Display Resolution Query

nevada51

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Hi, I've been using my Windows 7 PC quite happily for some time.
There's nothing wrong with it but it's more that I'm looking to have a question answered or an explanation.

I have a GTX970 and an AOC e2795Vh monitor.
My monitors' native resolution is 1920x1080.

Due to my visual impairment, I have it set at 1280x1024 - this works perfectly for my needs.
However, if I change the resolution higher (for example 1920x1080) - the windows desktop seems out of proportion.

In some resolutions, it seems as if things are squashing in from the side - I have no black bars around the display but it makes text very difficult to read.

Is this a setting I'm missing in Windows itself or should I calibrate the monitor?

Whilst I've said it works perfectly, and it does - for me, I'd like to know that I can increase the resolution if I ever needed to. (I game at 1280x1024 as well)
 

nevada51

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It isn't just the text - it's the UI as well.
I don't want to increase the size of the text - I just want to make it readable - rather than it appear stretched vertically.
 
1920x1080 is a 16:9 Aspect ratio so 16:9 is also your native ratio. When you switch to resolutions like 1280x1024, you are not only changing resolution but you are changing the aspect ratio as well, to 4:3. You will get squashing effects from this ratio change.

 

nevada51

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So if 1920x1080 is native and I set the display to that, why does it seem vertically stretched? It's almost as if the screen isn't wide enough to maintain a decent aspect ratio?

I'd have thought I'd have had problems changing it from native to anything else, not the reverse?