graphics card There is no 1080p resolution even though my graphics card supports it

[Xander CaGe]

Even though my graphics card supports 1080p display my monitor wont allow it.

My PC is HP Pavilion Core i7 8th generation with Intel UHD 620 and NVIDIA 940MX with 4GB graphics and a total VRAM of 8GB.

Is there any way to increase the resolution?

[Pentorin]

Is the monitor capable of 1080p? 

 

Do you have the latest drivers for the graphics?

 

Are you using VGA, DVI, HDMI or DisplayPort?

[Xander CaGe]

how do i know if my monitor supports 1080p resolution?

and yeah Installed the latest drivers.

i am using the laptop's display.

[Pauleft]

Do you know the model of your monitor? If yes then look it up on google.

[Xander CaGe]

1 hour ago, Grand Admiral Thrawn said:

The resolution should be stated on the product page. Search by model.

i did. it says it supports it

 

[Xander CaGe]

24 minutes ago, Pauleft said:

Do you know the model of your monitor? If yes then look it up on google.

how do i find that?

 

[Pauleft]

2 minutes ago, Xander CaGe said:

how do i find that?

 

Check maybe the back there might be a small sticker or some type of a name. 

[Xander CaGe]

Generic PnP Monitor, this is what it says in device manager and it was last updated in 2006.

[JabroniBaloney]

3 hours ago, Xander CaGe said:

Generic PnP Monitor, this is what it says in device manager and it was last updated in 2006.

Look at the back of the physical monitor, genius.

[Xander CaGe]

On 9/4/2019 at 3:28 PM, JabroniBaloney said:

Look at the back of the physical monitor, genius.

its a freakin laptop, genius!

 

 

[-rascal-]

2 hours ago, Xander CaGe said:

its a freakin laptop, genius!

 

 

 

What is the model of your HP laptop then?

Not ALL laptops have a 1080p monitor by default -- it can be lower.

There should be a product number / serial number sticker on the bottom side of the laptop.

 

If your laptop is only .... 1680x1050, it won't allow you to set it to 1920x1080...

[Xander CaGe]

On 9/5/2019 at 10:57 PM, -rascal- said:

 

What is the model of your HP laptop then?

Not ALL laptops have a 1080p monitor by default -- it can be lower.

There should be a product number / serial number sticker on the bottom side of the laptop.

 

If your laptop is only .... 1680x1050, it won't allow you to set it to 1920x1080...

the maximum display is 1366x768

 

[G00fySmiley]

2 hours ago, Xander CaGe said:

the maximum display is 1366x768

 

sadly a lot of laptops cheap out on panels you may be able to get a secondary monitor assuming there is a hdmi vga dvi or display port out and run that at 1080p though. There are a lot of great 75-120hz 1080p monitors to choose from that are very reasonably priced. I got my son a nice on sale 75 hz 1080p 24" monitor for ~$100 

 

added bonus to a external monitor for gaming at home would be you can have a bigger screen and maybe some better dedicated gaming input devices for use there btu retain your on the go ability of the laptop if you need it. 

 

I have a nice desktop but take one of my 1440p 144hz monitors with me on trips for this very reason. 

[Xander CaGe]

can't i force the resolution on the monitor?

[G00fySmiley]

21 minutes ago, Xander CaGe said:

can't i force the resolution on the monitor?

not on the laptop. it just doesn't have enough pixels to display 1080p 

 

put another way

your 1366x768 monitor has 1,046,088 pixels

a 1920 x 1080 monitor has 2,073,600 pizels

 

there is no way to force ~2x the pixels into your screen 

 

 

[Xander CaGe]

21 hours ago, G00fySmiley said:

not on the laptop. it just doesn't have enough pixels to display 1080p 

 

put another way

your 1366x768 monitor has 1,046,088 pixels

a 1920 x 1080 monitor has 2,073,600 pizels

 

there is no way to force ~2x the pixels into your screen 

 

 

can i zoom out the display using third party apps?

[Zando_]

21 hours ago, Xander CaGe said:

can't i force the resolution on the monitor?

If your GPU supports DSR... kinda? But it'll look like shit since the pixels don't line up. Same reason 1440p looks garbage on a 1080p screen, or vice versa - though 4K on a 1080p screen or 1080p on a 4K screen are decent because 4K (3840x2160) is exactly 2x 1080p on both height and width. That's usually in games and stuff though, for text, pushing anything different than the screen's actual resolution usually looks like utter shit. 
 

4 minutes ago, Xander CaGe said:

can i zoom out the display using third party apps?

Why? 

[G00fySmiley]

11 minutes ago, Xander CaGe said:

can i zoom out the display using third party apps?

are there programs that will claim to do so? yes. but i don't know a better way to put this than "you cannot push a button an add 2x the pixels to the area" its a hardware thing based on physical pixels preset. the software solutions really will just downscale the image and decide what to show and what not to show on said pixels and things will still look ~the same except distorted 

[Xander CaGe]

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got it

 

On 9/11/2019 at 6:53 PM, Zando Bob said:

If your GPU supports DSR... kinda? But it'll look like shit since the pixels don't line up. Same reason 1440p looks garbage on a 1080p screen, or vice versa - though 4K on a 1080p screen or 1080p on a 4K screen are decent because 4K (3840x2160) is exactly 2x 1080p on both height and width. That's usually in games and stuff though, for text, pushing anything different than the screen's actual resolution usually looks like utter shit. 
 

Why? 

 

[BTGbullseye]

17 hours ago, Xander CaGe said:

Why?

Because that's just how it all works dude.