Windows 10: When you scale DPI up, does it also scale games?

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  1. When you scale DPI up, does it also scale games?


    Does it upscale the text and everything in games as well?

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    bobsagetfullhou, Apr 10, 2017
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  2. DaveM121 Win User

    Scaling issue or a resolution issue or a projection issue: My screen settings are off.

    Also please note, you will have to sign out for the changes to take effecton some applications.

    That Cube Viewer application does not look like it was written to handle Windows 10 DPI Scaling, since some parts of the Window are scaling and some are not - see if they have an updated version specifically written to handle DPI scaling!
     
    DaveM121, Apr 10, 2017
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  3. Windows Photo Viewer Disable DPI Scaling (Slideshow High DPI problem)

    When viewing a slideshow (fullscreen) (F11) with Windows photo viewer at 150% DPI Scaling on a 4K monitor only part of the image is shown! The DPI scaling should be ignored when fullscreen. Anyone knows how to fix this bug??

    The strange thing is that with PNG and JPG images Photo Viewer starts with DPI scaling.

    However when opening a BMP photo viewer starts without DPI scaling and full screen slideshow works fine.

    So a better question would be how to always start photo viewer without DPI scaling.

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    Unfortunately it's a dll and compatibility settings are not available...
     
    Christina Nancy Komninou, Apr 10, 2017
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  4. When you scale DPI up, does it also scale games?

    If I'm not mistaken, the answer here is generally yes. I have a high-DPI laptop monitor, some games look weird if you don't disable DPI scaling in the exe's right-click --> Properties. There used to be a very simple Registry edit fix in Windows 7 that would fix scaling/DPI/aspect ratio issues in most games, but this no longer works in 10. Are you using AMD, NVIDIA, or something else? Go check the control panel options for your video card to see if there are any options related to DPI/aspect ratio/etc.
     
    AnonVendetta, Apr 11, 2017
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  5. I have NVIDIA but didn't see any helpful settings in the control panel. Do you set "override high DPI scaling behavior" to application?
     
    bobsagetfullhou, Apr 11, 2017
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  6. No, I ticked the box "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings". This can be found in the context menu. Right click the exe, go to Properties, Compatibility tab, then tick the box, then click Apply then OK. Try running the game again, hopefully should be fixed.
     
    AnonVendetta, Apr 11, 2017
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  7. Are you on the anniversary update still? I think they changed the dpi wording for the creators update.
     
    bobsagetfullhou, Apr 11, 2017
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  8. When you scale DPI up, does it also scale games?

    I do have the Anniversary updates. I last installed updates last night. I haven't installed the Creators Update, it's optional and I don't want it, judging by the # of people that are complaining. I'm running Windows 10 Enterprise. You probably have Home or Pro, but the options you're seeing should be the same as mine.
     
    AnonVendetta, Apr 5, 2018
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