Hi!
I play CS:GO at 1280x960 4:3 and when i tried the VT trick it made my BenQ xl2430T completely shut off, and i had to unplug the DVI cable in order to make it work again, scared the heck out of me. It works just fine when i play CS:GO at 1920x1080, it's all bright and nice.
The reason why i want it is to get a brighter screen, so if anyone knows how to use the VT trick playing at a lower resolution than native i'd really appreciate it. Also, does it matter if i choose monitor or GPU scaling in the Nvidia control panel?
Thanks
VT trick with a lower resolution?
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Falkentyne
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Re: VT trick with a lower resolution?
Yes you can use VT tweaks at a lower resolution, but the resolution MUST be *GPU SCALED*.
Display scaling (monitor OSD scaling) will NOT work with VT tweaks-the aspect ratios will be messed up due to the strange timings (which also force the 60 hz backlight pulse widths).
1440x1080 @ 120hz works "fine" with a VT 1500 tweak and displayscaled--in a way--(since the vertical is the same as 1920x1080), but you lose the ability to scale ANYTHING at 120hz --either OSD or GPU, because the video drivers will see 1440x1080@120hz as a detailed preset resolution and will think it's being handled by the monitor, so the video drivers scaling options won't do anything. So you'll be using full screen (stretched only)--the monitor OSD scaling functions will only work without a VT tweak. Switching to 1440x1080@100 hz (when you defined 120hz as a custom resolution), will automatically use gpu scaling, since only 120hz was defined as a preset, so then the video drivers will use your 1920x1080@100hz VT tweak settings and scale it down to 1440x1080.
You can get around this (custom lower resolutions) by enabling GPU scaling by default, so that every resolution under 1920x1080 is scaled by the GPU, then you can force 1:1 or aspect at 1440x1080 or 1280x960 and it will be a downsampled 1920x1080, with your VT tweaks intact.
Display scaling (monitor OSD scaling) will NOT work with VT tweaks-the aspect ratios will be messed up due to the strange timings (which also force the 60 hz backlight pulse widths).
1440x1080 @ 120hz works "fine" with a VT 1500 tweak and displayscaled--in a way--(since the vertical is the same as 1920x1080), but you lose the ability to scale ANYTHING at 120hz --either OSD or GPU, because the video drivers will see 1440x1080@120hz as a detailed preset resolution and will think it's being handled by the monitor, so the video drivers scaling options won't do anything. So you'll be using full screen (stretched only)--the monitor OSD scaling functions will only work without a VT tweak. Switching to 1440x1080@100 hz (when you defined 120hz as a custom resolution), will automatically use gpu scaling, since only 120hz was defined as a preset, so then the video drivers will use your 1920x1080@100hz VT tweak settings and scale it down to 1440x1080.
You can get around this (custom lower resolutions) by enabling GPU scaling by default, so that every resolution under 1920x1080 is scaled by the GPU, then you can force 1:1 or aspect at 1440x1080 or 1280x960 and it will be a downsampled 1920x1080, with your VT tweaks intact.
Re: VT trick with a lower resolution?
Thanks for the great answer!Falkentyne wrote:Yes you can use VT tweaks at a lower resolution, but the resolution MUST be *GPU SCALED*.
Display scaling (monitor OSD scaling) will NOT work with VT tweaks-the aspect ratios will be messed up due to the strange timings (which also force the 60 hz backlight pulse widths).
1440x1080 @ 120hz works "fine" with a VT 1500 tweak and displayscaled--in a way--(since the vertical is the same as 1920x1080), but you lose the ability to scale ANYTHING at 120hz --either OSD or GPU, because the video drivers will see 1440x1080@120hz as a detailed preset resolution and will think it's being handled by the monitor, so the video drivers scaling options won't do anything. So you'll be using full screen (stretched only)--the monitor OSD scaling functions will only work without a VT tweak. Switching to 1440x1080@100 hz (when you defined 120hz as a custom resolution), will automatically use gpu scaling, since only 120hz was defined as a preset, so then the video drivers will use your 1920x1080@100hz VT tweak settings and scale it down to 1440x1080.
You can get around this (custom lower resolutions) by enabling GPU scaling by default, so that every resolution under 1920x1080 is scaled by the GPU, then you can force 1:1 or aspect at 1440x1080 or 1280x960 and it will be a downsampled 1920x1080, with your VT tweaks intact.
Is it possible to play at 1024x768 with black bars when using display scaling instead of gpu scaling? I tried it out but it went fullscreen, didn't happen on my old monitor so im confused as of why it happens
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Falkentyne
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Re: VT trick with a lower resolution?
1024x768? If it's a directx 10 game, you need to enable GPU scaling and scale it with the video card control panel (aspect or 1:1).
If its a directX 9 game, you just add the refresh rate in CRU and then use OSD to select 1:1 or aspect.
I only suggest stuff like 1024x768 if the game won't go any higher.
Even though UT 2004 doesn't show 1440x1080 in options, you can edit the INI to force it.
I suggest 1440x1080 because that's also a 4:3 resolution and you can use gpu scaling and use the 1920x1080 VT Tweaks (since gpu scaling uses 1920x1080 and scales it down).
1024x768 and 1280x1024, etc are only for games that won't go higher. 1440x1080 is best on 1080p for 4:3
If its a directX 9 game, you just add the refresh rate in CRU and then use OSD to select 1:1 or aspect.
I only suggest stuff like 1024x768 if the game won't go any higher.
Even though UT 2004 doesn't show 1440x1080 in options, you can edit the INI to force it.
I suggest 1440x1080 because that's also a 4:3 resolution and you can use gpu scaling and use the 1920x1080 VT Tweaks (since gpu scaling uses 1920x1080 and scales it down).
1024x768 and 1280x1024, etc are only for games that won't go higher. 1440x1080 is best on 1080p for 4:3