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How to run higher than the maximum resolutions on your display

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Sounds like this will be the go-to method of getting extreme input lag. Some day I might try it.

 

Thanks for the guide though!

 

Edit: I tried it in Natural Selection 2. Pretty nice at 2560 x 1600. It does ruin text and the HUD though, but the game itself does look better. I actually didn't have ANY performance hit in it with my GTX 470. But Natural Selection 2 is extremely CPU-bound.

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I just tried this and got to 2880x1620 before chickening out, it worked fine though and looks great. Gonna be a life saver on older ports with no built in AA. So thanks!

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tried this on my samsung 226BW and it worked.. put it on 1920x1080 just to test it out...

then tried it on my dell U2311 and im having trouble with it. Resolution won't show up.

i did use the CRU program mentioned in the 3rd link, and i tried to add 4k resolution, so maybe thats to high. will try lowering it.

On another note though, that CRU program can also be used to overclock monitors on AMD cards, which i have. managed to get my dell up to 75hz.

i never found or really looked for ways to overclock on AMD cards, maybe that was already possible in some other way.. just thought i'd mention it.

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Yay, worked perfectly ^_^

 

EDIT: Only for primary screen though. Doesn't detect the other one.

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Yay, worked perfectly ^_^

 

EDIT: Only for primary screen though. Doesn't detect the other one.

Yup. With multi-monitor setups, only the primary display can be downsampled. Forgot to mention it on my original post.

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hmmm this is like something I would want to do actually, thanks for the post :)

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Cheers for this, might experiment.

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I tried this going from 1080p to 2560X1440 on a completely modded out skyrim. There was a notisable difference in quality but it stuttered a lot. I am thinking this is because my 8 gigs of ram got completely filled. Cool thing to play around with though!

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tried this on my samsung 226BW and it worked.. put it on 1920x1080 just to test it out...

then tried it on my dell U2311 and im having trouble with it. Resolution won't show up.

i did use the CRU program mentioned in the 3rd link, and i tried to add 4k resolution, so maybe thats to high. will try lowering it.

On another note though, that CRU program can also be used to overclock monitors on AMD cards, which i have. managed to get my dell up to 75hz.

i never found or really looked for ways to overclock on AMD cards, maybe that was already possible in some other way.. just thought i'd mention it.

Yes sir thats what i  use to OC my 1440p Korean monitor to 120hz..

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I also used CRU to enable 75hz on my 60hz display. 1080p 60hz Vsync never played so good with its dips... now 75fps with dips is much more manageable.

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Ive gotta say this is an awesome post and it has made a big difference to many of my games, its just a shame that my pc is to weak to sustain games at those resolutions as i only have a gtx560ti

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I managed 3840x2160 (4K UHD) using these settings. (NVIDIA)

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tried this on a cheap 1360 x 768 monitor, wish it would of worked, kept getting "out of range" :(

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I've done this before on my AOC LED monitor ages aggo, but it would not let me go that high. I also chanced the refresh rate from 60 to 65 and text looked slightly blurred.

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This may prove to be an artefact problem provider with Nvidia drivers 318 and up, haven't tried it yet with 314. With 318 i encountered artefacts in NFS the run, Crysis 3, Bioshock infinite, Worms revolution , BF3 etc. Just letting you guys know.

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Has anybody done this and take macro shots of monitor with camera... not "screenshots" because that's pointless.

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Has anybody done this and take macro shots of monitor with camera... not "screenshots" because that's pointless.

Why would you take a macro shot of your monitor? You would still see the same amount of pixels on your display.

 

Text is usually super small/fuzzy. It's only useful in single player games where there's no RL interaction cause trying to read a chatbox/storyline could become a problem.

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Why would you take a macro shot of your monitor? You would still see the same amount of pixels on your display.

 

Text is usually super small/fuzzy. It's only useful in single player games where there's no RL interaction cause trying to read a chatbox/storyline could become a problem.

 

Because the samples given in the tutorial is showing marked improvement in graphics in objects, so the question is if anyone will actually see any difference or does one just using more processing power? 

 

But, if there is visual improvement, does it means the driver skimping out on graphics/resolution for speed?

 

 

 

As for use cases, if it messes with your gameplay then of course it's not useful and the mod is not for you, but that's another issue for the user to decide.

 

 

I might still try it so I can do triple 1440 instead of triple 1080.  (my main monitor is 1440).

 

Just so there's no confusion, by macro, I'm meaning around a few (4-16) square inches of objects.. like a head of a character, or the path up the road in racing.

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I take it you are outta luck if you have a R9 290X? I tried to install the 12.11 drivers and they don't recognize the newer video card. :(

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Managed to scale to 4k with my FLATRON E2350V and 780SC, Looks tonnes better! 

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I take it you are outta luck if you have a R9 290X? I tried to install the 12.11 drivers and they don't recognize the newer video card. :(

 

I'm using 14.4 WHQL and it work. 7950 though.

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My Dell U2711 just wont let me go to 4k

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Monitor  that I tested this on was a Acer X268w. The OS was Win 8.1 PRO 64BIT and GPU is the EVGA 770. The monitor passed the 2560 by 1440 test but had black bars on top and bottom of the screen when doing so due to the native 1920 by 1200 resolution (16:10). The monitor does not support running it at 4K resolution and failed at that test. 

 

Some more resolution test results on my native 1920 by 1200 resolution monitor. 

 

-2560 by 1600 passed

-3360 by 2100 Failed

-3840-2400 Failed

 

Here is another guide that I found on downsampling. Link: http://screenarchery.wikia.com/wiki/Downsampling_%E2%80%93_A_full_guide_to_achieve_3840x2160_resolution_%E2%80%93_NVIDIA_only

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