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INTEGER SCALING (to avoid distortions/blur when using monitors at non-native resolutions; damn important for retro games and 4K) 1. Intel Graphics announced that they will implement integer scaling: https://twitter.com/gfxlisa/status/1143163786783707136 2. The 3Dfx Voodoo emulator nGlide now supports integer scaling: http://www.zeus-software.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2195 3. The crowdsourced "Spectrum" monitor is going to support integer scaling: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monitors/comments/c2vsw0/-/essz5hk/ 4. Almost 2400 people signed a petition: https://www.change.org/p/nvidia-amd-nvidia-we-need-integer-scaling-via-graphics-driver 5. In the AMD feedback poll it's the leading option by far (was, until it was manipulated again): https://feedback.amd.com/se/5A1E27D211FADB79 6. 94 pages of discussions on nvidia's forums: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/844905/ LTT, when will you finally stop ignoring this elephant in the room???

1. Intel Graphics announced that they will implement integer scaling: https://twitter.com/gfxlisa/status/1143163786783707136 2. The 3Dfx Voodoo emulator nGlide now supports integer scaling: http://www.zeus-software.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2195 3. The crowdsourced "Spectrum" monitor is going to support integer scaling: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monitors/comments/c2vsw0/-/essz5hk/ 4. Almost 2400 people signed a petition: https://www.change.org/p/nvidia-amd-nvidia-we-need-integer-scaling-via-graphics-driver 5. In the AMD feedback poll it's the leading option by far: https://feedback.amd.com/se/5A1E27D211FADB79 LTT, when will you finally stop ignoring this elephant in the room???

OK 0_o. Can you give us an advice how to make them notice our subject of discussion, please? Or are they so extremely busy that they can't take a look at a problem that caused a 50-pages-discussion on Nvidia's forums and more than 1300 petition signatures? They should be interested in exactly this kind of stuff, shouldn't they?

So... ahem... are you people from linustechtips interested in this or not? This has been the one and only reply of yours so far (regarding this topic). Nobody truly knows whether you are on our side or not. If you where then the whole story could get a dramatically powerful kick forward. Isn't a discussion about topics like these the main reason why hardware reviewers like you exist in the fist place?

Welcome to a world where our wishful thinking is exploited to sell us stuff we don't even want. And they don't even have to lie to us.

What happened is that nVidia integrated some stuff into the Linux driver that allows to use pixel perfect scaling when used correctly. It's mentioned in that long main topic on nVidia's forums. There is still no publicly known progress regarding the Windows drivers unfortunately. Also there was a new thread on THIS forum:

The GPU manufacturers should have implemented this simple feature 10 years ago (surprisingly the old CRT-monitors were unaffected by the problem). It's even easier to do it today. New GPU features like rendering to texture and GPGPU eliminate the need to make any changes to the hardware (specific evidence for this is in the comment #518 of the nVidia's forum topic mentioned above). All they need to do is to include the feature into the drivers. Also the market of indie games is on the rise. And to say that indie games never use pixel art is as absurd as to say that the moon is made of cheese. Some developers include this scaling method into the games by themselves. But many other games and "all" the old games are still affected by the problem.

Hello-o-o-o? Is anybody still out the-e-e-ere?

You have used this forum a lot. Do you know how to make sure that they at least take a look?

Sure, that's why I called it "best case scenario". *shrugs*

Yeah... IF he does it... *shrugs*. That would be the best case scenario. I would still be happy if he just adds a minute or two an other video though.

Are you people from Linustechtips still reading this? With about 4 000 000 YouTube subscribers you could actually make a difference. Briefly explaining the problem and the solution to the public would significantly increase the chances of success. Of course petitions have virtually zero legal power, but they DO make a fuss. And fuss is what is needed right now. So... ahem... yeah... Some kind of cooperation would be welcome with open arms... :3

It all depends on the scaling ratio. Try playing a 640x480 pixel art game on 8K and it will "give you eye cancer". Here is a comparison of different scaling ratios (640x480 on 8K results in a scaling ratio of 9x). Click on the image to see it in original size and without contortions.