iMac 5K, Bootcamp, running games (like The Witcher 2) fullscreen?

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iMac 5K, Bootcamp, running games (like The Witcher 2) fullscreen?

Hello!

I have an iMac late 2014 with 5K retina display. i5, radeon 295X, 16GB RAM, Bootcamp with Windows 7 home premium.
When I try to run The Witcher 2 in full screen mode, the only resolution that appears full screen is 2560x1440. All others, even the larger ones, appear smaller and centured, so have black space around the game window. I have enabled full screen in the game options. My Windows7 resolution is 3840x2160.
I would like to run the game in 1920x1200 with anti aliasing, because its 20 frames per second faster than 2560x1440 without anti aliasing. (50-60FPS vs 20-30FPS) Does anyone know how I can scale it to fullscreen? is that even possible? 😕

Posted on Jan 11, 2015 3:58 PM

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OvertoneNr13 Author

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Jan 11, 2015 5:07 PM in response to OvertoneNr13

Sorry, don't know why this is placed in the MacBook thread.

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Loner T

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Jan 12, 2015 11:49 AM in response to OvertoneNr13

Please see Boot Camp on iMac Retina 5K? and Retina 5K - AMD Boot Camp Driver failure.

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OvertoneNr13 Author

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Jan 19, 2015 6:23 PM in response to OvertoneNr13

Hello again! I think it's because of the game itself. In other games, some of the resolutions work fine in fullscreen, while others don't. depends on the game I guess.

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Loner T

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Jan 19, 2015 6:38 PM in response to OvertoneNr13

Have you looked at http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/bootcamp recently?

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OvertoneNr13 Author

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Jan 27, 2015 3:18 AM in response to Loner T

Yes, I have the newest drivers. I recognized that I have the same Issue in windows (7). 1920x1080 looks like this:

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Rudegar

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Jan 27, 2015 8:48 AM in response to OvertoneNr13

I would use the bootcamp driver rather then the latests from the gpu maker or look in the gpu makers settings tool for settings

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Apr 28, 2015 5:23 AM in response to OvertoneNr13

Hello, I just want to know how is the Bootcamp support Direct X 11.1 games?

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Loner T

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Apr 28, 2015 6:34 AM in response to henryee18

You can run http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/run-directx-diagnostic-tool and verify.

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Apr 28, 2015 8:11 AM in response to Loner T

Ya, my iMac 5K can run Direct X 11.1 games after the diagnostic, but I am not sure whether it is the restriction in Parallel Desktop 10 for not letting me to play Direct X 11.1 games, as I cannot play the FIFA 15 as in Parallel Desktop, games can only be played in Direct X 10.2.

So I just need to make sure that Bootcamp could let me play Direct X 11.1 games before I go and spend hours to install it into my iMac 5K.

Thanks.

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