Windows gaming on Retina display?

currently i am using Mid 2014 Retina Macbook Pro and i want to port it on another screen with hdmi for gaming. I install Windows 7 64bit and everything works fine.
this game forces on 768x1360 and should work great with that screen res, but when i run this game on my mac it only shows a quarter. should be a software-side problem like retina "optimize" or something but i dunno how to solve this. can someone help me

Sahjy wrote:
Especially using Windows games?
If your going to play Windows games, a Windows 7 3D gaming tower is your machine.
3D games require a lot of cooling and laptops in general are not good enough to begin with, also their performance isn't too hot.
The Retina is all closed up, you open the machine you void your warranty and AppleCare so as the machine heats up and draws more air through it, dust bunnies collect on the cooling fins and will severaly affect it's longevity.
Not to mention pounding on the cheap bubble membrane keys etc.
Also Apple has a bad habit of chainging OS X every year, so it breaks the games and since they already got your money, are less likely to give a rats behind about some poor sub-section of Mac users.
So really you need a Win 7 tower, this way it's upgradable with newer video cards when they come out, you can clean the dust out, it has better cooling and Windows 7 will get support, as is, until 2020!!
SO you buy the game and it lasts for 7 years instead of just one year.
If that don't convince you, then take a look at this.
http://www.cbscores.com/index.php?sort=ogl&order=desc
So 3D gaming on a Mac is just a temporary side hobby actually.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

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