Dell G3223D Resolution Issue with Mac

[bearinator]

Hey all,

Recently purchased a Dell G3223D, and the resolution looks very weird when hooked up with my MacBook Pro 14". Firstly, the default for display option comes up at 1920x1080 (which looks horrendous and extremely pixelated), and when I scale it up to 2560x1440, everything just gets immensely smaller, even smaller proportionally than the screen of the Mac (despite this, the screen still looks quite pixelated). I've tried connecting the laptop to my Mac using both USB-C and HDMI.

However, when I plug it into a Windows laptop, the resolution defaults to 2560x1440, and the size of everything looks normal. The quality of the display also looks a lot better, and not pixelated like it did on the Mac on any resolution I've tried.

Does anyone have any idea of how I can get the display to look better on the Mac, and more comparable to the experience I have on Windows?

 

[chendo]

I have also recently purchased a Dell G3223D with my 14" MBP. I don't have your particular issue, but I have a problem where my MBP often forgets the Dell G3223D, and I need to manually set the resolution/refresh/layout when this happens which is frustrating. Like yours, mine tends to select 1080p but I am able to set mine to 1440p and it works with issues otherwise.

 

[RapManCZ]

Hey, did you solve these issues? I am thinking to buy this monitor and use it with a mac mini.
I like the high refresh rate of 165hz and the big screen size for movies. I do not play games, but I want to have smooth scrolling over 4k resolution.

 

[brooklyn360]

any updates?

 

[xraydoc]

This display is a 32" 1440p display. It's not going to look great for text. It's only 92 ppi.

That said, Windows has better non-high-DPI font smoothing than macOS. For macOS, I'd never recommend any non-high-DPI display... 4K and above only.

 

[sharim90]

Mac only supports a 2x scaling. This video will help you understand