Guest Thorsten Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 I just bought a Samsung X-65 which has a Geforce 8600M GS GPU. The notebook itself has no DVI connector, but the docking station has one and it looks like a dual link connector. I want to buy a large 30" display, but according to Samsung the resolution 2560*1600 is not supported - they cannot say why, but only reference the technical specification... I thought it might be a driver issue, so I installed the new NVidia driver from this site. However, if I take a look into the list showing the available display modes, the maximum resolution is 2048*1536. Note that I don't have the 30" display yet (I wanna ensure that I can use it before I order it...), so maybe this is an issue because only a default monitor is available? Has anyone experience with the GPU and a 30" display or knows if it works or not? Thanks in advance! Thorsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphie Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 The GPU itsef support it. however DUALLink DVI is required to make 2560 * 1600 work. It's not a mandatory spec for the OEM to implement this. I would suggest to look at Personalize > Display Settngs > Advanced Settings > List all modes to see what resolutions the driver supports, regardles of the panel connected, if not shown there it will not work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thorsten Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 I tried this before and received 1920*1080. After installing the new driver, it showed 2048*1536. Today I used a video projector and now it shows a max. resolution of 1680*1050. Hence, I think the windows does not list all possible options?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Filip Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 maybe a good idea to visit a shop with a 30" (samsung or dell) and take your notebook along... I don't think they can refuse a test with the notebook..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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