Final Fantasy IX - Page 9

Princess Garnet · January 27th, 2012, 09:29

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Originally Posted by Kasabian

If you can configure it well, you can get a good visual.

A prime majority of the game is 320 x 224 2D backdrops. Those just won't look good at something like 1080p no matter what you do to them, as it's not only many times higher, but disproportionate too (fattened).

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SueSide · January 27th, 2012, 09:34

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Originally Posted by Princess Garnet

16:9 and 1080p with this game? I wouldn't be able to stand the fattening and stretching. 640 x 480 unfiltered is already too pixelated for my tastes.

The stretching is not that bad. 16:9 stretches only the far left/right side so you won't even realize it. The black borders are more disturbing than the stretching you don't even realize (as you can see on the screenshot it looks very fine - you couldn't tell if this is a native 16:9 or 4:3 game if you don't know it).

Also 2 meters away from the screen I can't make any pixel out, it looks sharp without pixelating the image. A blur filter would soften the pixels from close up but will also blur from far where you don't even see each pixel.

Also I'm using the highest settings on the GL2 plugin with HQx3 filter (set to 3), this scales the low-res images very good.

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Princess Garnet · January 27th, 2012, 10:15

Since when did it only stretch the sides? Even if it does that, that sides would be stretched to an extreme, no? It's hard to tell with your picture what's going on; a direct screen capture would be more reflective. Anyway, I have some older games on my PC with a 16:10, not even 16:9, display, and for games that don't have support for the wider aspect ratios, I just run them at 1600 x 1200 and leave the extra space unused. Stretching is a big no-no to me. I've tried and hate it. I even tried 16:9 on 16:10 (1920 x 1080 content on 1920 x 1200). Even that little bit I don't really like if I can help it, so 320 x 224 to 1080p!? That's why I questioned it; it's a bit of a drastic move to me. I don't mind the cropping.

Yeah, sitting further away may help (I didn't notice you were using a TV and not a PC monitor at first), but still. I'd never be able to let 16:9 and 1080p fly on this game with me, and it surprises me a little how others don't mind it so much.

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SueSide · January 27th, 2012, 14:06

Here is a photographed comparison.

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Princess Garnet · January 27th, 2012, 23:44

I definitely see the difference; the stretching.

It wasn't photographs I was asking for though; it was direct screen captures. I wanted to see if it was actually stretching only at the sides as you said, or if the whole thing did (from the look of those pictures, it looks more like the latter), but either way, it wouldn't be ideal no matter how it does it to me.

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · January 28th, 2012, 11:15

Yeah there's clearly a huge amount of stretching going on.
Perhaps not as visible/annoying in the first scene but quite glaring in the 2nd.

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January 27th, 2012, 10:15	#163
Princess Garnet From Love and Limerence Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,555	Since when did it only stretch the sides? Even if it does that, that sides would be stretched to an extreme, no? It's hard to tell with your picture what's going on; a direct screen capture would be more reflective. Anyway, I have some older games on my PC with a 16:10, not even 16:9, display, and for games that don't have support for the wider aspect ratios, I just run them at 1600 x 1200 and leave the extra space unused. Stretching is a big no-no to me. I've tried and hate it. I even tried 16:9 on 16:10 (1920 x 1080 content on 1920 x 1200). Even that little bit I don't really like if I can help it, so 320 x 224 to 1080p!? That's why I questioned it; it's a bit of a drastic move to me. I don't mind the cropping. Yeah, sitting further away may help (I didn't notice you were using a TV and not a PC monitor at first), but still. I'd never be able to let 16:9 and 1080p fly on this game with me, and it surprises me a little how others don't mind it so much. __________________ "The heart has it's reasons that reason knows nothing of."

January 27th, 2012, 14:06	#164
SueSide Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Between the 1 and the 0 Posts: 58	Here is a photographed comparison. __________________ Nature controls the coincidence

January 27th, 2012, 23:44	#165
Princess Garnet From Love and Limerence Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,555	I definitely see the difference; the stretching. It wasn't photographs I was asking for though; it was direct screen captures. I wanted to see if it was actually stretching only at the sides as you said, or if the whole thing did (from the look of those pictures, it looks more like the latter), but either way, it wouldn't be ideal no matter how it does it to me. __________________ "The heart has it's reasons that reason knows nothing of."

January 28th, 2012, 11:15	#166
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,411	Yeah there's clearly a huge amount of stretching going on. Perhaps not as visible/annoying in the first scene but quite glaring in the 2nd. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

August 9th, 2012, 05:18	#167
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