Am I the only one who's experiencing this?

Guys, I got NX500 and although the screen is sweet, there are few things that are bothering and I was hoping you could help me with it.

The first thing is the speed when it comes to loading images. I use Windows Photo Viewer and every time I slide through images it takes one full second for it to show up. On my previous MSI GX660R it was blazing fast which is odd because this beast is supposed to be even better since it uses PCIe SSD etc. Is this normal? Is there anything I can do about it?

The other problems are the screen resolution and DPi scaling. I am using its native resolution (3840 x 2160) and the problem is that it doesn't seem to work well (see image attached) with some applications. I mean some of the programs will appear so small that they’re hard to use. Things like these make me miss Win 7.

As for DPi, some things look a bit blurry on my screen. I am still using Win 8.1. How's Win 10 in that regard? Does it still have the same problem?

 

High DPI support requires changes in the OS and application. Windows 10 is slightly better than Windows 8, but if the application you're using doesn't have proper support, you'll end up seeing different size text/menus/titles/etc... in both versions of Windows.

Regarding the WIndows Photo Viewer speed, it apparently does not work well with calibrated screen. If you're using a color calibration profile, then it will be slow. I'd recommend using a different viewer instead.

 

Hey, thanks for chipping in. The DPI thing is so frustrating with some applications because you can not use them properly without a magnifying glass.

Is there any viewer you'd recommend using instead?

 

I use Picasa, but if you do a search on free image viewer on Google, I'm sure you'll find a lot of alternatives. Years and years ago, I also used ACDSee, but I don't believe they have a free version.

 

Ok, I did a bit of searching and I found this article.

http://www.askvg.com/fix-windows-photo-viewer-takes-too-much-time-in-opening-image-files/

I used his first solution and it worked. However, I wonder if by deleting the profile if it'd have any negative effect on my computer? Just to clarify there was only one profile (sRGB profile display etc.) in the options and once I deleted it, the problem was solved. But now I am worried if there are any cons to that and maybe I should go back and add the profile back?

 

DB

 

Deleting the color profile would remove any calibration done by Asus. This would only impact you if you need to do color sensitive work.

 

Take a backup of the profile first of course

 

Guys, Would it help if I upgrade to Win 10 (on Win 8.1 atm) and do clean install?

 

Help with the DPI issue? Likely very little. Each application will need to also support high DPI, not just at the OS level.

It'll definitely help with the photo viewer speed, since a clean install will wipe out the color profile.

I have Win7, Win8.1 and Win10 running on various machines and for me, it makes very little difference. If you have a touch screen, then I'd say upgrade.