Wide screen or not?

What is better for games a wide screen monitor or the normal square monitors? How do I configure games which don't support wide screen's monitors so the picture will not be streched?

edit: I mean games which don't allow resolutions that fits wide screen monitors like 1440X900.

widescreen for sure... i use to hav a 19" LCD monitor but i purchased a 24" widscreen monitor and i would hav to say its the best thing ive purchased. im never goin bak to 4:3eddy96_1

invariably i might add the bigger the monitor the happier you are going to be. 19" to 24" widescreen or not. Is a 24 wide larger than a 24" 4:3 ? would you prefer a 32" 4:3 over your 24" widescreen?

Absolutely Widescreen! My gameplay skillshave increasedsince i boughtmy widescreen.

Usually there are tweaks for widescreen resolutions oncertain games, google it.

As for your second question, if there is no patch or option to force a widescreen you can more than likely run a game in a windowed mode. You'de have to look for option in the games menus, set it through your gpu's control panel or add a small bit of code to the games exe.

On the subject of which I prefer, there's a few answers for that. First I can't say I like all games on one or the other. Some games I play on my 19" 4:3 CRT (ADI Microscan G66) and some games I play on my 22" 16:10 Widescreen (HP W2207). To me the more important question is which technology is the best. I may be in the minority on this and thats fine, but I prefer CRT to most other technologies, period. When I went shopping for both my Computer monitor and my HDtv I compared them all and found CRT technology to me is the best even though it's the oldest.

As for your second question, if there is no patch or option to force a widescreen you can more than likely run a game in a windowed mode. You'de have to look for option in the games menus, set it through your gpu's control panel or add a small bit of code to the games exe.

On the subject of which I prefer, there's a few answers for that. First I can't say I like all games on one or the other. Some games I play on my 19" 4:3 CRT (ADI Microscan G66) and some games I play on my 22" 16:10 Widescreen (HP W2207). To me the more important question is which technology is the best. I may be in the minority on this and thats fine, but I prefer CRT to most other technologies, period. When I went shopping for both my Computer monitor and my HDtv I compared them all and found CRT technology to me is the best even though it's the oldest.

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Well to each his own I guess, but CRT's are painful to watch for me, and not to mention they use WAAY too much desk space..