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Old March 1, 2012, 05:45 PM
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for a game that doesn't support 1080p, is running a native 1080p LCD at 1280x1020 harmful in anyway????
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Harmful? I would say no. However depending on your monitor it may give you a blurry picture but it's not going to harm your monitor in any way.
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the picture just get stretched out to fit the screen, i have never heard of it being harmful.
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for a game that doesn't support 1080p, is running a native 1080p LCD at 1280x1020 harmful in anyway????
Harmful no. Will it look proper? No.
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