Windows 10: Multiple screens of different dpi show blurry text (really bad)

Discus and support Multiple screens of different dpi show blurry text (really bad) in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; my setup: win10 with 3 monitors: 4k 27" monitor and two 24" 1920x1080 monitors. windows suggested 150% dpi for the 4k and 100% for the others. 4k... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by roybj, Aug 23, 2015.

  1. roybj Win User

    Multiple screens of different dpi show blurry text (really bad)


    my setup:
    win10 with 3 monitors: 4k 27" monitor and two 24" 1920x1080 monitors.
    windows suggested 150% dpi for the 4k and 100% for the others.
    4k looks great but the 24" (with 100% dpi!) looks terrible. The text is all blurry.
    I saw many similar issues (saw this: https://www.tenforums.com/general-dis...ry-text-4.html)
    and tried the registry changes, but all fixes (including the utility that is out there) set all monitors to the same DPI.
    I can't do 100% in the 4k, it's too small, and I must do 100% in the small screens, otherwise it's too big.
    Got latest drivers for my GeForce GTX 970 and monitors (vendors drivers for all monitors).

    I really don't want to let go of my 4k, but it is impossible to use the other ones.
    I attached an example for when the 4k is d/c (top) and when it is connected (bottom) from the 24" monitor. it is not really text but is shows how terrible it is, I simply can't read for more than a few minutes.


    Multiple screens of different dpi show blurry text (really bad) [​IMG]


    Please help!

    Thanks,
    Roy.

    :)
     
    roybj, Aug 23, 2015
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  2. Windows 10 - Multiple screens of different dpi shows blurry text

    I - and everybody else I know with high resolution laptops - have the same issue when connecting the monitor to a standard resolution monitor.

    You have to choose to only use one of the monitors. So when docked, I only use my HD-monitors - and even then I have to log off and back on before the blurriness disappears.

    This means: If I log in when my laptop (4k) monitor is active, then the text on the attached monitors will be blurry until I log off - turning off the laptop monitor does not help.

    This clearly is a Microsoft Windows bug... Please fix it, Microsoft (it is the same issue with your high-res Surface Books ...)

    /KB
     
    Kristian Bjoerklund, Aug 23, 2015
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  3. Windows 10 - Multiple screens of different dpi shows blurry text

    I tried the clear type text tuner as you described but this didn't change anything.
     
    Stefan Adelsberger, Aug 23, 2015
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  4. roybj Win User

    Multiple screens of different dpi show blurry text (really bad)

    Interesting update,
    The monitor I set to be the main monitor is always totally clear. when I set my 24" to be the main, the 27" was blurry.
    It's a shame having a blurry 4k monitor.
    why is that?
    any ideas what I can try next?
     
    roybj, Aug 25, 2015
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