Simulate higher resolution on a laptop?

[Guest]

I have a laptop with no dGPU, just igpu

i3 5005u and HD 5500, 8GB RAM, Win 10 64 Bit

running at 1366x768 res. 

 

I am working on a rainmeter skin that displays on desktop.

All I need is a way to be able to have higher res (mainly just 1920x1080 for now) on my laptop

 

I can work with VM just fine, but just need to know how.

 

It will be temporarily and no heavy task will be done (just placing some icons on desktop)

[Anghammarad]

if the display has a native resolution of 1366x768 you cant go higher without scrolling, if that is even possible.

 

Only option would be plugging in an external Full HD display.

 

Else if you laptop exists in full hd configurations you can try to get a separate full hd screen and swap it out, if you are handy with computer repairs. 

[NinJake]

Not too sure if it's possible. You are most likely limited by the physical pixels on the screen, if you try to add more... then what happens to the pixels that "should" be there but can't be displayed?

 

Your laptop has 1,049,088 pixels now, if you try to simulate a 1920x1080... you'd display 2,073,600 pixels... almost twice that.

 

So what happens to the other 1 million pixels that your laptop can't display? It probably wouldn't look good.

[Guest]

Just now, NinJake said:

So what happens to the other 1 million pixels that your laptop can't display? It probably wouldn't look good.

I am not looking to look good or not so yeah as u see im going to use it temporarily only

1 minute ago, Anghammarad said:

if the display has a native resolution of 1366x768 you cant go higher without scrolling, if that is even possible.

Can't, only have a laptop and only.

Scrolling is fine for me, just need a way 

 

agh

[Anghammarad]

If the gfx driver won't let you, you are out of options.

 

Always remember... a PC isn't an Amiga where you could go as high as 16kx16k in resolution... with the then usual 800x600 CRT your were in for a lot of scrolling =P