Second laptop monitor question

parking_question_chap

Hi

If my laptop maximum screen resolution is 1600x900 could I attach a 1920x1080 monitor to increase my res?

Or would it only display a maximum of 1600x900 due to the laptop?

Thanks

Browntoa

Depends on the laptop output unless the monitor is upscaling the signal

keith969

Depends on whether the graphics chip supports it. If it's recent, it probably will - post the model name and people can probably tell you.

were

you can get monitors that connect via usb. not exactly for gaming use, but not that shabby either.

They do need drivers, well the ones I have seen do. Some even support linux. there are usb2 and 3 versions

parking_question_chap

Hi

The graphics card is Inter (R) HD Graphics

Hoogle

Yes it will do 1920x1080 and should be fine for most usage, however you may struggle if it is a large screen as you can get 1920x1080 monitors of any size and smart tvs but I have 2 laptops and 1 struggles even streaming video onto my 60 inch tv without the fans going like the clappers, but my other laptop is fine for it.

keith969

parking_question_chap wrote: »

Hi

The graphics card is Inter (R) HD Graphics

That will work. Don't expect to play games on it though.

parking_question_chap

Thanks all.

System

It can display on both the laptop and the desktop monitor and each of them in their native resolution. You can choose whether to display on both or just display on the external monitor when plugged in.

emptybox

Hoogle wrote: »

Yes it will do 1920x1080 and should be fine for most usage, however you may struggle if it is a large screen as you can get 1920x1080 monitors of any size and smart tvs but I have 2 laptops and 1 struggles even streaming video onto my 60 inch tv without the fans going like the clappers, but my other laptop is fine for it.

The size of the screen is irrelevant. All that matters is the resolution.