Windows 10: Full screen games with lower resolution than native resolution change the display resulution

Recently I bought a 4k monitor and tried to play Apex Legends in full HD resolution. because I want to use it as 4k for programming and 4k requires too much power to play games.But I noticed that when games go into full HD full screen mode, Windows also go into HD resolution. And after closing games, the resolution settings on Windows go back to 4k.As a result, the windows on the sub monitor messes up accidentally.Can I handle this problem?

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screen resolutions?

Please follow the steps on how to change the screen resolution:

• Right-click on your desktop.
  
• Click Display settings.
  
• On the lower part of the Customize your display window, click Advanced display settings.
  
• Choose the resolution you want to use, then click Apply to save the changes.
  

Feel free to post back should you need further help.

 

Does running a game fullscreen at a lower resolution other than the native resolution on your PC hurt or damage the monitor in any way?

It's safe to use standard low resolutions such as 1680x1050, or lower on a monitor with a native 1920x1080 res.

The only disadvantage is the image is not as sharp (not dramatically ) on an LCD monitor when not using

the native res compared to using a lower res on the old CRT monitors.

Anything that is shown on the Display > Resolution tab, or in games graphics setup would be a standard resolution.

- A small drop in res such as this may yield a few extra fps, but lowering or disabling Anti-aliasing

(a higher res is similar to using 2XAA for reducing jagged edges ), or PhysX may be more productive,

followed by texture settings and draw distance.

- Using a 'custom' resolution may damage the monitor, but it is more likely to be rejected and

cause an 'out of range' or similar error message in conjunction with a black screen.

The exception here is if your are using Nvidia's DSR, or the AMD equivalent, to attain a higher than native res

as this is done at driver level.

EDIT: Note the comment ...

"Playing high resolution game in lower resolution may cause problem with the game and the


game may not work smoothly."

is misinformed. The game may not look as good if you use a very low res, but that's the only issue.

- It is also safe to change the monitors resolution (vs using the in game settings), but not it's necessary

with games.

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No audio in certain games when lowering resolution below native resolution

Hello there. For quite a long time now, I have been facing a very annoying issue. When I play a few games, I need to change the resolution since my PC is not exactly powerful. However, when I lower the resolution below my native resolution, which is 1920x1080,
the game does not have any audio. E.g Skyrim. I have no idea what is causing this problem. I have tried disabling every single audio device and driver except for the one I use but I have found no luck. I have tried CheVolume to redirect skyrim's audio to the
one I use (I use display audio) but it keeps crashing for no reason whatsoever. I have tried using audio router and that did not work either, it keeps saying routing pending. Is there anyway to fix this?