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theBH   02-22-2008 at 04:45:59 PM

I have just bought a Samsung 305T 30 inch monitor and would like to use it on my laptop.

It does not support 2560x1600 resolution so I would like to know if there are external solutions availible that can pull this off.

Thanks

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rgeist554   02-22-2008 at 05:00:22 PM
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I believe Matrox has some external solutions capable of 1920x1200 on a single screen or multi-screen setups, but I haven't seen anything external that can project resolutions like that on a single screen.

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starcraftfanatic   02-22-2008 at 05:13:40 PM
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Are you connecting the laptop to the monitor via VGA?

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badgtx1969   02-22-2008 at 05:25:10 PM
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If you want to do any 3D you might think about the Asus XG station

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/0 [...] g_station/

Not sure if its being sold yet, they have been talking about it for over a year now.

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Wolfshadw   02-22-2008 at 05:40:23 PM
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MSI seems to be working on their own external graphics solution dubbed "Luxium".

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Edit: Both the XG Station and the Luxium require an available PC ExpressCard slot on your laptop, so if you don't have one, you're prolly out of luck.

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theBH   02-22-2008 at 06:15:06 PM
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starcraftfanatic wrote :

Are you connecting the laptop to the monitor via VGA?



Currently I am connicting the laptop to a 20" widescreen Philips using VGA.
The computer I hav does not have DVI or HDMI output but appart from that I am happy with the laptop I have.

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theBH   02-22-2008 at 06:22:21 PM
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Wolfshadw wrote :

MSI seems to be working on their own external graphics solution dubbed "Luxium".

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Edit: Both the XG Station and the Luxium require an available PC ExpressCard slot on your laptop, so if you don't have one, you're prolly out of luck.



I do have an availible ExpressCard but I canæ't seem to find any of the availible products for sale.

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theBH   02-22-2008 at 06:28:46 PM
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rgeist554 wrote :

I believe Matrox has some external solutions capable of 1920x1200 on a single screen or multi-screen setups, but I haven't seen anything external that can project resolutions like that on a single screen.



This solution is obviously not good enough.

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badgtx1969   02-22-2008 at 06:29:10 PM
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I can't tell if Matrox makes anything that would work for you:
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/ [...] s/home.php

 

Just like rgeist554 said, they have some great products that let you do dual/tri monitors from one analogue signal, but they say max resolution is 1920x1200 per monitor.


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rgeist554   02-22-2008 at 06:38:27 PM
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This solution is obviously not good enough.



Hey, just giving you some ideas of the closest thing possible atm. As you've seen, there aren't many products for sale. Also, to my knowledge unless you've got 512MB of VRAM then you won't be able to get up to 2560x1600.

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thecompukid   02-22-2008 at 06:38:34 PM
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theBH wrote :

I have just bought a Samsung 305T 30 inch monitor and would like to use it on my laptop.

 

It does not support 2560x1600 resolution so I would like to know if there are external solutions availible that can pull this off.

 

Thanks

 


You have to have DVI-Link anyways to support this resolution. So that means a video card with dual DVI outputs. You are screwed to get this monitor for a laptop. Did you buy this monitor just for your laptop? If so return it and get a 24" which WILL run on your laptop VGA output.

 


PS you need a powerful vid card to run a 30" monitor. I doubt your laptop could even handle it.


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theBH   02-22-2008 at 06:43:34 PM
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Thanks, I just had to try and find something.

I will have to decide between keeping the laptop and get a 24" monitor or keep the 30" monitor and upgrade to a desktop computer.

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grieve   02-22-2008 at 07:06:05 PM
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A 30" monitor would require a SLI rig to run at max graphics and still have some speed. I am sure you could do simple things like word/excel/browse no problem if you can get it hooked up.

I think your choice is an obvious one, that laptop simply can not run that monitor with any real efficiency.

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