Force a higher resolution in VD

[Bob]

I am running Windows 10/Vive/Virtual Desktop VR/Single 1440P Monitor. I was wondering if there was anyway to increase my desktop resolution when running VD to a 4k/8k resolution to increase my available desktop space. Thanks in advanced for help.

[ggodin]

Hi Bob, you can do this but it has to be done manually in the Windows Display Settings. Depending on your video card, you might have to add a custom resolution first (with Nvidia this is done in the Nvidia control panel and with AMD through the CRU tool). Hope this helps!

[Fabian]

Hi Bob, Yes you can probably set a fake resolution. Both Nvidia and AMD support this through their features named Dynamic Super Resolution and Virtual Super Resolution. However, some things to note...

This will make text far harder to read and everything will be much smaller. I don't know your use case, but unless it's vital for you to fit lots of things on your display, or you want to have a huge display, this probably will reduce the quality of your experience. Also make sure your GPU can handle it! If your GPU starts straining it may reduce VR performance as a whole. Lots of bad things can happen then.

[Bob]

Thanks for the responses. I had stumbled upon this setting last night, but a warning came up stating it could damage my display running it out of spec. I just went ahead and purchased a Display Emulator 4k hdmi plug that should allow me to do what I want easily.

[TorMazila]

What you may want to do is to set "virtual resolution" - this means you get whatever display resolution you really have and screen starts scrolling if it doesn't fit into physical screen - seems this worked since WindowsNT4 :). Setting physical resolution to whatever the display doesn't support will lead to it either turning off with "out of range" or corrupting the image or even physical parts burn-out (likely for old CRT displays that had no protection).