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How to play CS:GO with 4:3 Resolution in Full HD! [Nvidia & 1920x1080 Monitor]
By Finnelele
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In this guide I will show you how to play CS:GO with a 4:3 stretched resolution in Full HD!
   
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Category: Achievements
Languages: English
Category: Getting Started, Individual Skill, Team Strategy, Competition, HUD & UI, Maps, Modding & Scripts
Modes: Bomb Defuse, Hostage Rescue, Demolition, Arms Race, Deathmatch
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How it‘s done!
Step 1: Creating a Custom Resolution!
Open your Nvidia Control Panel.
1. Go to Change Resolution.
2. Click on Customize....
3. A window will pop up. Click on Create Custom Resolution.
4. Change the resolution to 1440x1080.
5. Click on Test. Your Computer will now Test the custom resolution. Now click on yes to save the resolution. Afterwards your monitor will switch back to your native resolution.



Step 2: Applying your Custom Resolution to CS:GO!
Open CS:GO.
1. Go to Options → Video Settings.
2. Change your aspect ratio to 4:3 and the resolution to 1440x1080.


But Finn! What about AMD and what if I have a Nvidia control panel but only 3D settings?
AMD users just search for similiar settings.
I do not have AMD, I dont even know how the AMD control panel looks like, so I cant make a guide on it. The settings wont be named very differentely... "Resolution"... "Customize"...
If you don't know how your system works, how am i supposed to?
I believe in you AMD users!


If you have a Nvidia control panel but only 3D settings, that means that you probably have a Nvidia Optimus system (Intel gpu paired with Nvidia gpu). A guy named Raieus was so kind to make a guide for Nvidia Optimus users: Stretched Resolution with Intel Integrated Graphics
Important:
If the game is not stretched anymore after applying the 1440x1080 resolution, go through these steps:

1. "Override the scaling mode set by games and programs" must be checked!
2. Nvidia Scaling Options must be set to Fullscreen.
3. Monitor Settings must be set to Fullscreen.
4. CS:GO Launch Options: -full -w 1440 -h 1080
5. Scaling done by GPU.
6. Check if your Nvidia Driver is up to date!

Also make sure your monitor supports a 1440x1080 resolution!
Results!
This will result into a higher definition and most importantly less blur.
Providing you with screenshots is useless. I suggest you to try it out yourself.
It only takes a couple of minutes, and if you're playing 4:3 you will love this resolution!

Enjoy.
Thank You!
Thank you for reading my guide!
Please don't forget to rate and favorite my guide if it helped you. I would appreciate it a lot.

If you need help with anything, feel free to write me a comment here or on my profile!
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281 Comments
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mrb0x1 24 Nov, 2022 @ 3:59am 
+rep
Work on CS:S !
Launch Options: -full -w 1280 -h 960
Damper 22 Sep, 2021 @ 11:54am 
perfect, thanks a lot!
Дирик Лузона 17 Jan, 2021 @ 7:32pm 
+rep
JeffBenzos 5 Jan, 2020 @ 7:02pm 
when i set scaling by GPU i cant start CSGO it says monitor is out of reach bla bla i reverse to scaling by display and it works normaly. why?
580 17 Jul, 2019 @ 12:56am 
realy helpful , +rep
H.G. Buddne 6 Nov, 2017 @ 11:22am 
The resolution doesn't show up for me either. I tried it several times but the max resoltion ingame is 1280*1024.
rmp 6 Sep, 2017 @ 6:03pm 
the res doesnt Show up for me
SupREME 12 Jul, 2017 @ 9:47am 
Thanks for the artwork. 10/10 ez
KhLiDa200 27 Jun, 2017 @ 5:47pm 


1920x1080
and i add a new resolution
1440x1080

and it didn't work i can' only use
4:3 1280x1024
i add a lunch option to try to make it work but it didn't

-full -w 1440 -h 1080

i got Benq Zowie xl2720
1920 x 1080

Help please </3
Xiah 7 Jun, 2017 @ 2:12pm 
Damnit none of these work for me, I followed a tutorial like this before but now it isnt working, I reset my windows so I guess that fucked it up