Parallels 9 => 12 : Optimization 3D / Font / Performance

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MathieuP1

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Hi,
After using a Macbook pro retina 15" from 2013, and I used mainly from Parallels 9 with windows XP with softwares, I decided, just to add a fancy into my life and buy Parallels 12 with Windows 7 pro, and using the same 3Dsoftwares.
I had to install Windows 7, and had a lot of troubles to manage to get a proper Retina screen. It took me around a full afternoon and I was thinking I would get crazy. Then, the fonts are displayed very bad, so bad that actually for some softwares, it's impossible to drive into menus.
My main problem is, I don't want to modify the combo I found between windows setup and parallels setup because it was already so much time consuming that I want to die thinking I had to redo it. Could you please help me to understand what I can do for font management, without ruining my setup.

Another thing is regarding performance, they are probably 50% below what I had. I could not have a proper display with the " videogames setup" (black lines etc) and I chose the "productivity mode, but allowing all I could do in RAM and graphic RAM I could. Is there any alternative to this ?

Many thanks in advance, I am desperate !
Mathieu
 
Hi,
To add to the conversation, the FONTS are perfect when I use " adapted" for the screen, and not Retina, are perfect in size, but totally pixellated.

When I choose " Retina", it's vector perfect screen but impossible to use because of erratic fonts.
 
Hi Shathish,
Actually I tried this, but I have no VIDEO category, so I was unable to set this.

When I am in "best for Retina" mode, the screen quality is perfect, and the font issue are erratic.
Here are the config :



And result :

But the screen is also strangely adapted to the screen. It looks a bit too stretch horizontally.

When I set this :


It gets the perfect screen, perfect fonts, but whole image quality is totally shitty :


I get this.
 
Hi,
I reduced the graphic settings to 512, but what is supposed to change, it's in the graphic problems or the power of the computer itself?
If I put Retina in the same time, it's still the same, the image is not good. What is supposed to be in the " windows configuration" of the display?
 
MathieuP1 said:
Hi,
I reduced the graphic settings to 512, but what is supposed to change, it's in the graphic problems or the power of the computer itself?
If I put Retina in the same time, it's still the same, the image is not good. What is supposed to be in the " windows configuration" of the display?
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Hi @MathieuP1, some Windows-based programs is not adapted for such high pixel density (DPI) resolution of the Retina display: Windows virtual machine resolution becomes very high thus everything is too small; in-program fonts, UI buttons or images are not rendered properly.
You may check out the steps below to fix it:
Step 1: Enter advanced in the search box and click View advanced system settings on the list.
Step 2: As the System Properties window shows up, tap Settings in Performance.
Step 3: Deselect or select Smooth edges of screen fonts, and hit OK.
Thanks!
 
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