Need help setting custom resolution

[LauriHimself]

Hey folks =) 

 

So I recently traded in my first gen G9 for a 48" LG CX. 

For productivity it is perfect for me, but I found that I miss the (super) ultrawide aspect of my G9 while gaming. 

 

So what I want to do is set sort of a custom resolution of whatever the screen is wide by X hight, with black bars on top and bottom, if you get what I mean, which shouldn't be irritating because of oled. 

 

Is there a program or a way in Win11 to do so? All I've tried just stretches the custom resolution to full-screen. Also I'm not a native speaker so maybe I just lack the correct term to search for. 

 

Any help is greatly appreciated 

 

Ty in advance 

[Ashleyyyy]

assuming your signature is current and you have an nvidia gpu, custom resolutions can be set in nvidia's control panel. 

 

here's an article on it: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/759/~/custom-resolutions

[WereCat]

 

then check this

 

and change resolution and refresh rate to what you want (don't recommend changing refresh rate above what the TV is rated for)

 

 

 

not sure how well it works with a TV though

[LauriHimself]

1 minute ago, Ashley MLP Fangirl said:

assuming your signature is current and you have an nvidia gpu, custom resolutions can be set in nvidia's control panel. 

 

here's an article on it: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/759/~/custom-resolutions

Somewhat current ^^ but yes nvidia still present in my rig 

OK ok, ty, I just tied it in win in the morning and all it did was f-up and stretch. 

 

Will ty it first thing after work! Ty

[Ashleyyyy]

1 minute ago, LauriHimself said:

Somewhat current ^^ but yes nvidia still present in my rig 

OK ok, ty, I just tied it in win in the morning and all it did was f-up and stretch. 

 

Will ty it first thing after work! Ty

the stretch could be the display, make sure it's not set to auto-scale resolutions. most displays by default will try to fill the entire display no matter what resolution is given to it, which would cause that issue. 

[LauriHimself]

1 minute ago, WereCat said:

 

then check this

 

and change resolution and refresh rate to what you want (don't recommend changing refresh rate above what the TV is rated for)

 

 

 

not sure how well it works with a TV though

You people are stellar

Full on tutorial within minutes! 

Guess it'll work as the CX has g-sync etc so it's essentially a normal display to my pc for all I know

[LauriHimself]

@Ashley MLP Fangirl@WereCat

 

the solution both of you sudgested woked flawlessly! thank you so much for your quick help!