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Xenahort Dec 5, 2012 @ 4:01am

It is increible that nowadays it dont support 1440p and what will happen with 4K for example.

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Noizzzmaker Dec 5, 2012 @ 4:31am

it doesnt work on 2560x1440 monitors?

Felix Dec 5, 2012 @ 4:37am

Originally posted by jmccaskey:
You can run with -fulldesktopres on the commandline to force running at your full native resolution, but you should be warned performance and GPU memory usage will suffer and may be unacceptable if you are not on a high end GPU.

If you don't know how to do this, this Support article should help: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5623-QOSV-5250

Xenahort Dec 5, 2012 @ 5:52am

It is a option but valve has to give us a full support for the most common resolutions.

TheDark Sep 11, 2013 @ 8:08pm

Thanks for this.

Ratonhaketon Nov 8, 2015 @ 4:28pm

-fulldesktopres

It works perfect, thank you

justinwood2 Nov 10, 2015 @ 9:37am

-fulldesktopres Works for 4k(2160p).

Simply go to your steam directory, (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe) for most.
Create a shortcut of Steam.exe. Right click the shortcut and select "properties".
Under the "shortcut" tab add "-fulldesktopres" to the end of the "Target:" field. ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" -fulldesktopres) for most. Then click "OK".

Now whenever you start steam from this shortcut it will use your desktop resolution even in big picture mode.

Mr. ANDERSON Nov 10, 2015 @ 9:40am

u don' need fps?

justinwood2 Nov 10, 2015 @ 9:59am

Originally posted by Xbalanque:
u don' need fps?

I am not sure what you mean.

Last edited by justinwood2; Nov 10, 2015 @ 9:59am

Erik Nye Jul 26, 2016 @ 8:54pm

Originally posted by justinwood2:
-fulldesktopres Works for 4k(2160p).

Simply go to your steam directory, (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe) for most.
Create a shortcut of Steam.exe. Right click the shortcut and select "properties".
Under the "shortcut" tab add "-fulldesktopres" to the end of the "Target:" field. ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" -fulldesktopres) for most. Then click "OK".

Now whenever you start steam from this shortcut it will use your desktop resolution even in big picture mode.

This doesn't seem to be working for me. Does this only work for 4k? Not 2560x1440?

justinwood2 Jul 28, 2016 @ 8:39am

Originally posted by Erik Nye:
]This doesn't seem to be working for me. Does this only work for 4k? Not 2560x1440?

The trick works in all resolutions including 1440p. Just make sure that you first exit steam before using the shortcut. [top left corner -> Steam -> Exit

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DAZ EXTRALARGE Nov 29, 2016 @ 10:40pm

LOL, I just forced it to 4k and my computer restarted. but if you let it without the fulldesktopres launch option it will work on 1080p upscaled to 1440p then STRETCHED to 4k, not that bad tho.

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