DisplayFusion RSS: Changing Active signal resolution

DisplayFusion RSS: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e DisplayFusion RSS: Changing Active signal resolution Fri, 22 May 2026 17:40:53 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#45 Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:46:09 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#45 DisplayFusion Ok, thanks for letting us know. We'll re-open that ticket. ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#44 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:05:56 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#44 DisplayFusion The beta didn't seem to make a difference. I deleted one of the profiles that had the 4k display at 1080p. After that, I made the changes that had the active signal resolution to also be 1080p.

I saved, changed to 4k, and then back. Active signal resolution stayed at 4k ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#43 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:26:36 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#43 DisplayFusion We've released a new beta that should fix this up, please let me know if you run into any issues after updating. You can grab it here: https://www.displayfusion.com/Download/Beta/

Thanks! ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#42 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:25:33 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#42 DisplayFusion No fix yet but it's still open on our list

]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#41 Sat, 16 Mar 2024 23:59:12 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#41 DisplayFusion just checking to see if there's any update on this? ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#40 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 21:14:44 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#40 DisplayFusion Ok great, thanks for doing those tests! We will take a look into this again and see if we can get the regression fixed up. ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#39 Sat, 18 Nov 2023 15:52:15 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#39 DisplayFusion The issue persists in 10.0, but not 9.9. For both tests, I had my display in 4k at the time of install.

for 10.0, I used the existing "4k" profile as a starting point, and created "1080ptest" after switching configurations with the "List all modes" method.

in 9.9, I created "4ktest", switched using "List all modes" method, and created "1080ptest2"

To test, I used DF to switch to "4k" then back to the test resolution in both tests.

Can I safely upgrade back to the latest via DF's update prompt from 9.9?

Edit: I reinstalled 10.0 then updated via the update prompt. When loading "1080ptest2" (created with 9.9) from "4k" it worked as intended. This means upgrades from 9.9 to latest will likely not have this problem, if they used their original 9.9 monitor profiles after upgrading, instead of creating new ones. ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#38 Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:09:03 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#38 DisplayFusion @jasoncollege24: Could you try rolling back to 10.0 and 9.9 to see if the same issue exists in those versions? You can leave your Steam version installed and install these over top of it. Download for them are here: https://www.displayfusion.com/OldVersion/

You'll need to re-create the monitor profiles in each version you test, as the way they're saved is slightly different in each one. ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#37 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 01:55:48 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#37 DisplayFusion This doesn't seem to be working anymore in Windows 10, using the Steam version of DF v10.1.2. This is a fairly fresh install of Windows 10, so not sure if there is something I missed. ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#36 Fri, 13 Jan 2023 01:04:38 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#36 DisplayFusion Amazing. it is working. Thank you Sir. ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#35 Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:48:03 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#35 DisplayFusion No worries, glad to hear it! ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#34 Sun, 02 Feb 2020 12:27:45 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#34 DisplayFusion I can confirm this is now working for me with my AMD graphics card.

Though confusingly I'm not on 9.6.2 Beta 1 as was requested; it's working for me on 9.6.1 stable.

(I also didn't have to recreate my monitor profiles.)

Details don't matter though; in any case I'm happy

. Thanks Keith Lammers! ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#33 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 18:45:42 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#33 DisplayFusion @jasoncollege24: Glad to hear it! ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#32 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 10:44:33 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#32 DisplayFusion Nicely done! This appears to have resolved the issue!

NVidia users can get the correct active resolution by changing the resolution, then set scaling to be done on display, and enable override in the nvidia control panel ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#31 Sun, 19 Jan 2020 22:12:34 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#31 DisplayFusion The way to change the active signal resolution in Windows 10 is as follows.

Right-clicking the desktop, and choosing "Display Properties", and changing the display resolution in this window doesn't work. Instead, scroll further down in this window (down toward the bottom) and click "Advanced display setting". Now, on this new page/window, click "Display adapter properties", and a new window will open. On the "Adapter" tab, click the button "List All Modes", and a new window will open again. In this new window, scroll and click the resolution you want, then click ok (that window will close). Now, on the previous window, click apply. This will change the active signal resolution as well.

One glitch to be aware of... This happened to me... If you've already tried changing the resolution from 4k (3840x2160) to 1920x1080 (for example) the way I mentioned above that doesn't work, then when you first load up the window that lists all the display modes in the adapter settings, it will show 1920x1080 (or whatever resolution you chose in the normal display properties window). However, in order to make it change the active resolution to this, you will need to choose a differnt resolution from the "List All Modes" window, apply it, then go back into the "List All Modes" window, choose the resolution you want, and apply it. Now, the active signal resolution will change as well. Hopefully that makes sense, seems like a long description to describe a simple problem... lol

My recommendation is to never change the resolution in the normal display properties window. Instead, you should always just change the resolution through the Display Adapter properties Window through the advanced display settings, and the desktop resolution and active signal resolution will both always change and be in sync.

Hopefully this is helpful to someone.

I hope it's not against the rules for me to link this: https://superuser.com/a/1470967 ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#27 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:07:53 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#27 DisplayFusion

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Ok, nuts! Could you attach a new copy of your DisplayFusion troubleshooting info from 9.6 Beta 5?

Open the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
Click the "Export Info to File" button
Reply with the file attached

Please see attached troubleshooting info.

In these logs the new monitor profile (created when the Windows adapter settings were set to 1080p) is named "Test". I created the logs after switching back to this profile and finding the ASR was set to 4K. ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#26 Mon, 02 Dec 2019 20:59:09 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#26 DisplayFusion Ok, nuts! Could you attach a new copy of your DisplayFusion troubleshooting info from 9.6 Beta 5?

Open the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
Click the "Export Info to File" button
Reply with the file attached

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We've just released a new DisplayFusion beta version, could you try it out and let us know if it works any better?

A couple of things you can try:

Re-create the monitor profiles
Try setting the display settings through Windows, then save that as a profile and see if it loads correctly

Thanks!

I have tried DisplayFusion 9.6 Beta 5 and this has not fixed it unfortunately.

I set the adapter settings correctly in Windows so that both the desktop resolution and the Active Signal Resolution were 1080p. I saved this as a new Monitor Profile. I swapped to to another profile/screen and then swapped to the new profile. The desktop resolution was then 1080p but the Active Signal Resolution was now 4K again - same problem as with the DisplayFusion 9.5.

I tried this a couple of times and the result was the same. ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#24 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:30:08 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#24 DisplayFusion We've just released a new DisplayFusion beta version, could you try it out and let us know if it works any better?

A couple of things you can try:

Re-create the monitor profiles
Try setting the display settings through Windows, then save that as a profile and see if it loads correctly

Thanks! ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#23 Tue, 06 Aug 2019 16:57:56 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#23 DisplayFusion Thanks for the extra info, that's good to know! ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#22 Sun, 04 Aug 2019 14:45:51 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#22 DisplayFusion Just to add - this is definitely not Nvidia specific. I am using an AMD graphics card and am having the exact same issue.

My circumstances: I have my PC connected to a 4K TV using a Wyrestorm HDBaseT extender. The HDBaseT extender / cables simply aren't high enough quality to run 4K flawlessly (I get occasional snow and sound cutting out), so I need to stick with 1080p. However when switching to a profile with this display active at 1080p, the Active Signal Resolution is set to 4K - which has the same issues as running true 4K.

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I noticed if you go into the adapter properties in the Windows settings and click "List All Modes" and choose the resolution from there, it sets the ASR properly as well, so that's a good sign that we should be able to find a way to set it through the Windows API.

This works for me too. ]]> RE: Changing Active signal resolution https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#21 Wed, 17 Jul 2019 19:01:11 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/changing-active-signal-resolution/?ID=a51370ed-d3d2-476a-93e6-6bf78ecdba7e#21 DisplayFusion Ok, we've re-opened this ticket and we'll take another stab at it. I can reproduce the issue here now, so that's some progress anyway. It looks like that Active Signal Resolution change was intended in the Windows 10 Spring 2018 update: https://mspoweruser.com/windows-10-preview-build-17063-pc-brings-improvements-numerous-settings/

I noticed if you go into the adapter properties in the Windows settings and click "List All Modes" and choose the resolution from there, it sets the ASR properly as well, so that's a good sign that we should be able to find a way to set it through the Windows API. I was initially afraid that it was an NVIDIA specific thing.

Anyway, we'll keep you updated when we have more news.

Thanks! ]]>