Gaming on 1400 x 900 with rMBP

[UBS28]

Will games played at a resolution of 1400 x 900 on the rMBP look very blurry as it's not the native resolution of the screen?

 

[Onexy]

Will games played at a resolution of 1400 x 900 on the rMBP look very blurry as it's not the native resolution of the screen?

Nope. 1440x900 is perfectly fine for games on the retina display while saving performance.

 

[leman]

Will games played at a resolution of 1400 x 900 on the rMBP look very blurry as it's not the native resolution of the screen?

They will look very similar to what they would look on a native 1440*900 screen. So it will look blurry compared to the usual UI, but its more a subjective effect, the same way as the cMBP display will look extremely blurry after coming from rMBP.

Note: rMBP is able to play most demanding modern games on 1680x1050

 

[dissdnt]

Actually thats interesting. This Retina mac is the first screen I've used that when you switch resolutions there's no real degradation in visual quality. Pretty impressive stuff.

 

[SchuettS]

I run at 1440x900. Not one bit blurry.

 

[Dyno-Mike]

I find games in boot camp to be fuzzy at that resolution because of the way the scaling works under windows. It looks a lot better when pixel doubled under OSX than stretched under boot camp.

 

[mario-64]

I find games in boot camp to be fuzzy at that resolution because of the way the scaling works under windows. It looks a lot better when pixel doubled under OSX than stretched under boot camp.

Agreed. I actually returned my rMBP because of the fuzziness at non native resolutions including 1440x900. Decided to go with the cMBP with the high res anti glare screen instead

 

[Dyno-Mike]

Agreed. I actually returned my rMBP because of the fuzziness at non native resolutions including 1440x900. Decided to go with the cMBP with the high res anti glare screen instead

I just wish there was a way to pixel double it under windows like OSX does it then it would look ok at 1440x900.

At least 1920x1200 stretched looks decent enough under windows...

 

[zakee00]

I just wish there was a way to pixel double it under windows like OSX does it then it would look ok at 1440x900.

At least 1920x1200 stretched looks decent enough under windows...

Can't remember the exact resolution I use in boot camp but it's similar to this. I find that it works great. Not *as* sharp as native, but native is just unusable, even with the DPI trick. I blame Microsoft for that rather than Apple.


I agree with the above post- rMBP display handles non-native resolutions better than any LCD I've ever used before. The difference is still noticeable if I directly compare the two, but when I'm running in a lower res it's not so bad that I continuously think about it.