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I took 50k images of the night sky to make an 81 M...
Yes, since neither GPU drivers nor most displays currently support integer scaling. See
http://tanalin.com/en/articles/lossless-scaling/
for more a more in-depth explanation.
Waterluvian
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Fascinating. I assumed that an even multiple is all you need to ensure crispness.
andy_ppp
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I mean would the display need to know - just GPU drivers should be able to send a 4k signal that has 4px squares each of one colour? Interesting though.
tpolzer
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It doesn't need to, but it would suffice in case your GPU doesn't manage.
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