontal field of view
gives a 75 degree vertical field of view. If you keep the vertical fov
constant and run on a wide screen, you get a 106 degree horizontal fov.

Because we specify fov with the horizontal measurement, you need to change
fov when going into or out of a wide screen mode. I am considering changing
fov to be the vertical measurement, but it would probably cause a lot of
confusion if "fov 90" becomes a big fisheye.
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decem 21 Mar 2008, 19:16
im kinda hangoverish so what do I miss if I play with 90 fov @ widescreen?
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im a tree 21 Mar 2008, 19:21
you see less because of lower vertical resolution... whole point of widescreen is to see more at the left/right :|
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decem 21 Mar 2008, 20:06
well obviously you see less with lower fov?
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h20xyg3n 21 Mar 2008, 16:04
i played both 4:3 tft and 16:10 tft, and 4:3 crt, 4:3 crt was clearlu superior.. widescreen doesnt help anything
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ohzor4 21 Mar 2008, 16:11
just play on a usual 4:3 screen with widescreen settings...its ownage!
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Gibri 21 Mar 2008, 16:15
i play on my laptop with 1680*1050 its nice1
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HardyRah 21 Mar 2008, 16:20
i like widescreen.
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ag0n 21 Mar 2008, 16:31
seems that me and asmogan are not alone. You born at same day that me and him. 12 august ! :D
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diph 21 Mar 2008, 19:08
i play on a 4:3 rt, best for me imo.
widescreen sux, too high native resolution. and all other resolutions suck @ tft
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