Playing games on a 1900x1200 resolution

I'm buying a 1080p monitor so that not only can I play PC games, but I can play my consoles in full HD.
What I want to know is, do most PC games support 1080p resolution, and if not, can I still play PC games in a different resolution to that of my monitor?

Thanks.

I'm buying a 1080p monitor so that not only can I play PC games, but I can play my consoles in full HD.
What I want to know is, do most PC games support 1080p resolution, and if not, can I still play PC games in a different resolution to that of my monitor?

Thanks.

LUK3isH3RE

Modern games will mostly support 1080P

Are there any games in perticular you was worried about?

Things like BF 2, The Sims 2 and WoW maybe?

BF2 doesn't have widescreen support.Swiftstrike5

Go to http://www.tweakguides.com/ and it has a guide how to manually make BF2 support nearly any resolution!

If a game doesn't support 1900x1200, can you play the games on lower resolutions and still have it look good on the monitor?LUK3isH3RE

Yes by bumping up the AA and AF.

[QUOTE="LUK3isH3RE"]If a game doesn't support 1900x1200, can you play the games on lower resolutions and still have it look good on the monitor?sadikovic

Yes by bumping up the AA and AF.

And would doing this place a lot of pressure on my graphics card?

[QUOTE="sadikovic"]

[QUOTE="LUK3isH3RE"]If a game doesn't support 1900x1200, can you play the games on lower resolutions and still have it look good on the monitor?LUK3isH3RE

Yes by bumping up the AA and AF.

And would doing this place a lot of pressure on my graphics card?

Depend which card you have.

I have my Ati Radeon HD 3870X2 series connected (hdmi to hdmi) to my Samsung LE40A656.
But when i set a game to 1920x1080 resolution there is a black frame around the screen.
If i use an other resolution like 1360x768 there is no black frame.
I always use the latest drivers and hotfix for my graphic card.

Black frame i mean black (empty)frame around the screen.
My graphic card is 1080p capable.
My tv is 1080p capable.
For now i play FarCry2,the game natively supports a resolution of 1920x1080p.

But i still get the black frame when i set the game resolution to 1920x1080p.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!