HOW DO I SET A CUSTOM RESOLUTION???

[Luka 999]

Hello!

Can someone help me figure out how to set a custom resolution for my second monitor? I have one full HD monitor (1920X1080) and I got a second smaller 4:3 aspect ratio display with a resolution of 1280X1024. I would like to increase it's resolution so that the height would be 1080p. I've tried it with windows, Nvidia control panel and Display Fusion with no luck. The reason why I want to set it at that specific resolution is that I would like both displays to be the same height so that when I'm using stuff like Blender I don't have to fill space that doesn+t exist and I can't see with windows that I'm not gonna use.

Thanks in advance!

[Shiv78]

...you can't increase the resolution of a monitor...

[iRileyx]

if the monitors resolution is 1280x1024 there's no way to increase that.

[JakeNTech]

Thats the max resolution of the display the only way to make that bigger is to buy a new monitor.

[Luka 999]

1 minute ago, RKRiley said:

if the monitors resolution is 1280x1024 there's no way to increase that.

I did it once... I just can't remember again. And no. I don't mean to add more pixels. I want to increase the resolution of the picture from my computer.

[LehransMedallion]

While it will likely look terrible, it is possible to do. A quick Google search found a guide on YouTube which you can find here.

Please note that I don't have any nvidia hardware, but AMD has a similar feature and so does Intel. I have used both AMD's and Intel's versions of this feature to configure an unusual display.

 

Any users claiming that there is no way to do this are flat out wrong and should stop posting misinformation. Thanks.

[Luka 999]

Just now, fixitnow said:

Thats the max resolution of the display the only way to make that bigger is to buy a new monitor.

Isn't it possible to trick your computer to think that the monitor can output a higher resolution? What I mean by that is that I could force it to run 1920X1080. But that doesn't work for me cause the aspect ratio is wrong.

[Luka 999]

Just now, TBA said:

While it will likely look terrible, it is possible to do. A quick Google search found a guide on YouTube which you can find here.

Please note that I don't have any nvidia hardware, but AMD has a similar feature and so does Intel. I have used both AMD's and Intel's versions of this feature to configure an unusual display.

 

Any users claiming that there is no way to do this are flat out wrong and should stop posting misinformation. Thanks.

Okay. Thanks. Will try it out and write back

[iRileyx]

2 minutes ago, TBA said:

Any users claiming that there is no way to do this are flat out wrong and should stop posting misinformation. Thanks.

Not really, the way he words it makes it sound like he wants the monitor to run at 1080p, which it can't. Sure he can output 1080p to it but it only gets displayed at 1280x1024, I think most of us just mis read what he wanted.

[Luka 999]

1 minute ago, RKRiley said:

Not really, the way he words it makes it sound like he wants the monitor to run at 1080p, which it can't.

Again. I did it before so I know it can be done but I really don't remember how I did it.

[JakeNTech]

4 minutes ago, Luka 999 said:

I did it once... I just can't remember again. And no. I don't mean to add more pixels. I want to increase the resolution of the picture from my computer.

As soon as you start increasing the resolution above what the monitor can handle you will just get a message that says out of range, and a few moments later it will be back to normal. I think what you are trying to do is to essentially zoom into whats on your screen?

2 minutes ago, Luka 999 said:

Isn't it possible to trick your computer to think that the monitor can output a higher resolution? What I mean by that is that I could force it to run 1920X1080. But that doesn't work for me cause the aspect ratio is wrong.

In the days of windows XP it was, but it never worked and would just give you the out of range message, or an incredibly blurry display.

DVI and up can get information about the monitor to the PC, which is why now in device manager you don't tend to see Generic monitor but VGA can't do that to my knowledge, which meant you could possibly do this but as I said its impractical. 

[Luka 999]

2 minutes ago, fixitnow said:

As soon as you start increasing the resolution above what the monitor can handle you will just get a message that says out of range, and a few moments later it will be back to normal. I think what you are trying to do is to essentially zoom into whats on your screen?

In the days of windows XP it was, but it never worked and would just give you the out of range message, or an incredibly blurry display.

DVI and up can get information about the monitor to the PC, which is why now in device manager you don't tend to see Generic monitor but VGA can't do that to my knowledge, which meant you could possibly do this but as I said its impractical. 

One thing I should probably add is that the last time I managed to resize the screen I connected it via a HDMI to DVI adapter. Could that stop the PC from recognising the monitor's native resolution?

[JakeNTech]

Just now, Luka 999 said:

One thing I should probably add is that the last time I managed to resize the screen I connected it via a HDMI to DVI adapter. Could that stop the PC from recognising the monitor's native resolution?

Possibly. I haven't used a DVI to HDMI adapter so can't really comment, sorry. 

[Luka 999]

Just now, fixitnow said:

Possibly. I haven't used a DVI to HDMI adapter so can't really comment, sorry. 

Okay. I'm following the guide. If it doesn't work I'll rewire the thing and try again. Thanks,  I'll send you a crate of beer

[JakeNTech]

Just now, Luka 999 said:

Okay. I'm following the guide. If it doesn't work I'll rewire the thing and try again. Thanks,  I'll send you a crate of beer

No problem.  

[LehransMedallion]

26 minutes ago, Luka 999 said:

One thing I should probably add is that the last time I managed to resize the screen I connected it via a HDMI to DVI adapter. Could that stop the PC from recognising the monitor's native resolution?

The adapter will not interfere.

[Luka 999]

6 hours ago, TBA said:

The adapter will not interfere.

Actually no. I rewired the thing and connected the display via the adapter and then it let me set the custom resolution!

So the thing is fixed! Basically just make sure that you don't connect the monitor via the primary connector (the one where the BIOS screen) and everything should be fine.I've set the resolution with DisplayFusion. NvidiaCP kept crashing for some reason. You also don't need the pro version of the program to do that.

[LehransMedallion]

44 minutes ago, Luka 999 said:

Actually no. I rewired the thing and connected the display via the adapter and then it let me set the custom resolution!

So the thing is fixed! Basically just make sure that you don't connect the monitor via the primary connector (the one where the BIOS screen) and everything should be fine.I've set the resolution with DisplayFusion. NvidiaCP kept crashing for some reason. You also don't need the pro version of the program to do that.

Odd, but good to know. I didn't have an issue like that with my adapter so I ruled it out prematurely. Glad you got it resolved!