Stream at Resolutions higher then the host computer with Steam In-Home Streaming

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The other day I was playing around with Steams in home streaming and discovered how stream games at a higher resolution then the host computers monitor (which is normally the limit) this might be commonly known already but I haven't been able to find much about it (if anything). I have only tested this on my desktop (parts are listed in my profile page) which is streaming to my Macbook Pro Retina so it may not work for everyone. Also I'm sorry this isn't a very neat guide the pictures are kinda hard to change and resize.

 

This guide is basically an adaptation of Crokys down-sampling guide on Neogaf (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=509076) and Slicks OG Super sampling anti aliasing (

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The first part is to enable a resolution not exposed by the display this is done through the Nvidia control panel on the host computer (this is the pc in which the games will be running)

 

1.  Right click on your desktop and start "Nvidia Control Panel" -> go to "Adjust desktop size and position" under "Display".

 

Use these settings ; Scaling mode : Aspect ratio, Perform Scaling on : GPU, Check "Override the scaling mode set by games and programs"

 

 

2) Go to "Change resolution" under "Display", Press "Customize"

 

 

3) Tick the box "Enable Resolutions not exposed by the display" Then press "Create custom resolution"

 

 

4) At this point write the desired resolution (the resolution of the client computer) into the following window, under "Horizontal pixels" and "Vertical pixels". (In this case I tried 2560 x 1600 which is the resolution of my client computer (macbook pro retina)

 

 

5) Press test and one of the following will happen:

 

- You get an image, everything works, press save and go to step 6

- You get a black (sometimes flashing red) screen or your monitor will tell you the current resolution is not supported : press ESC once or twice and wait for the screen to revert back to normal. If this occurs I recommend testing a lower resolution or trying more advanced or more advanced methods of downsampling (refer to Corkys downsampling guide on neogaf (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=509076))

- You get a black screen, monitor goes into power saving mode : your computer just crashed so reboot and try different or more advanced methods of downsampling (refer to Corkys downsampling guide on neogaf (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=509076))

 

 

6) Now that you've added the custom resolution on your host computer switch to your client pc and start up a game and go into the games display settings.

 

 

7)  Now change the game resolution to match the resolution of the client pc

 

 

 

You should now be able to stream games at a resolution higher then that of your host monitor. If you want to do this for AMD there are down sampling guides available (http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=366244) and once streaming and in-game it should work the same. If your interested in learning more about downsampling or ruinning your monitor at higher the support resolutions you should check out this post 

 

Sources:

 

1. Downsampling, a simple methord for making your pc-games look better

    Corky, www.NeoGAF.com

    http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=509076

 

2. How to run higher than the maximum resolution on your display

    tbuburn, Linustechtips.com

    http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/14001-how-to-run-higher-than-the-maximum-resolutions-on-your-display/

 

3. Improve Visual Quality by Running your Monitor at a Non-Native Redolution

   SlickPC & LinusMediaGroup, Linustechtips.com

   http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/14001-how-to-run-higher-than-the-maximum-resolutions-on-your-display/