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It doesn't have to look bad. rMBP13 has physical resolution 2540x1600 (i.e. 1280x800 x 2). The control panel offers resolutions 2880x1800 (1440x900 x 2) and 33

It doesn't have to look bad. rMBP13 has physical resolution 2540x1600 (i.e. 1280x800 x 2). The control panel offers resolutions 2880x1800 (1440x900 x 2) and 3360x2100 (1680x1050 x 2), that the GPU will scale down to 2540x1600. And these resolutions look good and sharp. In fact so good, that the final resolution depends only on what physical size / working space you prefer, not which one looks good and which one doesn't.

jacek 11y ago
I tried 1980x1080 on my 2560x1440 screen. I don't think it looks very well.
- vetinari 11y ago
  That MBP has physical 227 DPI. What's yours? (If it is 2560x1440 at 24", it has only 122 DPI).
  - jacek 11y ago
    > That MBP has physical 227 DPI. What's yours? (If it is 2560x1440 at 24", it has only 122 DPI). It is a 14 inch WQHD (2560 x 1440) display (Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Yoga)
kalleboo 11y ago
Keep in mind that Apple claims they developed custom scaling algorithms to handle these downscale modes, so a PC user doing the same thing using GPU drivers might not get as good results.