Guild Wars 2

Hey guys!

So I have been producing a couple of video’s for my channel, but I noticed there are black bars on the side of the screen, which are in my opinion kind of annoying. Looking at other gw2 video’s they seem not to have this problem. I run the game in max graphics with 1680×1050 and I record with Fraps.

Any1 knows how I can solve this?

Thanks! Greetings, Fvux

Yeah, your graphic setup gets the 1680×1050 from your monitor, it is the max it can reach.
My previous GPU was also a HD 7900 series (HD 7950 to be specific) and I played @1920x1080.

So, to you solve the youtube problem, you need to record and setup the game to be @1280×720 , that way it will get the 16:9 aspect ratio used by youtube.
It will look a bit distorted in your screen while you play, but on youtube it will be perfect.

You are using a quite uncommon aspect ratio
The most common ones are 1280×720 and 1920×1080 , both have a 16:9 ratio, yours is 16:10 ratio, so to compensate youtube fill with those black bars.

Belzebu.3912:

You are using a quite uncommon aspect ratio
The most common ones are 1280×720 and 1920×1080 , both have a 16:9 ratio, yours is 16:10 ratio, so to compensate youtube fill with those black bars.

The 1920×1080 does not show up as an option in my graphic screen. Does it detect what kind of monitor I am using and get that as max settings? How do I get this width?

It may detect your monitor.
Can you posy what is your monitor and your GPU models?

My screen is SyncMaster 206BW from Samsung. My GPU is the AMD Radeon HD7900 Series. My screen is indeed 1680×1050. (60HZ).

Belzebu.3912:

Yeah, your graphic setup gets the 1680×1050 from your monitor, it is the max it can reach.
My previous GPU was also a HD 7900 series (HD 7950 to be specific) and I played @1920x1080.

So, to you solve the youtube problem, you need to record and setup the game to be @1280×720 , that way it will get the 16:9 aspect ratio used by youtube.
It will look a bit distorted in your screen while you play, but on youtube it will be perfect.

Thank you for your answer! I expected if I would run it in 1280×720 it would just as distorted on youtube as ingame. Since that is not the case: Problem solved! Thanks alot!

greetings, Fvux

No problem.
Personally, I would buy a new monitor and maybe use your current one as a 2nd monitor, the GPU can handle that w/o problem.
Look for a monitor that supports “FULL HD” or 1080p resolution (both mean the same thing) and use an HDMI cable, that way you’ll have the full experience video quality that game and youtube offers.