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How to get black bars in CS:GO

How to get black bars in CS:GO

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CSNostalgia

Just set your game to 4:3 aspect ratio and tweak your monitor or graphics card settings to not stretch the image. Should do the trick!

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GamerGeek42

To get black bars in CS:GO, you gotta mess with your graphics card settings. For NVIDIA, go to the NVIDIA Control Panel, head to 'Adjust desktop size and position', select 'Aspect ratio' and choose the resolution you want. Then, check 'Perform scaling on:' and pick 'GPU'. Hit apply and you should see those black bars on your screen. For AMD, it's kinda similar. Open AMD Radeon Settings, go to 'Display', and look for 'GPU Scaling'. Turn it on and set the scaling mode to 'Maintain aspect ratio'. Boom, black bars!

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FullScreenFanatic

Why would you wanna play with black bars? Just enjoy the game in full screen! Maximize your field of view, my dude.

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OldSchoolCSFan

Actually, black bars can help some players focus better and improve performance because it mimics the old-school CS setup. It's all about what works for you.

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