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Nobody's forcing you to use 2x scaling. I use two 27" UHD displays with Debian/GNOME. The system-level scaling factor is 1, and I adjust application zoom levels
by antsar 8y ago
Nobody's forcing you to use 2x scaling. I use two 27" UHD displays with Debian/GNOME. The system-level scaling factor is 1, and I adjust application zoom levels as needed.
I typically divide each display in half, and each half comfortably fits one browser window, mail client, terminal, Spotify, etc.
- thirdsun 8y ago1x scaling will be too small for UHD at 27". MacOS only works probably with integer-based scaling - 1x, 2x, theoretically 3x. Everything inbetween will lead to blurry text/assets and decreased performance since the output as a whole will be scaled and downsampled by the GPU. I'm working a lot with text and a sharp/crisp display is important to me. 2x scaling is the only proper option in my opinion.
- orangecat 8y agoEverything inbetween will lead to blurry text/assets and decreased performance since the output as a whole will be scaled and downsampled by the GPU. I run 2 27" 4k displays off a MacBook with integrated graphics, both scaled at 1.5x to "look like" 2560x1440. It works fine; text is not quite as sharp at it would be at 2x, but it's far better than it would be on an actual 1440p display. I haven't noticed decreased performance, but I'm not doing heavy graphics work. Agreed that display manufacturers are messing this up. 4k displays should be either 20-24" for 2x scaling or 40+ inches for unscaled; 27" displays should be 5k.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agotext is not quite as sharp at it would be at 2x I think that would bother me.
- rsynnott 8y agoNote that Apple uses non-integer scaling _on their own computers_ these days. Default for the 15" MBP, which has a native resolution of 2880x1800, is fake 1680x1050.
- bluedino 8y agoPDF’s look blurry on non-Retina displays, even those that are 130-140dpi