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June 15th, 2021 04:00
How to force 1440 (WQHD)?
I'm on a Dell Precision laptop with a 4K display and I'm struggling with various bits of software/plugins that don't scale properly on 4k.
Ideally, I'd like to use as much of the available resolution as possible but with things still being legible - so I'd like to drop the resolution down to 2560x1440.
Sadly, this resolution doesn't seem to be available in the windows dialogue (nor in the intel graphics manager thing). How can I force this resolution? Clearly the panel can support it because there are various other (non 16:9) resolutions that have 2560 or 1440 as options.
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jphughan
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June 15th, 2021 06:00
@Macker202 Very strange. Windows Display Settings doesn't have a way to force a resolution, but Intel Graphics Control Panel / Command Center should. See if you can create a Custom Resolution there. Or it might be under NVIDIA Control Panel. It would depend on which GPU has direct control of the display, but I don't have a way to determine that since you just said you have "a Dell Precision Laptop" without specifying a model -- which is generally a good idea when discussing technical issues.
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June 15th, 2021 08:00
Hi,
Apologies I should have included spec. Was in a hurry when posting.
I'm running a Precision 7550:
Xeon W-10855M
64GB Memory
Quadro RTX 4000 Max Q / Intel UHD P630 graphics
The intel graphics appears to be in control of the screen resolution; and the intel graphics command center won't allow me to create a custom resolution.
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June 15th, 2021 10:00
@Macker202 That warning is standard, but it shouldn't stop you from creating the custom resolution if you choose to proceed, and I have never seen or even heard of anybody damaging their system by attempting to use one, even if it didn't actually work. And on a recent Precision 7000 Series system as you have, you'd also have the option of having the discrete GPU take direct control of the built-in display by disabling Switchable Graphics in the BIOS, although that will cause your discrete GPU to run full-time, even when nothing graphics-intensive is going on, so you may notice a battery life, heat, and fan noise penalty by running in that configuration.
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June 16th, 2021 01:00
It won't let me create a custom resolution though - should have attached this screenshot.
I'll try the BIOS setting - crazy that you can't do this with the intel chipset.