get rid of letterboxing or black bars which appear when setting the built-in Windows resolutions in the control panel.

improve gaming performance due to fewer distinct pixels to process.

minimize the likelihood of your mouse cursor getting “lost” in the corner between two adjacent screens of different size/resolution.

make dragging windows across the threshold between screens seamless without distracting jumpy artifacts.

bypass problematic dpi-scaling built-into Windows 10 yet make all text and UI the same size across screens of various pixel density (dpi) and physical size.

The approach allows setting a different resolution for the Surface Laptop screen than the native LCD panel resolution to: For a deeper explanation on why custom resolutions are helpful for so many office applications and games, especially with multiple screens, see these older articles: Below are steps and a lengthy guide on how to get it working and fully optimize your workstation. I received a few comments about folks having difficulty getting custom resolutions working with the latest Windows 10 updates and Intel’s newer DCH/UWD drivers. Surface Book custom resolutions cheat sheet

168+ DPI class (smaller 4K/5K monitors).96 DPI class (most 1080p and 1200p monitors).Common monitors sizes sorted by DPI class Appendix: Microsoft Surface Custom resolution guide for multiple monitors.

Custom resolution steps (100% reversible).Update 3: Get the version of the Intel Command Center to re-enable custom resolutions on the laptop LCD panel since Intel has disabled this feature on newer versions of the app.

Intel graphic command center download