down-sampling on OSX?

[Skeletonfish]

as the title says is it possible? could I do it to gain more screen real estate?

[MrSuperb]

as the title says is it possible? could I do it to gain more screen real estate?

 

yes. I am currently using my Dell P2715Q (i.e. 3840x2160 display)  with a simulated 'retina' resolution of 5120 × 2880.

 

That means I have the screen estate of a 2560x1440 monitor

 

I only recommend it for high-dpi monitors though.

[Skeletonfish]

yes. I am currently using my Dell P2715Q (i.e. 3840x2160 display)  with a simulated 'retina' resolution of 5120 × 2880.

 

That means I have the screen estate of a 2560x1440 monitor

 

I only recommend it for high-dpi monitors though.

how do you do it? do you do it through 3rd party software or through drivers?

[MrSuperb]

how do you do it? do you do it through 3rd party software or through drivers?

 

it works out of the box with high res monitors, but there are also ways to enable it on other monitors via terminal and afaik there are also some gui tools

[Skeletonfish]

it works out of the box with high res monitors, but there are also ways to enable it on other monitors via terminal and afaik there are also some gui tools

could you point me in the directions of a tutorial on how to do so? terminal or gui it doesn't matter

[MrSuperb]

e.g. quickres

[Skeletonfish]

e.g. quickres

thx, i'm trying to do this on a non retina macbook, running 10.6.8. so not alot of luck