Yes, HDMI standards have been terrible. HDMI 1.4 could technically run x1600 but companies have not shipped their products with this functionality. Don't expect to run anything higher than 1080 from HDMI in the near future.

SSD: You almost certainly can manually install an SSD on your computer. Help desk guy it just saying it's not an option to buy it that way. I've cloned OEM windows installs onto fresh drives fine.

Is this type of thing I would need to be able run an external 27/30" monitor? my laptop only has hdmi

http://uk.startech.com/AV/USB-Video-...600~USB32DPPRO

Don't see a reason why it shouldn't work.
But then again IANAE.

ETA: Seems kinda expensive. (for such a simple thingamabob, think there might be cheaper altenatives out there capable of the same thing)

^"CPU: Quad Core 2.4GHz or Higher (i5 recommended)"

What CPU does ur laptop have? (site u linked is blocked here at work)

AMD A8-4555M

A'it, not familiar w/ that so no idea how it stacks against, say their minimum recommendation.

Also, tough to predict if it would create a bottleneck or not (if it indeed performs more poorly as their min rec)

I'd advice contacting the manufacturer about it before making the purchase.

I'm really not sure I came across the deal on the internet and just happened to be looking at your post at the same time, which had a direct photo comparison to the one you linked.
Judging by the amazon review of it at the top looks like it can just fit somewhere within your laptop;



I don't believe your system can't support an SSD. I think when he's stating those 3 types, he's thinking along the lines of upgrade services they'll do to your laptop which you'll pay them for. The cache thing might be right with the OS if you use it as a secondary drive, as I don't know too much about that, but I'm 99% sure it'll work fine if you clone the drive.

I'm not too sure about the monitor thing, I recently was browsing 27/30" monitors and a few of them were stating explicitly they will NOT work with alot of laptops and to check with your manufacturer first. Maybe that DisplayPort thing is a way round this but as others stated it seems expensive.
Also where in Scotland are you from?

thanks for the reply, have since learned to get access to my hard drive I have to remove the keyboard and a few other things, thought it was going to be simpler, might pay someone to do it for me so I dont **** it up lol, im in aberdeen, scotland, Id really like to get a 27 or 30" monitor but its just so confusing, my machine has AMD radeon HD 7600G graphics, according to this site below it should run a max res of 2560x1600

http://www.gpuzoo.com/GPU-AMD/Radeon_HD_7600G_IGP.html

none of the local shops stock the asus montior I was looking at buying which is frustrating as I couldve just taken in my laptop and hooked it up to see if it works, I found that adapter on amazon for £68, I might just give a try and see what happens unless theres another solution

Do you actually use ur optical drive?
I'm sure that'd be easier to access / replace w/ a SSD than the main HDD.


Already mentioned but one more time for future reference: (for ppl facing the same issue)

To connect and utilize native resolution of a high-res external monitor (27" or 30", 1440p or 1600p, respectively) your desktop / laptop needs to have a Dual-Link-DVI or a Displayport or a Thunderbolt -output.

Hdmi doesn't cut it.

Surely your GFX-card is capable (as is almost any new GFX-card or CPU-integrated ****) of 1600p.

Also, surely hdmi 1.4 is capable of that too.

But the bottleneck is the stupid-ass HDMI connectors that every manufacturer uses. Those are all limited to either 1080p or 1200p.

USB3-GFX-cards should work too if your desktop / laptop isn't equipped with any of the three forementioned outputs.
(although poorly performing CPU might or might not create issues w/ USB3-workarounds, idk)

There.

Hi everybody. Looking for some advice regarding a new laptop. I have this one in mind :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834231342


I want to be playing 14+ tables on stars, running tableninja, pokertracker, itunes, skype, internet tabs.

Would really appreciate any advice, cheers.

Saw a post recommending SSD earlier. I'm about as computer illiterate as can be, if one has a 'hybrid' HD w a 1 TB regular HDD storage, and 8 GB SSHD is that good? 8GB seems on the small side but I know nearly nothing of this.

Is this a good choice for optimal pokering (HUD+bunch of tbls), music, skype etc. as well as some light gaming here and there. (league, counterstrike etc.).

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...=LEV-300631450

no its only for your os, not sure you even have the option of what you want to put on there

would never pay to upgrade to one, but having one come with my laptop, its not nearly an ssd, but it certainly helps boot times

So sounds like it's bad for hem/pt4 from what I gathered from an earlier post. If not worth upgrading to full ssd it's not that big a deal or what exactly do you mean here?

Poker would be #1 priority with laptop, everything else secondary. Would obviously prefer everything to be as fast as possible.

So I went ahead and bought a Crossfire 27Q LED-P after reading that article and I'm more than impressed with the value for money you get with it. I don't have any dead pixels at all, it's a solid build quality with a good adjustable stand as well. Had to pay a little import duty at customs as it came from Korea but can definitely recommend these monitors to anyone especially for the price, they hold their own and even beat apples monitors in some cases when reviewed side by side.

Would something like this work for a laptop with a capable GFX card?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812423081

No.

"Maximum resolution is up to 1080P and WUXGA (1920 x 1200) at 60 Hz"

Hdmi is ****. There's no converter that converts **** to gold.

You don't have displayport or thunderbolt?
If not, then USB3-GFX-card is your only choice.
Unfortunately.

No, it's a nice ASUS model but only VGA (wtf??) and HDMI ports. Thanks for the info

I bought a 30 Inch First F300GL Special 2560x1600 Monitor from here - http://www.2560x1440monitor.com/inde...&product_id=91 and can confirm it is both amazing and (unsurprisingly) huge! You can get 30" monitors cheaper if you buy the models that come with DVI-D input only and no OSD but I wanted the extra features.

It was ~£300 including shipping from Korea at it arrived in 3 working days.

I have an old GFX card that supports 2560x1600 and has dual DVI-D output. Currently running this with my 23" 1920x1080 Packard Bell.

Recently I decided to upgrade my setup with 27" monitor. I wondered if it was possible to run it with the native solution (2560x1440) via HDMI. So I just gave it a shot and bought the Dell u2713hm.

Surprisingly it worked very well for my Acer Aspire 3820tg. I just had to patch the video driver and then created a custom resolution. Now I´m able to run the monitor with it´s native resolution. The only problem is that I had to set the refresh rate to 39 Hz instead of 60 Hz, but I´m fine with that.

So if ur lucky enough, it could work. BTW it´s also possible to connect a 2nd monitor via VGA. Now I´m pretty happy with my setup.

Your killing me here wish you'd posted here earlier could've had a 30". Did you get slapped with handling fee charges at customs as well?

Interesting.

TBC:
So you're running a hdmi-cable from laptop hdmi-output to monitor's hdmi-input, or...?
Or is the monitor input used displayport/Dual-link-DVI -port?

Apologies I didn't post earlier - I've only had it for 2 weeks and only really got to try it out this weekend.

I did get charged import tax but was expecting it to be the standard VAT at 20% (so roughly £58) but they only charged me £17! - Including shipping + import duty it was £310 - a bit of a bargain really

how many full size tables can a 4k monitor tile without resizing?

Yes that´s right. I use the hdmi-output to monitor´s hdmi-input.

I searched the internet pretty long and in several forums were ppl, who managed to do it that way. So it´s obv possible.