Android Emulator looks pixelated

Question

Yesterday, I updated my android studio and downloaded updated SDK's.

Since then my emulator looks very pixelated and if any text is small it's hardly readable.

Emulator config:

• Nexus 5
• Android 6.0 x86_64 google apis
• not using host GPU emulation

PC config:

• 8 GB RAM
• Core i3 4130 CPU
• integrated graphics (useless)
• Windows 7 enterprise 64 bit

If anyone have experience with a similar issue please help.

I tried lowering the resolution of the emulator with no avail.

Note: I can not use third party emulators due to restrictions from infosec department.

Answer 1

Disable display scaling on Windows 10:

1. Right-click on the emulator icon in the taskbar.
2. Right-click on qemu-system-x86_64.exe:
3. Select 'Properties' in another menu that appears:
4. Switch to Compatibility tab and click 'Change high DPI settings' button:
5. Check 'Override high DPI scaling behavior'.
6. Set 'Scaling performed by' to 'Application':