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Monitor Bad Beat...computer whizz needed :(

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  1. RemyLeBeau83 RemyLeBeau83 is offline

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    Jul 26th, 2012 (7/26/2012 11:32pm)

    Ok so after a horrendous couple of week blowing my cash on tennis betting ive decided to do something productive and build a new grindstation, as quite frankly my previous setup was lousy......(Bankroll now shockingly low)



    The monitor i went for was a HP ZR30w which at max res. (2560x1600) should allow 20 tables at full size. However as you can see im getting no where near this with my Craptop (1280x800!). What really hacked me off was the ebay seller suggested id have no problems running it despite the fact none of the ports match and i needed a HDMI-->DVI convertor to get this res which allows.....2 at max size!

    So what im wondering is other than replacing my laptop with a newish desktop, is there any way around this?? Here some info:

    My Laptop is an HP HDX18 which has a VGA port, HDMI port and maybe 4 USB slots, Graphics card is an NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
    Monitor has DVI, display port and component port.

    Cheers for any help...(FML)
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    Jul 26th, 2012 (7/26/2012 11:55pm) in reply to RemyLeBeau83

    Try changing the laptop resolution higher and it will change the monitor aswell. It will look terrible on the laptop but good on the monitor. If its already Maxed out then try updating the graphix driver. If there's no update then its time to update the laptop or get a desktop if your only playing at home. Gl
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    Jul 27th, 2012 (7/27/2012 1:55am) in reply to Raab

    The vast majority of HDMI ports (GT 130m included) can't display more then 1920x1080. You need dual link dvi output to display 2560x1600.
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    Jul 27th, 2012 (7/27/2012 12:30pm) in reply to taaffey

    Do you have a TV in your room? if so hook your laptop up to that.

    I have my laptop hooked up to a 42 inch TV via a VGA cable. works great.
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    Jul 27th, 2012 (7/27/2012 12:46pm) in reply to BenFaz

    Yeah try what Raab said first. It might work and if you're only using the plug and play monitor then there's no problems. Alternatively I think you can change the graphics card in your laptop to get around renewing everything. Better graphics = more resolutions on offer so I'd give that a quick look before settling on buying a new set up. Hope this helps.
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    Jul 27th, 2012 (7/27/2012 4:53pm) in reply to djdoodoo

    Thanks for replies. -

    @djdoodoo,Raab: The laptop is at max. res already (1920x1080). I have updated display drivers and know that the graphics card i use (NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M) does supports up to 2560x1600

    @taafey: so would you say the cable i intend on buying wont do the trick as the port can only produce 1080p? (i guess even that res would be a dramatic improvement!

    I hoping this could be part of the problem:

    Connector i used to get bad res image was HDMI to DVI-S:



    Im hoping the problem might be fixed if i purchase this: (dual link instead of single link, giving max res)

    http://www.hootsmart.co.uk/cables/sk...cetoadviinput/

    Failing this could a VGA to dual DVI cable produce the max res. Thanks again
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    Jul 27th, 2012 (7/27/2012 5:13pm) in reply to RemyLeBeau83

    Just found this, the last 2 posts by TCreagh sound ominous :(

    http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop.../421577/page/3
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    Jul 27th, 2012 (7/27/2012 8:43pm) in reply to RemyLeBeau83

    Ya you need a dual link dvi for max res. also, make sure your graphics card cand support that output
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