Do games run on 1920x1080 res?

This varies between games. Many modern games will run fine at just about any resolution in 4:3, 5:4, 16:9, and 16:10 ratios. Most older games were designed either for specific resolutions (like Star Craft and Diablo) or will only work in 4:3 (some in 5:4) screen ratios. Quite a few have a hard time running in widescreen mode without patching or some other trickery.
 
I doubt that I will be playing many games that are too old. (All the Valve games? Would they work)

Is it worth it to have 16:9 rather than 16:10????
 
Yes, any of the current Source games can run in any of the aspect ratios I mentioned.

Worth it? Eh, that's subjective. If you have a 16:9 monitor, play in 16:9. If you have a 16:10 monitor, play in 16:10. Technically, 16:9 is wider, but it's really up to you whether or not you want to sacrifice a little vertical view for a little more width.

You can see a difference between those ratios, but the advantage of one over the other is slim.
 
In this case, yes. The 16:9 and wider aspect ratios are used often in film. With a 16:10 ratio you would notice more empty space above and below the video frame.
 
Zatharus said:
In this case, yes. The 16:9 and wider aspect ratios are used often in film. With a 16:10 ratio you would notice more empty space above and below the video frame.
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but what about clarity? would the picture be clearer because it is a "1080" playing on a 1080 screen?
 
As long as the display has enough pixels to show the video at full res. then the clarity will be as good as the video intends. i.e. watching a 1920x1080 video on a 1920x1080 (16:9) screen will look just as good as viewing it on a 1920x1200 (16:10) screen. Watching that video on a 1280x720 screen will obviously have a reduction in detail since the display isn't able to display all of the pixels.

Easy terms

IF video res > display res THEN less detail
IF video res </= display res THEN full quality.
 
gamerman4 said:
As long as the display has enough pixels to show the video at full res. then the clarity will be as good as the video intends. i.e. watching a 1920x1080 video on a 1920x1080 (16:9) screen will look just as good as viewing it on a 1920x1200 (16:10) screen. Watching that video on a 1280x720 screen will obviously have a reduction in detail since the display isn't able to display all of the pixels.

Easy terms

IF video res > display res THEN less detail
IF video res </= display res THEN full quality.
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Thank you, that is exactly what I was wondering!
 
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