Why can't the M1 scale resolutions?

[Maxwells_Equations]

My 16" MBP could scale a bunch of alternate HiDiPi resolutions with ResX and it looked crisp.

When I use ResX with the M1 the XDR looks a less sharp and appears almost blurry.

 

[cmaier]

My 16" MBP could scale a bunch of alternate HiDiPi resolutions with ResX and it looked crisp.

When I use ResX with the M1 the XDR looks a less sharp and appears almost blurry.

the current M1 machines (13”) have a lower native resolution, so they look fuzzier when scaling. The 16” has a higher native resolution.

The issue has nothing to do with M1 vs. Intel. When the 16” M1 MBP comes out, it will scale fine.

 

[joevt]

I think the only problem with scaling on M1 Macs currently is that it won't allow resolutions greater than 6K which is necessary for HiDPI modes between 3K and 4K.

 

[leman]

Please also keep in mind that SwitchResX relies on undocumented and unsupported hidden macOS features. It is entirely possible that what worked on Intel Macs would not work on M1 Macs, since, well, it was never supported.