diff --git a/docs/config_schema.md b/docs/config_schema.md
index a157b522..b2989de5 100644
--- a/docs/config_schema.md
+++ b/docs/config_schema.md
@@ -708,7 +708,9 @@ match_display_max_lines = 0         # game.toml only: cap on the display height
 
 `match_display_max_lines` caps the monitor height that Match display, its
 dynamic-resolution floor (`display`) and graphics-preset detection resolve
-against. With no cap, an 8K panel asks 18x (27x with `supersample = 1.5`), which is
+against. It also caps the final Match display target after supersampling,
+so a larger saved factor cannot exceed it. Fixed presets keep their own target.
+With no cap, an 8K panel asks 18x (27x with `supersample = 1.5`), which is
 past the full-VRAM surface. The high-resolution window then engages, and
 dynamic resolution cannot step there. A title whose GPU budget is set for
 4K lines sets 2160.
diff --git a/docs/internal/FAITHFUL_TIMING_PLAN.md b/docs/internal/FAITHFUL_TIMING_PLAN.md
index 36c9665c..bb22382d 100644
--- a/docs/internal/FAITHFUL_TIMING_PLAN.md
+++ b/docs/internal/FAITHFUL_TIMING_PLAN.md
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ on a fixed region -> next.
 
 ## 5. Status / Log (update every session)
 
+- **2026-10-21 (BRIEF-4 cap edges):** Apply the display ceiling after supersampling and resolve the physical-monitor supersample policy after creating the window, including fixed presets. Saved large factors cannot exceed the Match display ceiling; legacy unset scales stay intact. Resolution tests pass on Windows/Mac; all 21 R4 production-build CTests pass. Final regeneration and receipt verification pending.
+
 - **2026-10-21 (BRIEF-4 storage reuse):** Desktop GL retains ceiling storage and rescales in place, preserving cleared depth/stencil and unwritten wide regions. Apple keeps level-sized allocations by default. Windows old/new output controls and forced-reuse Mac fixtures pass. With corrected presenter accounting, R4 60s fullscreen quiet/loaded runs have zero completion gaps >25ms, p99 busy 44.6/48.8%, 17x..18x scales. R4 final pin/default checks remain in progress.
 
 - **2026-10-21 (BRIEF-4 presenter accounting):** Publish composer swap/slot wait separately and exclude that pacing from dynamic-resolution work backpressure. Windows and Mac real-context checks pass. Quiet fullscreen route: 60.020 Hz, four completion gaps >25ms, p99 busy 48.0%; allocation stalls remain. Raw completion and queue-wait metrics are unchanged.
diff --git a/runtime/include/internal_resolution.h b/runtime/include/internal_resolution.h
index ebc435e9..c37dc32a 100644
--- a/runtime/include/internal_resolution.h
+++ b/runtime/include/internal_resolution.h
@@ -167,6 +167,18 @@ static inline int psx_resolve_internal_scale_ss(int value, int ref_lines,
     return psx_resolve_internal_scale(value, ref_lines, display_px_h, s_max);
 }
 
+/* A Match display cap bounds the final target, including supersampling.
+ * Fixed presets and the legacy integer scale retain their own ceilings. */
+static inline int psx_resolve_internal_scale_ss_cap(int value, int ref_lines,
+        int display_px_h, int s_max, int ss_milli, int max_display_lines) {
+    int s = psx_resolve_internal_scale_ss(value, ref_lines, display_px_h, s_max, ss_milli);
+    if (value == PSX_IR_DISPLAY && max_display_lines > 0) {
+        int cap = psx_resolve_internal_scale(max_display_lines, ref_lines, 0, s_max);
+        if (s > cap) s = cap;
+    }
+    return s;
+}
+
 /* A legacy [video] supersampling factor as a value the launcher can show:
  * the preset that resolves to the same scale (1 -> Native, 3 -> 720p,
  * 5 -> 1080p, 6 -> 1440p, 9 -> 4K, 12 -> 5K, 18 -> 8K at 240 lines),
diff --git a/runtime/src/main.cpp b/runtime/src/main.cpp
index c3ef819c..86a9b9d4 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main.cpp
+++ b/runtime/src/main.cpp
@@ -1466,9 +1466,8 @@ static int effective_internal_resolution(void) {
 static void apply_internal_resolution(int display_px_h) {
     const int preset = effective_internal_resolution();
     if (preset == PSX_IR_UNSET) return;
-    g_video_scale = psx_resolve_internal_scale_ss(preset, g_video_ref_lines,
-                                                  display_px_h, video_scale_ceiling(),
-                                                  display_supersample(nullptr));
+    g_video_scale = psx_resolve_internal_scale_ss_cap(preset, g_video_ref_lines,
+        display_px_h, video_scale_ceiling(), display_supersample(nullptr), g_video_match_max_lines);
 }
 
 /* The value the launcher row starts on: the preset, or the legacy factor shown
@@ -20482,7 +20481,7 @@ session_reboot:
         else std::fprintf(stdout, "psxrecomp: PSX_AA_MODE=%s not understood (off, fxaa, fxaa_hq)\n", e);
     }
     const int effective_ss = display_supersample(nullptr);
-    if (effective_ss != 1000 || effective_ss != g_video_ss_milli)
+    if (!g_video_ss_disable_at_lines && effective_ss != 1000)
         std::fprintf(stdout, "psxrecomp: supersample %.3gx on the internal-resolution target\n",
                      effective_ss / 1000.0);
     apply_internal_resolution(match_display_px_h(nullptr));
@@ -21128,17 +21127,22 @@ session_reboot:
         /* Match display: the monitor's pixel height, now that the window says
          * which monitor. glb_set_scale only records the request; the hr
          * surface is allocated at context init below. */
-        if (effective_internal_resolution() == PSX_IR_DISPLAY && g_video_scale_applies) {
+        const int ir = effective_internal_resolution();
+        if (g_video_scale_applies && ir != PSX_IR_UNSET &&
+            (ir == PSX_IR_DISPLAY || g_video_ss_disable_at_lines > 0)) {
             const int dh = match_display_px_h(sdl_window);
-            const int s = psx_resolve_internal_scale_ss(PSX_IR_DISPLAY, g_video_ref_lines,
-                                                        dh, GL_MAX_INTERNAL_SCALE,
-                                                        display_supersample(sdl_window));
+            const int ss = display_supersample(sdl_window);
+            const int s = psx_resolve_internal_scale_ss_cap(ir, g_video_ref_lines,
+                dh, GL_MAX_INTERNAL_SCALE, ss, g_video_match_max_lines);
             gr_set_scale(s);
             g_video_requested_scale = s;
-            std::fprintf(stdout, "psxrecomp: internal resolution Match display: "
-                         "%d px -> %dx requested\n", dh, s);
+            const char *label = psx_ir_label_for(ir);
+            std::fprintf(stdout, "psxrecomp: internal resolution %s: "
+                         "%d px -> %dx requested (supersample %.3gx)\n",
+                         label ? label : "custom", dh, s, ss / 1000.0);
         }
         gl_renderer_set_swap_interval(present_effective_swap_interval()); /* applied at context init */
+
         /* Dynamic resolution: the surfaces are allocated at the scale above
          * (the ceiling) and the level steps under it (dynres_setup). */
 #ifndef PSX_NO_DEBUG_TOOLS
diff --git a/runtime/tests/test_internal_resolution.cpp b/runtime/tests/test_internal_resolution.cpp
index 2fbbace7..597c271c 100644
--- a/runtime/tests/test_internal_resolution.cpp
+++ b/runtime/tests/test_internal_resolution.cpp
@@ -227,6 +227,16 @@ int main() {
     expect("ss at threshold", psx_ir_display_supersample(1500, 2160, 2160), 1000);
     expect("ss on 8K", psx_ir_display_supersample(1500, 4320, 2160), 1000);
     expect("ss unknown display", psx_ir_display_supersample(1500, 0, 2160), 1500);
+    expect("cap includes SS below threshold", psx_resolve_internal_scale_ss_cap(
+        PSX_IR_DISPLAY, 240, 1440, 32, 4000, 4320), 18);
+    expect("cap below 8K", psx_resolve_internal_scale_ss_cap(
+        PSX_IR_DISPLAY, 240, 1080, 32, 1500, 4320), 7);
+    expect("8K capped after SS", psx_resolve_internal_scale_ss_cap(
+        PSX_IR_DISPLAY, 240, 8640, 32, 4000, 4320), 18);
+    expect("fixed preset keeps own ceiling", psx_resolve_internal_scale_ss_cap(
+        4320, 240, 8640, 32, 4000, 4320), 32);
+    expect("cap opt-out", psx_resolve_internal_scale_ss_cap(
+        PSX_IR_DISPLAY, 240, 4320, 32, 1500, 0), 27);
     launcher_round_trips();
 
     if (g_failures) return 1;