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I want to play some games at 1080p on my 4k monitor so I can get stable 60fps. When I change this in game settings the game becomes small and the pixels are 1:1 if that makes sense. I want to play at full screen but only at 1080p, is this possible and if so how.

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Can you not maintain fullscreen mode when you lower the resolution?

 

You're defeating the point of 4k - I would lower details before resolution.

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Hi,

 

I want to play some games at 1080p on my 4k monitor so I can get stable 60fps. When I change this in game settings the game becomes small and the pixels are 1:1 if that makes sense. I want to play at full screen but only at 1080p, is this possible and if so how.

yes, just change your in game resolution to 1080p.

 

it will be a 4:1 pixel ratio (4 1080p pixels= 1 4k pixel)

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Can you not maintain fullscreen mode when you lower the resolution?

 

You're defeating the point of 4k - I would lower settings before resolution.

It stays in full screen mode but the surrounding screen goes black. So It is kind of like a windowed 1080p screen in a full screen window if that makes sense

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yes, just change your in game resolution to 1080p.

 

it will be a 4:1 pixel ratio (4 1080p pixels= 1 4k pixel)

I have done this and I thought this would work fine but it doesnt the pixels go 1:1, makes no sense to me.

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Use Windows display settings to set monitor resolution to 1080p.

Tried this too and then windows only runs in a windowed 1080p with the rest of the screen black. Ill try take a photo and upload when I have time, if i cant fix it.

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yes, just change your in game resolution to 1080p.

 

it will be a 4:1 pixel ratio (4 1080p pixels= 1 4k pixel)

4^2 pixels

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Tried this too and then windows only runs in a windowed 1080p with the rest of the screen black. Ill try take a photo and upload when I have time, if i cant fix it.

look for an auto-adjust setting in the TV menu after you set the resolution to 1080p on your PC.

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look for an auto-adjust setting in the TV menu after you set the resolution to 1080p on your PC.

Ill look for this. thanks

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Tried this too and then windows only runs in a windowed 1080p with the rest of the screen black. Ill try take a photo and upload when I have time, if i cant fix it.

 

4096x2160 or 3840x2160?

 

 

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Sorted the issue. For some reason with DP1.2 turned on it does what it did but then when I turn it off it works fine and its 60hz cause its only 1080p so its just a little effort to change but all is good. Thanks for the help.

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Sorted the issue. For some reason with DP1.2 turned on it does what it did but then when I turn it off it works fine and its 60hz cause its only 1080p so its just a little effort to change but all is good. Thanks for the help.

 

Right, I remember hearing something about that! In DP1.2 mode it recognizes it as multiple monitors, so you have to set it to 1.1

 

I have a 3840x2160 on the way which is why I was curious, because I know the full 4096 isn't 16:9 like 1080p.

 

 

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Right, I remember hearing something about that! In DP1.2 mode it recognizes it as multiple monitors, so you have to set it to 1.1

 

I have a 3840x2160 on the way which is why I was curious, because I know the full 4096 isn't 16:9 like 1080p.

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