Question How to switch to 49" ultrawide resolution on a 55" TV/monitor?

[Battousai01]

Hi guys, I am wondering if there is a way to simulate or switch the resolution of a 49" ultrawide monitor on a 55" TV/monitor? i.e. displaying a 32:9 aspect ratio.

The premise is that since 49" ultrawide monitors are so expensive and I already have a 55" TV/monitor (which is very affordable), I would like to experience gaming on a 55" with the resolution or aspect ratio of that of 49". You might say that the 55" has a bigger screen which is true but the way the 49" displays it is significantly different, the way it display the content is as if there are peripheral views on the sides (unlike displaying it natively on 55" on a 4096x2160 which just makes things bigger overall). So any 32:9 resolution will work i.e. 3840×1080.

 

[VirtualLarry]

So any 32:9 resolution will work i.e. 3840×1080.

Can you chose that resolution in NVidia control panel, and "GPU scaling", and Panel Scaling set to "Fit Native"? If so, then the GPU should do the work of scaling it to fit that resolution, and fit it to the panel (I think).

 

[CP5670]

You can create arbitrary custom resolutions on nvidia cards with black bars (use aspect ratio scaling).

 

[OlyAR15]

Hi guys, I am wondering if there is a way to simulate or switch the resolution of a 49" ultrawide monitor on a 55" TV/monitor? i.e. displaying a 32:9 aspect ratio.

Size has nothing to do with resolution. A 22" and a 50" screen can have the exact same resolution.

The premise is that since 49" ultrawide monitors are so expensive and I already have a 55" TV/monitor (which is very affordable), I would like to experience gaming on a 55" with the resolution or aspect ratio of that of 49". You might say that the 55" has a bigger screen which is true but the way the 49" displays it is significantly different, the way it display the content is as if there are peripheral views on the sides (unlike displaying it natively on 55" on a 4096x2160 which just makes things bigger overall). So any 32:9 resolution will work i.e. 3840×1080.

Without knowing what resolution you are dealing with, it's hard to give you a definitive answer. If the 55" screen is just a full HD display (1920x1080), then you might as well just run it at that resolution.

 

[Battousai01]

HI guys, just an update, I have successfully set custom aspect ratio using nVidia control panel.

 

[darkswordsman17]

You can create arbitrary custom resolutions on nvidia cards with black bars (use aspect ratio scaling).

Interesting. I thought this was only for Quadro cards as I kinda needed similar but was told it was a feature now locked to Quadro (and I don't think AMD had an equivalent feature in consumer and no one seemed to know if they did in pro), although it might still not work for my need. I have a monitor that got cracked and the bottom like 1/10th doesn't work (but the rest does still), so if I could set a custom resolution of 1080p (its a 1200 vertical resolution monitor), it should work, but I need it shifted, whereas just having black bars might not fix it if it wants to apply that top and bottom.

I think there was some monitor recently that touted non-scaled lower resolution as a feature (which is baffling since could always do that via GPU scaling).