Did anyone figure out how to use downsampling to a resolution that is *lower* than your native res? I think this could be great for those who want larger fonts in certain games w/o losing much image quality. Would love to figure this out for strategy games and RPGs that I'd like to play in comfy couch mode.
Haha, looks like another resolution is joining the family
Haha, looks like another resolution is joining the family
Haha, looks like another resolution is joining the family
Not mentioning HOW is making me very sad. Tell us!
Special timings? Fairy dust? Titan exclusivity?
Haha, looks like another resolution is joining the family
Wouldn't work that way. AMD drivers already support a feature that let's you scale lower resolutions up to native, but image quality wise it's just then a toss up between whether that looks better than your monitor's internal scaler.
Ah you're lucky! My poor abused 2408wfp will have nothing to do with this resolution
Though... perhaps it is that I am not using dual-link dvi? I never ventured into figuring that stuff out, since 4k was working on my dvi, and dvi-hdmi cables.
Does a monitor have to be built specifically for dual-link? Makes sense that such a high resolution would require dual-link (now that I've read up on it a bit).
Tag for clone mode question. I literally ran into this two days ago after I had been playing with downsampling on my computer monitor.
Well insofar as the input needs to support it, but I think most modern monitors do. For me, I just don't have a dual link cable.
Well. I tried it. There's no way I can do it. You might be right about the double resolution limitation. I suspect Sethos is one of the few on GAF capable of reaching that resolution via straight downsampling.
Though I'm curious. 2560x1440 should be able to reach 5120x2880 by that logic, and I've been thinking about a 2560x1440 monitor. But I haven't heard too much about the downsampling capabilities of various 1440p monitors and which ones are best.
What do you do if you want to downsample but play on a TV?
Well insofar as the input needs to support it, but I think most modern monitors do. For me, I just don't have a dual link cable.
I'm curious though as to whether the limiting factor is only cable bandwidth/pixel clock, or if the monitor has specifics to itself that doesn't let it reach past a certain multiple of its native res. My max seems to be 4k, 2x my native. Sethos' 3200p would be 2x his native. And some people with 1440x900 screens and such seem not to be able to get 4k, maybe they max at 1800p?
For what it's worth I have a 1080p monitor.
I was able to set it to 3841x2160 at 30hz and it worked, but 3840x2161 at 30hz did not work.
I have a Geforce GTX 760, and the "Create Custom Resolution" box is greyed out. It won't let me create a custom resolution.
I run at 1920x1080, trying to follow the guide but stop short here. Any ideas?
I think anyone with Sethos' monitor, or any 1600p monitor, and a modern nvidia card could achieve it. By the same logic, I'd be willing to bet alot that a 1440p monitor could reach 2880p.
This isn't really the thread for this but the most relevant one I can think of.
I tried updating my graphics drivers a couple times this week and it keeps failing out.
I don't want the GEForce experience so I always so don't install that.
Then finally today I just lazily clicked "install express" option which is identical to how I'd been doing it except it also installs the GEforce experience and now it's suddenly working.
Is this Nvidia doing some shady shit trying to get people to install it or is this some one off crazy error with me?
This may just be that the application hasn't registered what display you want to change. Under "Change Resolution" try selecting the display from the top that you want to change first and then selecting the Customize button.
Nope. When I select my second monitor (my TV), the customize button is greyed out. For my PC monitor, it lets me hit the customize button, but nothing past that.
Here's how it looks, if it helps:
And yes I've checked "Enable resolutions not supported by the display". It still won't let me click the "Create Custom Resolution" button.
Nope. When I select my second monitor (my TV), the customize button is greyed out. For my PC monitor, it lets me hit the customize button, but nothing past that.
Here's how it looks, if it helps:
And yes I've checked "Enable resolutions not supported by the display". It still won't let me click the "Create Custom Resolution" button.
Click "Enable resolutions not exposed by the display".
Then, set it so you're ONLY using the screen you're trying to configure and the other one is off.
Check if it lets you customize it.
If not, then close Nvidia Control Panel, reopen it, click directly to Change Resolution, then see if the option is still greyed out.
Just seems really rare. Sethos is the only person I know sporting a 1600p monitor. I'm sure there are others out there...
I'd like to see some more examples of folks reaching downsampling resolutions higher than 3840 pixels wide, whether it be from 1440p or 1600p monitors. Really tempted to pull the trigger on one.
This worked. I unplugged the HDMI cable leading to my TV, and it allowed me to make the custom resolution.
Though that leads to my follow-up question: will this also work while playing games off my TV?
Edit: Doesn't appear to, so far. Is there a way to customize my TV to accept the downsampling?
I do 99% gaming off the TV, so it would defeat the purpose if I could only experience this on my desktop monitor.
This worked. I unplugged the HDMI cable leading to my TV, and it allowed me to make the custom resolution.
Though that leads to my follow-up question: will this also work while playing games off my TV?
Edit: Doesn't appear to, so far. Is there a way to customize my TV to accept the downsampling?
I do 99% gaming off the TV, so it would defeat the purpose if I could only experience this on my desktop monitor.
My mistake, I was able to customize my TV's resolution as well. Just had to display it on that TV only momentarily to allow the config.
I've tested a few games and it works great without a hitch on some (Castlevania, Call of Juarez Gunslinger), but it impacts the framerate on others (Far Cry 3, Metro: Last Light, Assassin's Creed III). Guess I'll just play around to see which games can handle it and which can't.
Is the idea to have AA on simultaneously, or to turn it off completely? Will it look even better if combined with things like Inject AA?
My mistake, I was able to customize my TV's resolution as well. Just had to display it on that TV only momentarily to allow the config.
I've tested a few games and it works great without a hitch on some (Castlevania, Call of Juarez Gunslinger), but it impacts the framerate on others (Far Cry 3, Metro: Last Light, Assassin's Creed III). Guess I'll just play around to see which games can handle it and which can't.
Is the idea to have AA on simultaneously, or to turn it off completely? Will it look even better if combined with things like Inject AA?
Dunno if you saw the post before, but no interest in say, this?
I had to reinstall my GPU drivers today and now I can't get the aspect ratio scaling option to stick. Whenever I select it and hit apply it the monitor just goes black momentarily and then when it comes back it's just set to one of the other two options instead.
I had to reinstall my GPU drivers today and now I can't get the aspect ratio scaling option to stick. Whenever I select it and hit apply it the monitor just goes black momentarily and then when it comes back it's just set to one of the other two options instead.
This happens to me. I found that if I change the resolution to whatever one I have that is a different aspect ratio than native in the standard system screen res, and then choose GPU scaling, and aspect ratio, it works.
Likely a silly question with an obvious answer but its something I'd like to know. Why does downsampling make games look so much darker? I've noticed it before but lately it seems that games in 1080P almost look blown out in comparison to games downsampled even a tiny bit, say to 1440P, with the contrast levels being completely different.
Noticed this in Crysis 2 most recently while replaying it with the Maldo pack.
Edit: Comparing screenshots taken at 1080P/1440P the color/tone is the exact same. What's going on, is it just a visual trick or is something weird happening in game at 1080p?
This is exactly what's happening on mine, with all games, on both a plasma TV and a 23" LG monitor. It almost appears as though the color space is changing, which would explain the crushed out blacks...