The craze for high resolution displays is increasing each day. This is 2017 and people are ready to bid adieu to 1080p monitors and make the transition to QHD and 4K displays. However, if you’re waiting for the prices of these displays to come down, you’ll still be hanging on to your good old Full HD panels for quite some time. Nevertheless, you might still want to experience how it feels like to own a higher resolution screen, right? Also, some other people might want to lower the resolution of their screen, so that the games will perform better. Well, you can custom resolutions for your display panel.

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So, without further ado, let’s take a look at h ow to create custom resolutions on Windows 10. Table of Contents.Things You Will NeedDepending on the graphics card you’re utilizing, there are a couple of equally good software to choose from in order to add custom resolutions to your monitor:. NVIDIA Control Panel is a software that comes by default after you’ve installed an NVIDIA graphics driver directly from the NVIDIA’s official website. This only works on machines with NVIDIA graphics cards. Custom Resolution Utility software can be installed on any machine regardless of the GPU you’re having, but it’s mostly preferred by users with AMD/Intel GPUs. You can download the software from.Note: I will not be held responsible for any damage that you may cause to your monitor or system during this process. So, proceed this guide with utmost caution.

Create Custom Resolutions Using NVIDIA Control PanelUsers with NVIDIA GPUs can open the control panel by a simple right-click on the desktop - NVIDIA Control Panel to open the software. Once opened, create your custom resolution by following the steps below:. Click on “ Change Resolution“ in the Display menu in NVIDIA Control Panel. Then, scroll down and click on “ Customize“. Now, a menu will pop-up on the screen. Check the box which says “ Enable resolutions not exposed by the display” and click on “ Create Custom Resolution“.

Now type in your desired resolution in Horizontal Pixels and Desired Lines. If you’re aiming to create a custom QHD resolution (2560 x 1440), type 2560 in Horizontal Pixels and 1440 in Desired Lines, or if you’re aiming for 4K resolution, type 3840 in Horizontal Pixels and 2160 in Desired Lines. You can also choose a lower resolution than the native resolution of your display, if you desire. Click “ Test“ to check if the resolution change is working.

If it does not work, you should be able to revert back to your previous resolution.You can choose any other resolution as well, but just make sure the aspect ratio is same as the one of your monitor, which is normally 16:9, unless you’re having an ultra-wide display. Otherwise, the icons and other texts might start to look stretched out. Set Custom Resolutions Using Custom Resolution UtilityThe process to create custom resolutions with Custom Resolution Utility is quite similar to the NVIDIA Control Panel method. So, once you’ve and installed Custom Resolution Utility, you can simply follow the steps below to set it up:. Open the CRU.exe file from the installation directory to launch Custom Resolution Utility.

Custom Resolutions. Type in the desired settings for a custom resolution. Add Custom Resolutions dialog box. The software will now perform a check to ensure the mode you have added is safe. If it is the mode is safe, the user will be prompted with a notification of a successful addition of that mode.

Then, click on “Add” in the Detailed Resolutions menu. A menu will pop-up where you can type in your Horizontal Pixels and Vertical Lines in the boxes right next to the “ Active“ option. Do not make any other changes in the Parameters section. Now click OK to exit the pop-up menu and press OK again to close the software. Once done, Restart your PC.Once restarted, go to Display Settings - Advanced Display Settings and check the available resolutions. If the resolution you selected on the software shows up in the dropdown menu, click it and press “ Apply“ to change your monitor’s resolution.

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Well, that’s pretty much it. Your display will now be scaling to the custom resolution that you just set.How Do Custom Resolutions Work?Make no mistake, you’re definitely not going to see 4K quality on a 1080p display, because that’s a hardware limitation and you just cannot increase the pixel count on your monitor with software. Setting a custom screen resolution basically scales the display according to the resolution you’ve created, to give you more screen real-estate for viewing your content, something which you normally see on higher resolution displays.Choose The Custom Resolution You NeedWell, as you can see, the process was far from hard. With these software, you can choose any resolution that you possibly need. So, are you ready to try this out and scale the screen resolution according to your personal needs instead of being restricted to the default resolution set by the manufacturer? If so, let us know how the process went, by simply dropping a few words in the comments section below.

So lately I have been playing alot of CS:GO and lots of people are saying that more hertz is better, my monitor is a benQ GL2450HM 1080p 60hz. But I can however create a custom resolution in nvidia control panel to make it run in 720p 75hz. I would really prefer to play CS:go with this resolution but everything else in 1080p 60hz. However I have to go into nvidia control panel every time i want to change my resolution to 720p 75hz, If i just launch CS:GO while i'm using 1080p it goes to 720p 60hz. It won't go to 720p 75hz. I cannot figure out how to delete the 720p 60hz profile in nvidia nor can I figure out how to set 720p 75hz as a default setting when i change the video settings in a game to 720p.

So does anyone know how I can delete a monitor preset or change defaults? My specs are:Intel i5 2500Asus 560 ti8gb1333Mhz Ram500wSilver power 80+ PSU60gbCorsair Force series 3 SSD1tb Green WD drive430 Cooler Master Elite. Your monitor is, as you said yourself, a 60 Hz monitor.

This means it refreshes 60 times a second, and cannot refresh 75 times a second - hence why the control panel is not letting you select 75 Hz as a refresh rate: your monitor cannot support it!No it can when I don't run 1080p resolution. Like when I run it in 720p it can run in 75hz it just doesnt do that as default, hence why im asking how I change the default 720p res from 60hz to 75hz. When I choose something like 1024.768 it goes to 75hz as default.

Ok, well then if you have the HM model (which is a 120 Hz monitor - or at least I think so.I don't know why benQ refuses to list refresh rates on their monitor specs) then you should be able to set 120 Hz as the default refresh rate. I would do this. And set the resolution to the native resolution of the monitor (1080p).Now when you go into a game, you can change the resolution in the graphics/video settings for the specific game (so you can set it to 720p in CS:GO). Now your GPU will render at 720p for that specific game and put out as many frames as possible based on how powerful the card is.

You don't need to try to 'fix' the refresh rate reported to your monitor. In fact that won't even work. If your GPU can only output 50 frames per second, you will only see 50 frames per second even if in the control panel it is set to output at 75 Hz.If however, you go with my suggestion to set refresh at 120 Hz in the control panel, you will be able to enjoy framerates anywhere from 0 to 120, depending on how many frames your GPU can output. Ok, well then if you have the HM model (which is a 120 Hz monitor - or at least I think so.I don't know why benQ refuses to list refresh rates on their monitor specs) then you should be able to set 120 Hz as the default refresh rate. I would do this. And set the resolution to the native resolution of the monitor (1080p).Now when you go into a game, you can change the resolution in the graphics/video settings for the specific game (so you can set it to 720p in CS:GO). Now your GPU will render at 720p for that specific game and put out as many frames as possible based on how powerful the card is.

You don't need to try to 'fix' the refresh rate reported to your monitor. In fact that won't even work. If your GPU can only output 50 frames per second, you will only see 50 frames per second even if in the control panel it is set to output at 75 Hz.If however, you go with my suggestion to set refresh at 120 Hz in the control panel, you will be able to enjoy framerates anywhere from 0 to 120, depending on how many frames your GPU can output.No my monitor is not a 120hz monitor it's just 60hz but thats when I use 1080p resolution. I do get around 250fps in CS:GO and I think i could solve this problem if I could just delete the option to set my monitor to 720p 60hz therefore it would automatically into 720p 75hz when i set the resolution to 720p in CS:GO http://www.benq.com/product/monitor/gl2450hm/. No my monitor is not a 120hz monitor it's just 60hz but thats when I use 1080p resolution. I do get around 250fps in CS:GO and I think i could solve this problem if I could just delete the option to set my monitor to 720p 60hz therefore it would automatically into 720p 75hz when i set the resolution to 720p in CS:GO more and more frustrated at the lack of official specs when it comes to refresh rate. I find some people online claiming it's 120 Hz, some 75 Hz, some 60 Hz.Anyway, I don't think there is a good way to automatically change the refresh from 60 to 75 Hz when you start up CS:GO, at least not with nvidia control panel.

I think you may just have to change it manually before you start up CS:GO. No my monitor is not a 120hz monitor it's just 60hz but thats when I use 1080p resolution. I do get around 250fps in CS:GO and I think i could solve this problem if I could just delete the option to set my monitor to 720p 60hz therefore it would automatically into 720p 75hz when i set the resolution to 720p in CS:GO more and more frustrated at the lack of official specs when it comes to refresh rate. I find some people online claiming it's 120 Hz, some 75 Hz, some 60 Hz.Anyway, I don't think there is a good way to automatically change the refresh from 60 to 75 Hz when you start up CS:GO, at least not with nvidia control panel.

I think you may just have to change it manually before you start up CS:GO.Yeah I guess I have to, Thanks though.