Reverse scaling in windows?

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I went from 27" to 32" at 1440p recently. I knew the pixel density difference, but am curious if there is a way to "fake" (is that the right word) screen real estate.

What I am looking for is reverse scaling to make things a bit smaller. If we can get bigger I see no reason they can't get smaller. Why does it seems like this is a big deal/not a thing?
 
Yes, you can run Nvidia DSR to a "fake" higher resolution (e.g. 4K) and that will make things smaller. But it will also be pretty blurry so may not be worth it.
 
I remember trying this before, and some apps will exactly scale with the resolution increase resulting in no effective change.
 
It's not a thing because people aren't clamoring for worse looking displays. "1x" scaling is bad enough.
 
Luke M said:
It's not a thing because people aren't clamoring for worse looking displays. "1x" scaling is bad enough.
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Well my hope is that it would look better? Because things are essentially being shrunk.
 
lightsout said:
Well my hope is that it would look better? Because things are essentially being shrunk.
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To borrow a phrase, there's no replacement for displacement. It's just doesn't work that well for text and productivity apps. I tried dsr for Excel, and it sucks. Excel looks great on 4K @ 100% scaling though.
 
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