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Unable to launch the game in 4:3 stretched on AMD Ryzen 5500U iGPU
Unable to launch the game in 4:3 stretched on AMD Ryzen 5500U iGPU
Steps to Reproduce
1, Download latest Counter-Strike build from Steam 2. Open AMD Adrenalin driver 3. Select Counter-Strike 4. Set Scaling mode to Full panel 5. Launch Counter-Strike 6. Set Renderer to OpenGL 7. Set Display Mode to Normal 8. Set Resolution to 640x480 / 800x600 / 1024x768 9. Observe that you still have black bars on the left and right sides of the screen
Version output
Protocol version 48
Exe version 1.1.2.7/Stdio (cstrike)
Exe build: 12:23:38 Dec 22 2023 (9920)
System information
System information
Computer Information:
Manufacturer: Acer Model: Aspire A515-45 Form Factor: Laptop No Touch Input Detected
Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: AuthenticAMD CPU Brand: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics CPU Family: 0x17 CPU Model: 0x68 CPU Stepping: 0x1 CPU Type: 0x0 Speed: 2096 MHz 12 logical processors 6 physical processors Hyper-threading: Supported FCMOV: Supported SSE2: Supported SSE3: Supported SSSE3: Supported SSE4a: Supported SSE41: Supported SSE42: Supported AES: Supported AVX: Supported AVX2: Supported AVX512F: Unsupported AVX512PF: Unsupported AVX512ER: Unsupported AVX512CD: Unsupported AVX512VNNI: Unsupported SHA: Supported CMPXCHG16B: Supported LAHF/SAHF: Supported PrefetchW: Unsupported
Operating System Version:
Windows 11 (64 bit) NTFS: Supported Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0
Video Card:
Driver: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics DirectX Driver Name: aticfx32.dll Driver Version: 31.0.21912.14 DirectX Driver Version: 31.0.21912.14 Driver Date: 2 20 2024 OpenGL Version: 4.6 Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz DirectX Card: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics VendorID: 0x1002 DeviceID: 0x164c Revision: 0xc2 Number of Monitors: 1 Number of Logical Video Cards: 1 No SLI or Crossfire Detected Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Primary Display Size: 13.54" x 7.60" (15.51" diag), 34.4cm x 19.3cm (39.4cm diag) Primary Bus Type Not Detected Primary VRAM: 512 MB Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x
Sound card:
Audio device: Headset Earphone (HyperX Virtua
Memory:
RAM: 15722 Mb
VR Hardware:
VR Headset: None detected
Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English Media Type: Undetermined Total Hard Disk Space Available: 487244 MB Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 145427 MB OS Install Date: Nov 18 2023 Game Controller: None detected MAC Address hash: 18c0db0396f481210405465e85d5036b3e71a771
Storage:
Disk serial number hash: 9239032e Number of SSDs: 1 SSD sizes: 512G Number of HDDs: 0 Number of removable drives: 0
Additional information
Before 25th Anniversary Update video tab of the settings had a checkbox called "Low video quality" and if it was checked the game was stretched.
Workaround
Use launch options: -nofbo or -stretchaspect
I think you can mimic the old behavior of "Low video quality" mode with the launch parameter -nofbo There's also the launch parameter -stretchaspect which should work right away without even changing settings inside AMD Adrenalin driver
I think you can mimic the old behavior of "Low video quality" mode with the launch parameter -nofbo There's also the launch parameter -stretchaspect which should work right away without even changing settings inside AMD Adrenalin driver
Thank you, @exegg! I can confirm that it’s working, so I added this as a workaround to my original message. However, having black bars shouldn’t be the default behavior and I hope that valve will fix it in the future updates.
The letterboxing is the intended default behavior currently; the command line options you mention can be used to get the old stretched behavior if desired.
