Scaling options in Mac OS X

I have been trying to solve this for a while now but have been unsuccessful. basically, I want to be able to change resolutions on my iMac 27" late 2010 model but for the resolution not to scale up, in other world if for example i change to a resolution of 1920x1080 i want the black borders to show so that the screen is always pixel perfect, this is mainly so that games look better on lower resolutions. Does anyone know if this is possible on a Mac? thanks in advance.
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I'm not aware of any way to do that built into the Mac OS, but note that many games will run in a windowed mode or full-screen with black border as you describe, but you may need to refer to the game documentation to learn how to activate those modes. Some games I have seen will present you with a window with such options if you hold down the option key while they start up, others don't.

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