Can't use native resolution on Asus VX24AH

tokyotechy

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Jan 22, 2017
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Monitor: Asus VX24AH
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5770
OS: Windows 10

I just bought a new monitor which has a native resolution of 2560 x 1440. My graphics card says it can support a maximum resolution of 2560 x 1600. I've used the HDMI cable by the monitor and plugged it into my GPU. I found out that Windows is capping the resolution at 1920 x 1200, which makes the screen look blurry. AMD Catalyst (just downloaded) also caps the resolution at 1920 x 1200. I have the most up-to-date drivers for my GPU. What should I do to use the native resolution?

FWIW, when I hook up my Macbook Pro to this monitor, it can pump out the native resolution.

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get an adapter

displayport > hdmi

make sure it is dual mode compatible

maxalge

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older cards are limited to either displayport or dual link dvi for greater than 1080p resolution
 

tokyotechy

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Jan 22, 2017
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This monitor only has two HDMI ports and one VGA. My GPU only has one HDMI and one display port. I don't see any way of putting a dual link DVI between the two.

My motherboard Gigabyte LGA 1151 Z170 GA-Z170-HD3 and CPU Core i5 6500 are fairly new and support HDMI, display port, and DVI. However, even the integrated graphics on this CPU is twice as slow as my 5 year old graphics card. So I don't think I should just throw out the GPU.
 

maxalge

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get an adapter

displayport > hdmi

make sure it is dual mode compatible

 
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