4k resolution laptop but apps are small

[Rooberrrt]

Hello so I recently bought the ASUS ROG G501VW.

My screen resolution was on 1920 x 1080 which was not sharp at all, so I switched to 4k resolution and now everything is sharp and I can read everything perfectly fine. But all my apps are really small, VMWare etc.

What can I do? I also get really low FPS on games.

Specs:

Processor
Intel® Core™ i7 6700HQ Processor
Windows 10 Home
Chipset
Intel® HM170 Chipset
Memory
DDR4 2133 MHz SDRAM
Display
15.6" 16:9 IPS UHD (3840 x 2160)/IPS FHD (1920x1080) Asus Splendid Video Intelligent Technology, Zero Bright Dot
Graphic
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960M with 2G/4G GDDR5 VRAM
Storage
2.5" 7mm SATA3
- 1TB HDD 5400 RPM
- 128GB SSD
- 256GB SSD
PCIE x 4 512G

 

[Hlsgsz]

You made a poor decision.
That being said, in Windows keep teh resolution at 4k and go to display settings and set teh DPI scaling to 200%:

In games, set teh resolution to 1920x1080. It will look crisp because each pixel will just be draws as 2x2 pixels. There's no way to game @4k on that GPU.

 

[Rooberrrt]

It looks really ugly @Hlsgsz

 

[Hlsgsz]

It looks really ugly @Hlsgsz

What part?
Well, like i said, you made a bad decision. 4k shouldn't be touched on screens smaller than 28". you've been fooled by marketing hype.