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Custom Resolution

Bashar Astifan edited this page Aug 6, 2025 · 1 revision

Recently, I made few changes on RetroArch Legacy (only)

Lower Is Better

The resolution now limited by default to 720p

You can change that from:

  • Settings->Video

The lower is better, it can reduce the load by 60%+

Info Screen (Lumia 950)

You can see how the resolution capped to avoid high load due to high screen size that SoC cannot handle

Settings Page


Background

This one of 950 design issues..

the SoC has max support for QuadHD, marketing maximum (in my opinion) means you shouldn't use

but Nokia designed the phone with QuadHD display,

which why the device always suffer to provide smooth framerate and heat on basic usage

unlike 950XL, its SoC has max support for 4K so it can handle QuadHD display..

and by default this will impact any app do basic screen calculation and result in very large frame buffer

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