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1 minute ago, Casual Cube said:

Yeah this might be the case. 
Im really hoping for some out of the box workaround to do a higher resolution. CRU was my best hope. I even got windows display setting to show higher resolutions, except its a black screen when trying that

tbh, even if it works, CRU (or any other work around) isn't really going to help much (if you are stuck at 1366 x 768). it might make UI elements smaller, but i think it will probably also make and everything else blurry thanks to the nonlinear scaling.

I think your best plan is an external monitor. If it helps, you can pickup 60hz 1080p monitors for as little as 80$ (US) atm. They won't be the greatest thing ever, but they'll be good enough.

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Hi everyone, 
I have cheap laptop that I use to play eports and pixel games. 
Its a Lenovo ideapad 330. i5 8250U and a Radeon 530 gpu.


Problem:

My issue right now is the resolution; at 1366x768, there are scaling issues when playing a few of my games. 
The screen size too small and the in game menu's are too big at even maxed resolution. So it takes up a lot of space. I'm namely talking about PokeMMO.

 

Solutions Tried:

I have tried looking for ways to run my display at higher resolutions to solve scaling issues but nothing workd.

- Intel HD graphics says any res higher is unsupported.

- AMD Radeon Software plainly doesn't have a settings page for display because of "older model gpus"
- and I even tried using CRU (Custom Resolution Utility) to feed my computer new resolutions, but the screen is black when I attempt to run those resolutions from windows and within the game.

Are there any other workarounds for this? Its unplayable sometimes with all the menus and windows I have open and the scaling causes them to be so huge.

Any advice is appreciated, short of "get an external display". I would if I could but I can't at the moment.

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From what I can find online some IdeaPad 330 came with 1366 x 768 displays. If you have one of those there isn't anything you can do.

 

To check if this is the case bring up "display settings" (right click on desktop on windows 10) and look at the options under "Display Resolution". If there are no options above 1366 x 768 then I think that means you have a 1366 x 768 display. (I might be wrong about this though, anyone got a second opinion?)

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3 minutes ago, will0hlep said:

From what I can find online some IdeaPad 330 came with 1366 x 768 displays. If you have one of those there isn't anything you can do.

 

To check if this is the case bring up "display settings" (right click on desktop on windows 10) and look at the options under "Display Resolution". If there are no options above 1366 x 768 then I think that means you have a 1366 x 768 display. (I might be wrong about this though, anyone got a second opinion?)

Yeah this might be the case. 
Im really hoping for some out of the box workaround to do a higher resolution. CRU was my best hope. I even got windows display setting to show higher resolutions, except its a black screen when trying that

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1 minute ago, Casual Cube said:

Yeah this might be the case. 
Im really hoping for some out of the box workaround to do a higher resolution. CRU was my best hope. I even got windows display setting to show higher resolutions, except its a black screen when trying that

tbh, even if it works, CRU (or any other work around) isn't really going to help much (if you are stuck at 1366 x 768). it might make UI elements smaller, but i think it will probably also make and everything else blurry thanks to the nonlinear scaling.

I think your best plan is an external monitor. If it helps, you can pickup 60hz 1080p monitors for as little as 80$ (US) atm. They won't be the greatest thing ever, but they'll be good enough.

I might be experienced, but I'm human and I do make mistakes. Expand for common PC building advice, a short bio and a list of my components and other tech. I edit my messages after sending them alot, please refresh before posting your reply. Please try to be clear and specific, you'll get a better answer. Please remember to mark solutions once you have the information you need.

 

Common build advice: 1) Buy the cheapest (well reviewed) motherboard that has the features you need. Paying more typically only gets you features you won’t use. 2) only get as much RAM as you need, getting more won’t (typically) make your PC faster. 3) While I recommend getting an NVMe drive, you don’t need to splurge for an expensive drive with DRam cache, DRamless drives are fine for gamers. 4) paying for looks is fine, just don’t break the bank. 5) Tower coolers are usually good enough, unless you go top tier Intel or plan on OCing. 6) OCing is a dead meme, you probably shouldn’t bother. 7) "Bottlenecks" rarely matter and "Future-proofing" is a myth. 8) AIOs don't noticably improve performance past 240mm.

 

useful websites: https://www.productchart.com - helps compare monitors, https://uk.pcpartpicker.com - makes designing a PC easier.

 

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I'm a PhD student working in the fields of reinforcement learning and traffic control. PCs are one of my hobbies and I've built many PCs and performed upgrades on a few laptops (for myself, friends and family). My personal computers include 3 windows (10/11) machines and a TrueNAS server (and I'm looking to move to dual booting Linux Mint on my main machine in future). While I believe I have an decent amount of experience in spec’ing, building and troubleshooting computers, keep in mind I'm not an expert or a professional and I make mistakes.

 

Favourite Games of all time: World of Tanks, Runescape, Subnautica, Metroid (Fusion and Dread), Spyro: Year of the Dragon (Original and Reignited Trilogy), Crash Bash, Mario Kart Wii

 

Main PC: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/will0hlep/saved/NByp3C

 

Secondary PC: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/will0hlep/saved/cc9K7P

 

TrueNAS Server: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/will0hlep/saved/m37w3C

 

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Usually MMO have UI scaling, did you check the game option? 

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3 minutes ago, will0hlep said:

tbh, even if it works, CRU (or any other work around) isn't really going to help much (if you are stuck at 1366 x 768). it might make UI elements smaller, but i think it will probably also make and everything else blurry thanks to the nonlinear scaling.

I think your best plan is an external monitor. If it helps, you can pickup 60hz 1080p monitors for as little as 80$ (US) atm. They won't be the greatest thing ever, but they'll be good enough.

Thanks a lot for taking the time!

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