Blurred Interface text on 2k 144Hz monitor

[HideoKoncima]

As title says. The text pf the interface of Steam on my monitor, is very blurred. I tried to enable/disable DirectWrite with no success.
My monitor is an Acer xb241yu

[astronomas]

Is only text blurred or anything else too? What graphics card are you connecting it to and what cable are you using? Is the graphics driver and your OS up to date?

[HideoKoncima]

Escrito originalmente por astronomas:

Is only text blurred or anything else too? What graphics card are you connecting it to and what cable are you using? Is the graphics driver and your OS up to date?

Only text. 1080 via Display Port. Yes and yes.
Anyway, I read various topics about this and seem to be a common problem of Steam with high DPI screes

[Supafly]

Escrito originalmente por SiegfriedM:

Only text. 1080 via Display Port. Yes and yes.
Anyway, I read various topics about this and seem to be a common problem of Steam with high DPI screes

In Win10 if you have Scale and Layout to anything other than 100% it will cause varying degrees of blurring.

I have a 1440p display @144hz connect via DP to a GTX 1070 and do get a little blurring because I have scale and layout set to 125%. It's fine on 100%,crisper, I just prefer the actual size bigger and easier to read later in the day.

[HideoKoncima]

Escrito originalmente por Suicidal Monkey:

Escrito originalmente por SiegfriedM:

Only text. 1080 via Display Port. Yes and yes.
Anyway, I read various topics about this and seem to be a common problem of Steam with high DPI screes

In Win10 if you have Scale and Layout to anything other than 100% it will cause varying degrees of blurring.

I have a 1440p display @144hz connect via DP to a GTX 1070 and do get a little blurring because I have scale and layout set to 125%. It's fine on 100%,crisper, I just prefer the actual size bigger and easier to read later in the day.

So...no solution, I guess? Any custom skin or something?

[The Giving One]

So the refresh rate on that monitor, according to Acer, is 144 Hz.

Check your graphics asettings in Nvidia or AMD or whatever you have set as your GPU. See if the refresh rate there is set to match.


I have this problem connected to a 1080p with HDMI cable on a GTX 980 Ti. The default refresh rate was still at 60 Hz. When I adjusted it to 120 Hz (the native refresh rate of the TV), the text is much crisper and cleaner. Just be careful and be sure you keep the settings in bound with the specs of all the hardware.