XBox Borders on Some Games..

[Matt Horne]

Hello..

On a few games I have noticed borders on all 4 sides so creating a smaller frame the game runs in... is this a side effect of the chip or were some games coded this way for performance reasons ?

For example :

Burnout 3
Tomb Raider legends

All PAL Games.. tried running the xbox in PAL/NTSC widescreen or not. Or is it because I run them on a plasma which has no overscan.. and so I am seeing the hidden bits ? Other games like Godzilla/Fable run full screen regardless...

Also I have the xbox set to NTSC even when running PAL games.. and tbh it does not seem to make any difference.. should it ?

Cheers

Matt

[EvilBoris]

it is most likely just because your plasma has very little overscan. That is what it sounds like

[sj33]

Some games, like Burnout Revenge 360, attempt to compensate for overscan, meaning screens that don't overscan have small boarders.