Decreasing a QHD screen to Full HD

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#171391 16-Apr-2015 08:17

Hi, I am looking to purchase either the Lenovo X1 Carbon 2015 or the HP 2-in-1 X360. Both have QHD screens. My question is, how well do QHD screens display when the resolution is pushed back to full HD? Or is this dependent on the model / GPU?

While a full HD screen is suffice for my needs, it is getting difficult finding top end laptops with those specs.

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#1285309 16-Apr-2015 08:54

depends on how OCD you are ... I couldn't stand it coz it didn't look right ... but if you don't care it looks "ök"

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#1285315 16-Apr-2015 09:00

in theory it should look alright. four pixels -> one pixel everything is retained without need to scale

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#1285321 16-Apr-2015 09:04

Thanks joker97.

I am not too OCD about it but as long as it looks as good as a regular 1080p screen I wouldn't mind.

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#1285328 16-Apr-2015 09:10

actually i took another look at mine QHD. 3200x 1800 is NOT 4x 1920 x 1080.

so there WILL be scaling, and it will look weird if you are "OCD", so will need to make it 1600x900; but if you are not "OCD" you will not care

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#1285331 16-Apr-2015 09:11

i suggest however you try to get one with a 1080p screen

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#1285337 16-Apr-2015 09:17

I agree. As I do a lot of design work, it may not be the best thing to go with a QHD. Thanks!

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#1285338 16-Apr-2015 09:19

HOWEVER if you get 4K (which is 2x1920x1080 ie 3840x2160) in theory it will be fine ....

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#1285402 16-Apr-2015 10:20

both of those options are QHD 2560x1440 not WQXGA+ 3200x1800

I would try changing your DPI settings in Windows rather than running at non-native res

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#1285656 16-Apr-2015 14:59

changing DPI in windows won't do squat for graphics programs, they need to be written to be compatible with high DPI screens to make work. the latest and greatest do, but i don't know what programs he needs to use ... have you checked whether your programs support high DPI