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Helpimscared
Jun 16, 2014

Everything is too small for my aging eyes.

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William Henry Hairytaint
Oct 29, 2011



old man squints at cloud

Smugworth
Apr 18, 2003

William Henry Hairytaint posted:

old man squints at cloud

Get his rear end

William Henry Hairytaint
Oct 29, 2011



I'm sympathizing

Smugworth
Apr 18, 2003


Symp his rear end

Helpimscared
Jun 16, 2014

Smugworth posted:

Symp his rear end

:ck5:

Grey Cat
Jun 3, 2023

Doing stuff and things


Crazy suggestion, but play with UI scaling, old timer.

SLICK GOKU BABY
Jun 12, 2001

Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls


Why did you get a 1440p monitor when they got 4k monitors. Then the icons will be super small.

Funky See Funky Do
Aug 20, 2013
STILL TRYING HARD
I don't get it. More pixels equals smaller?

Edmund Sparkler
Jul 4, 2003
For twelve years, you have been asking: Who is John Galt? This is John Galt speaking. I am the man who loves his life. I am the man who does not sacrifice his love or his values. I am the man who has deprived you of victims and thus has destroyed your world, and if you wish to know why you are peris

The higher the resolution, the smaller things get on the screen, yes.

Helpimscared
Jun 16, 2014

SLICK GOKU BABY posted:

Why did you get a 1440p monitor when they got 4k monitors. Then the icons will be super small.

I only have a 6700 XT :(

Also downloading 4K content takes too long/I don't really care about viewing a movie in 1080 vs 4K.

Funky See Funky Do
Aug 20, 2013
STILL TRYING HARD

Edmund Sparkler posted:

The higher the resolution, the smaller things get on the screen, yes.

That's crazy! Is that why people have to wear those glasses for 4k movies?

Bula Vinaka
Oct 21, 2020

beach side

Helpimscared posted:

Everything is too small for my aging eyes.

theres like a scaling setting to make everything bigger

(not sure why we don't just use 1920x1080 monitors)

Helpimscared
Jun 16, 2014

Bula Vinaka posted:

theres like a scaling setting to make everything bigger

(not sure why we don't just use 1920x1080 monitors)

Thing is I really only need to have some applications scaled up, not every single application on my computer.

syntaxfunction
Oct 27, 2010
All you computer nerd words are stupid! Remember when screens had inches? Now all they have is Ps! You're measuring screens in Ps and it's dumb! Get out of here nerds!

Grey Cat posted:

Crazy suggestion, but play with UI scaling, old timer.
See? This is ridiculous, you can't stretch a screen, that's dumb!

SLICK GOKU BABY posted:

Why did you get a 1440p monitor when they got 4k monitors. Then the icons will be super small.
Oh poo poo, now we care about Ps and Ks? Pick a loving letter!

Computers, I HATE THEM

zedprime
Jun 9, 2007

yospos
My balls can only fit 1080p. It's a great way to save money on monitors and get reasonable frame rates when raytracing.

Helpimscared
Jun 16, 2014

I miss CRTs :(

Wifi Toilet
Oct 1, 2004

Toilet Rascal
I bought a 32" 1440 so that things stayed the same size as my old 24" 1080 (about 92 PPI according to https://www.sven.de/dpi/)

When I go to 4k that means I'll need a 48" monitor. I'm gonna need a bigger desk.

Goddamn Hippy
Jan 18, 2006
Dude 1440p rules. I can actually see enemies from far away and when you watch porn you can see all those cute little golden butt hairs girls have.

Helpimscared
Jun 16, 2014

I thought those were just a myth.

Aishlinn
Mar 31, 2011

This might hurt a bit..


Helpimscared posted:

I only have a 6700 XT :(

i'm so sorry. i had nothing but trouble with my 6700. has yours decided that the drivers dont exist on a whim?

The Loin King
Feb 16, 2017

Check out this goddamned cat
I have a 1080p monitor, a 1440p monitor, and a 4k monitor.

Theyre all garbage in their own unique way

nice obelisk idiot
May 18, 2023

funerary linens looking like dishrags
Maybe you should give up on the personal computing stuff and get some large print books at the library

Elviscat
Jan 1, 2008

Well don't you know I'm caught in a trap?


Fuckin' Republicans.

DeepThought
Feb 19, 2005
Cthulhu Light

I miss 16:10

quote:

After 2010, however, 16:9 became the mainstream standard.
This shift was driven by lower manufacturing costs.

Zero VGS
Aug 16, 2002
ASK ME ABOUT HOW HUMAN LIVES THAT MADE VIDEO GAME CONTROLLERS ARE WORTH MORE
Lipstick Apathy

Grey Cat posted:

Crazy suggestion, but play with UI scaling, old timer.

This works great, except when apps and games just ignore the scaling. Microsoft has only had 30 years to figure it out, you see.

syntaxfunction
Oct 27, 2010

Zero VGS posted:

This works great, except when apps and games just ignore the scaling. Microsoft has only had 30 years to figure it out, you see.

Yeah, that's usually because those apps and games use their own built in scaling or UI system, or utilise legacy framework that can't be scaled.

Microsoft's framework for GUIs hasn't been perfect but they've been supporting scaling on a larger scale (lol) since Windows 7 at least. I'm all for making GBS threads on Microsoft but nah, apps with lovely scaling is usually the devs themselves, not a lack of Microsoft support.

ELTON JOHN
Feb 17, 2014
that's a lot of p

Helpimscared
Jun 16, 2014

Aishlinn posted:

i'm so sorry. i had nothing but trouble with my 6700. has yours decided that the drivers dont exist on a whim?

I've had some weird issues coming back from sleep at times. No driver issues thus far.

NoEyedSquareGuy
Mar 16, 2009

Just because Liquor's dead, doesn't mean you can just roll this bitch all over town with "The Freedoms."
Hold CTRL and scroll your mouse wheel up

Funky See Funky Do
Aug 20, 2013
STILL TRYING HARD
So wait let me get this straight. The screens stay the same but the pixels get bigger?

Turrurrurrurrrrrrr
Dec 22, 2018

I hope this is "battle" enough for you, friend.

You're probably into consumerism, materialism, and capitalism or something.

SweetMercifulCrap!
Jan 28, 2012
Lipstick Apathy
Monitors around 24" and up look bad at just 1080p because the DPI is too low for how close you sit to them.

Paranoid Peanut
Nov 13, 2009


The future is now

Funky See Funky Do
Aug 20, 2013
STILL TRYING HARD
I'm not a sucker, I can tell the difference.


Disclaimer: I literally can't tell the difference because of brain damage.

Deep Glove Bruno
Sep 4, 2015

yung swamp thang
my eyes grow dim... my body grows hosed up...

feedmegin
Jul 30, 2008

Should have got a 1440i monitor.

Or just, like, a physically bigger monitor. Mine's 1440p but also 32" and poo poo's fine.

Grey Cat
Jun 3, 2023

Doing stuff and things


I like my high refresh rate, but I'm too blind to care about anything above 1080p. Maybe when 4k high refresh is cheap I'll change over but for now just sticking with chunky pixels.

BAGS FLY AT NOON
Apr 6, 2011

A Soft Nylon Bag
Turn off your monitor op

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Punkinhead
Apr 2, 2015

Helpimscared posted:

Everything is too small for my aging eyes.

A haiku for you

Old salaryman
Reads this thread on his DS
Votes 1 with stylus

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