Steam – After monitor upgrade Steam seems low resolution

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I upgraded my monitors from 1920×1080 displays to 2560X1440. Now for some reason Steam seems to be low resolution – like it's defaulting to 1920×1080. In every other program, the text is noticeably crisper.

I'm Running Windows 10 Pro. I don't have any issues with any of the games, just Steam itself.

Do I have to uninstall and re-install to fix this?

Best Answer

I believe this might be a Windows 10 display scaling issue. Here's two things to try:

Windows 10 has a display scaling feature. I think for high resolution monitors, it essentially "zooms" in. The display scaling is a setting unique to each monitor. To change it:

  1. Right click on the desktop and select Display Settings
  2. Select the monitor that needs to be adjusted (your new monitor, or if you only have one, the only monitor)
  3. Adjust the slider called Change the size of text, apps, and other items to 100%
  4. Restart your computer. When you load up again, the display scaling should be changed for applications (I believe some things like text will adjust immediately, but some applications such as Steam will need a reboot to adjust the scaling)

(Source)

If this doesn't help, try this solution one user posted on a Steam forum:

To fix it you go to the programs(x86) folder -> Steam -> find the .exe file -> right click and open properties -> compatibility tab -> Check Disable display scaling on high DPI settings -> Apply -> restart your computer and it's fixed. You can do this for any program that has the same issue. Just find the exe file in programs(x86) and do the same thing you did with the Steam.exe.

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