Question HDMI Scaling causing windows lag

[machunk714]

I just got a new GPU, AMD RX 580 Sapphire Nitro+ and I saw my pictures were off (overscan I think is the word, where half the icons are cut off by the edges). When I go to AMD Radeon settings program, I can put the HDMI scaling at 5% to fix it. However, it lags my computer in a weird way. When i hit minimize on an app/webpage, it like drags a bit. It is not instant. If I put the HDMI scaling at 0% and stay overscanned, it opens and closes instantly. There is no setting on my TV to fix the ratio (its really old) and I have never had this problem until i got an AMD GPU. It is a small inconvenience but it does not make my computer feel to high end.

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

do not do any scaling with the GPU driver software on your PC. Revert back to defaults.
Adjust scaling of any kind using Windows display settings.

 

[machunk714]

I do not want to change the resolution. I want to keep it at 1920 x 1080. I had it working with my Nvidia card but not this one

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

I did not say to change the resolution, I said to adjust the scaling, which affects icons and stuff.

Click on that and you will see a drop down.
Select 100%.
If it's already at 100%, let me know.

 

[machunk714]

It is at 100% currently

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

can you take a screenshot of what you are seeing and upload it to www.postimages.org and share it here please

 

[mirasu]

I did not say to change the resolution, I said to adjust the scaling, which affects icons and stuff.

This doesnt adjust the scaling of the display itself, only the containing item and elements

 

[Glenwing]

This is about overscan on the display, which is something old TVs did (they zoom into the image about 5–10% and cut off the edges). To correct it you need scale the entire image down by the same amount. This loses image quality but it can't be helped since some TVs don't have an option to turn off overscan (many budget models, especially older ones). This doesn't have anything to do with OS text size scaling or any other Windows setting, and it won't show up on a screenshot since the image is being modified by the display, which is outside the OS.