Hello there. I recently reinstalled windows and my native resolution (1080p) was automatically selected upon installing drivers for my video card. Now, before this I've been running my pc in 1360 x 768 because of this issue I am having again today with the native res and that is this:
When in 1080p, icons, text, windowed programs, my internet browser, those whole interface is scaled down to a ridiculously small size. It's hard to see from 2 feet away, it's that bad. I've seen multiple unanswered threads about this issue but everyone plays dumb like the OP is the only one that's ever had the issue...one guy even got told he just needed glasses! The ignorance! Here's what I've tried (I have Windows 8.1 btw):
I know you can go into "personalize" from desktop and then "display" to select the size you want ICONS and TEXT to be, but like the caps indicate, it only lets you resize icons and text. Windowed programs still look small in every single different scale. I literally have to zoom in to every new page on the internet to see anything. I found that the "Medium" scale setting made my icons and taskbar a little larger, and "Large" scale made it normal again, but the icon grid is screwed up. There isn't enough room for the last column of icons on the right side of the TV (Yes, I'm using a 1080p TV, and it has nothing to do with the issue, because others are having this problem with standard PC moniters).
Has anyone been able to discern the cause of this annoyance? I want to run my games in 1080p, but not if everything else is ruined by an extremely small interface.
One last thing, my TV is only rated for 720p, but hooked up to gpu my pc shows it's native res is 1080p. I can run games, watch videos and movies, the works, all in 1080p, so what's up with that? I fear this may be the issue but I doubt it, as others who have had this question and been left unanswered did indeed have 1080p moniters or TV displays.
You shouldn't need my specs, but here you go since I know someone will ask for them:
Vizio 321VL
GTX 660 FTW
...umm those are the only 2 in the equation here, but ask for anything else if you need.
If you got this far and don't have an answer for me, but you think you can point me in the right direction of who might, please let me know.
Well that's it guys! If you could solve this long and annoying mystery then much glory and honor will be bestowed to your name.
Much Thanks
When in 1080p, icons, text, windowed programs, my internet browser, those whole interface is scaled down to a ridiculously small size. It's hard to see from 2 feet away, it's that bad. I've seen multiple unanswered threads about this issue but everyone plays dumb like the OP is the only one that's ever had the issue...one guy even got told he just needed glasses! The ignorance! Here's what I've tried (I have Windows 8.1 btw):
I know you can go into "personalize" from desktop and then "display" to select the size you want ICONS and TEXT to be, but like the caps indicate, it only lets you resize icons and text. Windowed programs still look small in every single different scale. I literally have to zoom in to every new page on the internet to see anything. I found that the "Medium" scale setting made my icons and taskbar a little larger, and "Large" scale made it normal again, but the icon grid is screwed up. There isn't enough room for the last column of icons on the right side of the TV (Yes, I'm using a 1080p TV, and it has nothing to do with the issue, because others are having this problem with standard PC moniters).
Has anyone been able to discern the cause of this annoyance? I want to run my games in 1080p, but not if everything else is ruined by an extremely small interface.
One last thing, my TV is only rated for 720p, but hooked up to gpu my pc shows it's native res is 1080p. I can run games, watch videos and movies, the works, all in 1080p, so what's up with that? I fear this may be the issue but I doubt it, as others who have had this question and been left unanswered did indeed have 1080p moniters or TV displays.
You shouldn't need my specs, but here you go since I know someone will ask for them:
Vizio 321VL
GTX 660 FTW
...umm those are the only 2 in the equation here, but ask for anything else if you need.
If you got this far and don't have an answer for me, but you think you can point me in the right direction of who might, please let me know.
Well that's it guys! If you could solve this long and annoying mystery then much glory and honor will be bestowed to your name.
Much Thanks
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