Scaled Resolution Editor

Scaled Resolution Editor or, in short, SRE, is a simple application designed to help you modify the list of resolutions that are available to use, as allowed by your graphics driver. In other words, you can use it to add or delete GPU-scaled resolutions from the default list.

Please keep in mind that this application requires a system equipped with an AMD/ATI or an NVIDIA GPU, having the appropriate driver installed. At this point, Intel graphics processing units are not supported.

There is no need to install Scaled Resolution Editor, as it is ready for use as soon as you double click on the installer. The main window displays a drop-down list that contains all the available GPUs. The first active one is selected automatically.

The resolution list is also shown, having highlighted entries that are automatically added by the graphics driver. You can delete entries and add new resolutions manually, but it is also possible to import lists of resolutions as plain text files. For AMD GPUs, custom VSR resolutions ca be added. Any modification you make affects the system registry so, as expected, a computer reboot is required for the changes to take effect.

Due to the nature of this application, you might be reluctant to change the default list of resolutions. However, the resolutions defined by the monitor should always be available and all the resolutions in the list are scaled by the GPU. Moreover, Scaled Resolution Editor also features a “Default” button that restores all the changes so, should anything go wrong, just run the tool in safe mode and use this option.

Please note that an upgrade to the graphics driver might reset the list of resolutions. That is why Scaled Resolution Editor allows you to export the custom resolution list, so that you can easily import it at a later time.

Scaled Resolution Editor deals with the GPU’s default resolutions and makes changes to the registry, so it is advisable you use it if you are fully aware of what it actually does. Although simple, it is not an application for the untrained.