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ibizalove said:
Here you go!
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This configuration looks ok.
It is possible the HD3000 drivers cannot render at 3200x1800.
I have done it with HD4000 (ProBook 4540s) and with HD4400 (Lenovo u430), but never with my HD3000 4530s (it only has 1366x768 display).
 
That's too bad if it's true about HD3000 and 1600x900 HiDPI. Sometimes if I reboot it's stable for maybe 10 seconds and then it starts distorting and jumping again. Ah well I guess I should just be grateful for this beautiful 1080p display. I wish I had better eyes because at 1080p the screen real estate is amazing, especially for music and video production work. The text is just so tiny though and you end up straining your eyes and getting head/eye aches by the end of the day:-S
 
ibizalove said:
That's too bad if it's true about HD3000 and 1600x900 HiDPI. Sometimes if I reboot it's stable for maybe 10 seconds and then it starts distorting and jumping again. Ah well I guess I should just be grateful for this beautiful 1080p display. I wish I had better eyes because at 1080p the screen real estate is amazing, especially for music and video production work. The text is just so tiny though and you end up straining your eyes and getting head/eye aches by the end of the day:-S
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You can always use 1600x900 non-HiDPI. It will not be as HQ as HiDPI would be, but larger than 1080p native.
 
RehabMan said:
You can always use 1600x900 non-HiDPI. It will not be as HQ as HiDPI would be, but larger than 1080p native.
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I tried this setting but it's just too washed out and blurry. I feel like my old 1366x768 display looked better with regards to sharpness than 1080p at 1600x900. Dag-nabit!
 
ibizalove said:
I tried this setting but it's just too washed out and blurry.
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Yes.

I feel like my old 1366x768 display looked better with regards to sharpness than 1080p at 1600x900. Dag-nabit!
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That's because native 1366x768 *is* better than 1600x900 scaled to 1920x1080.
A native 1600x900 screen may have been the better choice, if that was the resolution you desired.
 
That's the thing, I had no idea that 1080p would be so tiny. On my old retina MacBook Pro for instance Apples resolution technology converts 2880x1800 to an eye pleasing 1440x900. 2880x1800 is "impossible" to use at it's native resolution. I assumed that when I installed my 1080p display I would automagically get 1366x768 at an eye pleasing retina resolution. Like it would just cram all of those pixels down to 1366x768 automatically. I was "so wrong" like the crew in that movie Prometheus.:lol:Sometimes you find out all of these things the hard way when you go off the reservation and move to PC products from the Apple ecosystem where so many things are automatically configured to perfection. I had no idea that Apple is the only one making 16:10 displays for laptops! I was so pissed when I got my 4530s. I was like "why the hell would they chop off the top of a 15 Inch screen?!" Then I realized that this is 16:9 like TV screens and they did it to save cash and maybe standardize the format. I may eventually return to a Retina MacBook pro but I have to admit I fell in love with this whole process of hacking and modding and my 4530s is rock solid stable on El Capitan. Anyways I'll cut my long winded tirade there.
 
LordHung said:
:) you need to install RDM app. Open it and HiDPI options should be there.
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This actually works! :thumbup:

But...
very strange behavior here. I tried 1600x900 HiDPI and 1280x720 HiDPI. Pictures in actual size are not sharp (looks like they are scaled too?) and bigger pictures in actual size seem to be smaller?

My question is:
Is this application imitating the HiDPI function or is it enabling the feature from osx? If the first case is true, then I do not mind, but if it is the real thing then it is a very stupid bug :(

Can someone else check if any pictures of yours are looking strange when you select HiDPI Option?
 
ibizalove said:
That's the thing, I had no idea that 1080p would be so tiny. On my old retina MacBook Pro for instance Apples resolution technology converts 2880x1800 to an eye pleasing 1440x900. 2880x1800 is "impossible" to use at it's native resolution. I assumed that when I installed my 1080p display I would automagically get 1366x768 at an eye pleasing retina resolution. Like it would just cram all of those pixels down to 1366x768 automatically. I was "so wrong" like the crew in that movie Prometheus.:lol:Sometimes you find out all of these things the hard way when you go off the reservation and move to PC products from the Apple ecosystem where so many things are automatically configured to perfection. I had no idea that Apple is the only one making 16:10 displays for laptops! I was so pissed when I got my 4530s. I was like "why the hell would they chop off the top of a 15 Inch screen?!" Then I realized that this is 16:9 like TV screens and they did it to save cash and maybe standardize the format. I may eventually return to a Retina MacBook pro but I have to admit I fell in love with this whole process of hacking and modding and my 4530s is rock solid stable on El Capitan. Anyways I'll cut my long winded tirade there.
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You might have better luck with 1366x768 HiDPI as it requires rendering at only 2732x1536.
 
OK I'll mod my custom plist and try that out.
 
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