There are numerous ways to play CSGO on 4:3 stretched resolution on your Screen.
Many players complain about the black bar they get on the side of their monitor.
Today The CPU Guide will help you to eliminate the black bar on the side of your monitor and enjoy the CSGO.
It is observed that many players on the forum players already know their graphic card settings but the major thing all players are missing is updating their graphics and PC.
Updating drivers will help you to play CSGO on the 4:3 stretched resolution easily. if you already performed any setting on your dedicated graphic card then-upcoming solution will really help you.
Follow the upcoming solution to troubleshoot your PC in order to enable 4:3 stretched resolution.
Solution 1: Restart the Game
Whenever you encounter any game bug, you should restart the game before trying any further solutions.
Restarting the game will eliminate any temporary error which is occurring due to the old cookies and cache or the system’s other software is clashing with your gaming software.
All of these errors will be eradicated after a simple restart of the PC or any other platform you use.
Solution 2: Keep your PC Updated
Sometimes your outdated PC is the main cause of the Outdated Graphics Card Driver on Windows.
Outdated drivers in your PC or your current Window Version cannot support the CSGO and gaming software, as you update your Windows all running drivers are updated too.
So, here is how you can update your PC:
- Click on the Windows icon
- Click on the Settings icon
- A new window will pop up
- Select Windows Update from the left menu
- The new Window will pop up
- Then click on Check for updates.
- If there is any update it will start updating the PC.
You can also update your graphic drivers through Windows Update too and solve CSGO Won’t Launch errors.
Solution 3: Update Graphics Card Driver with Windows Update
Updating the graphic drivers will help you have a better and more stable graphical experience.
This will help you enable the CSGO IN 4:3 STRETCHED resolution on your PC and you will be able to play CSGO without Keeps freezing.
Here is how you can update drivers via optional update:
- Click on the Windows icon
- Click on the Settings icon
- A new window will pop up
- Select Windows Update from the left menu
- The new window will pop up
- Now select Advanced options
- Click on Optional updates
- A new window will open
- Click on the drop-down button of Driver updates
- Now, select your desired drivers
- Now press the Download & install button
If you cannot update your drivers through Windows Update, you can try updating the Graphics Drivers through Device Manager to enable CSGO Stuck on the Loading Screen.
Solution 4: Update Graphics Card Driver via Device manager
Outdated graphic drivers can be updated in multiple ways.
If you are unable to update your graphic drivers by updating Windows, you can try updating through the Device Manager too which in return will fix CSGO black sidebars.
Here is how you can update drivers through Device Manager:
- Click on the Search icon
- Type Device Manager
- Click to open Device Manager
- Then select the Display adapters
- A further menu will open
- Right-click on the graphic card name
- Click on the Update driver
Rolling Back the Driver:
If you experiencing the CSGO PC Crash issue after updating your graphic drivers then you can roll back the driver’s recent update to avoid Frozen CSGO.
Here is how you can roll back drivers:
- Click on the Search icon
- Type Device Manager
- Click to open Device Manager
- Then select the Display adapters
- A further menu will open
- Right-click on the graphic card name
- Click on the Properties
- A graphic card properties Window will open
- Navigate to the Driver Tab
- There is an option of “Roll Back Drivers” click on it
- If the option of “Roll Back Drivers” is grey out this means that the driver did not update recently.
Solution 5: Check for Driver’s Updates of GPU/Video Card of different company
One of the highlighted issues is outdated GPU drivers leading to Frozen CSGO PC.
When our video card has outdated drivers, it’s unable for GPU to align with the modern gaming experience and starts causing CSGO IN 4:3 STRETCHED RESOLUTION.
So, we recommend updating the video card drivers.
Here are the direct links to the main GPU Making Companies:
After updating the GPU drivers and checking the CSGO IN 4:3 STRETCHED RESOLUTION is enabled or not.
Now I am going to attach a video tutorial in which you learn details about
how to change the dedicated graphic driver settings to achieve 4:3 STRETCHED RESOLUTION in CSGO.
HOW TO PLAY CSGO IN 4:3 STRETCHED RESOLUTION ON [Nvidia Software]
HOW TO PLAY CSGO IN 4:3 STRETCHED RESOLUTION ON [AMD Software]
HOW TO PLAY CSGO IN 4:3 STRETCHED RESOLUTION ON [Intel Software]
Hope all of the above solutions 7 tutorials help you to enable CSGO IN 4:3 STRETCHED RESOLUTION.
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