Article ID: 000036912 Content Type: Product Information & Documentation Last Reviewed: 04/15/2022

What's the Difference Between "Maintain Display Scaling" and "Maintain Aspect Ratio" in the Intel® HD Graphics Control Panel

Environment

Intel® Graphics Control Panel

Windows® 10, 64-bit*

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Summary

Basic explanation of the difference between the "Display Scaling" and "aspect ratio" and the "help (?)" option in the Intel® Graphics Control Panel

Description

What's the difference between "Maintain Display Scaling" & "Maintain Aspect Ratio"  and tried help (?) "Select the screen scaling from the list?" 

Resolution

The aspect ratio is the relationship of the width of a video image compared to its height (i.e. the resolution). 

The scaling determines how much the screen content should be enlarged when measured in pixels. For example: scaling may be needed when trying to display a 1920 x 1080 resolution to take up the entire screen of a 4K monitor/TV to get the feeling of 4K content.

Maintain Display Scaling: This is the default scaling option.

Maintain Aspect Ratio: Select this option to let the display output match the resolution selected from the drop-down list.

NoteFor some resolutions the Scale full screen, Maintain Display Scaling, and Maintain Aspect ratio will look the same.

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