Has anyone run Intel HD Graphics 2500 at QHD (2560X1600)?

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I have HD Graphics 2500 on my HP 8300 SFF computer. I have a Qnix 2710 QHD monitor. The highest stock setting for HD Graphics 2500 is 1920x1080 but you can customize the settings. There's a warning though that this may damage the computer. I was wondering if anybody has done this and what the results were. If doing this will damage my computer, I guess I'll need to upgrade to a new graphics card, right? I'm not a gamer - I just want to watch videos at 2560x1600 on this computer.
 
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I just bought this computer so adding a graphics card right away is a little out of the budget. I was hoping I could leave it in HD most of the time and just bump it up to QHD to watch a movie or DVD once in a while and get away with it. I guess I just like to push the envelope once in a while. lol I did plan to do a graphics card and Blu-ray player swap in the future, though. About the only games I would play is maybe War Thunder or World of Tanks. So I guess you're saying to leave it at HD until I can afford to upgrade it, right? I'm surprised that nobody's at least tried this.
 
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Hello... 1) what control panel app?
2) did you DLOAD or go into the intel Graphics APP and check settings there?
3) What CPU do you have?
4) what amount of System memory do you have allocated?
5) is your monitor capable? install the *.inf for your Monitor in the device manager, to let Windows know what res are capable.
 
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I went into the HD Graphics 2500 control panel and it lists settings - the highest one is 1920x1080.

This is an I5 3570 with 4 GB memory and 500 GB hard drive.

The monitor is a QHD Qnix 2710 so it's capable.
 
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I'm not sure if they make anything that fits these sffs. The only thing I saw on eBay was people selling the old 240 watt units.

I mainly wanted this computer for business and browsing and watching the occasional QHD resolution video on a 27" screen. I didn't think I'd have to rebuild an already rebuilt computer to do it. lol

OK, so I've read about compatibility issues with some graphics cards and the motherboards with some of these style of computers. Is the GT 730 going to be any problem installing it in this computer?

Are there any larger power supplies made for this computer?

And still my original question - is there anyone out there that ever upped the resolution on Intel HD Graphics 2500 to 2560x1600 and what were the results? (black screen, burned out motherboard, etc.)

I was never a computer geek but it looks like I'll be one after modifying this computer to run a QHD monitor. LOL Looks like I'll be building my next one . . .

 
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Not really. The manual I found didn't specify. There's only a regular and high efficiency models at 240 watts. Looks like they're all about the same for the 6000 and 8000 series though. At least they're cheap. :)

I think the Flex ATX power supplies might fit the slim line computers but not the sffs.
 
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OK, I know my question was probably pretty stupid to ask on a forum of people that build super gaming computers and deal with problems far more complicated than the one I asked about but I thought I would actually get a decent reply here. I only had two people reply (thanks) but it seems like they may have gotten bored by my follow up questions and moved on.

The suggestion of adding a graphics card was probably a good one but one wouldn't fit, one required too much power, and the last one was iffy with my power supply. When I asked about replacement power supplies and whether the last graphics card would be compatible with my computer the thread just kind of died. I don't want to buy a graphics card and then find out my computer won't recognize it or I have to do a whole lot of other stuff to get it to - I actually thought I wouldn't need a new card when I bought the computer and would be fine for what little I actually wanted to do. I probably have the skills to upgrade the graphics card and power supply but have never done either and if I ran into problems I would kind of be screwed because I don't know any real computer geeks locally.

So, I guess this is what I've learned so far.

If I up the resolution to 2560x1600 on my Intel HD Graphics 2500 my computer will probably melt down because nobody ever tried that before.

If I buy a GT 730 it might not even work with my computer and has a "recommended" 300 watt minimum power supply requirement and "might" be OK with the 240 watts my power supply has.

No one seems to know if there are any larger power supplies that will fit this SFF computer (I couldn't find any, anyway).

Maybe there's a different website I should be on for the piddly-assed problems I'm asking about - any suggestions?

(that's a joke but feel free to insult away lol)
 
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I'm sorry we haven't been able to get back to you, but the lack of available information regarding what PSUs are compatible with your case has rendered us unable to give you any help as that goes. It seems to be an ATX power supply, but I can't be certain. Could you please tell us what the approx. dimensions of the PSU are?
 
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