How the heck do I make this work? 27" X-Star DP2710 2560x1440 from my laptop

[Smitty1258]

How the heck do I make this work? 27" X-Star DP2710 2560x1440 from my laptop

Laptop:
Alienware M17x R4
GeForce GTX 675M
HDMI 1.4
MiniDP or mDP (Mini DisplayPort)

Monitor:
27" X-Star DP2710 2560x1440 LED Monitor w/ Samsung PLS Panel (Matte)
Specs:
Resolution: 2560x1440
Monitor Type: Slim LED
Panel Type Samsung PLS (Matte Screen)
Response Time: 8ms
Dynamic Contrast Ratio: 50,000:1
Viewing Angle: 178˚ H / 178˚ V
Inputs
DVI-D (Dual link)
Audio In/Out


Which port and adapter do I need to use this monitor @ 2560x1440? HDMI or mDP?

 

[EarthDog]

I would imagine either would work just fine... just get either HDMI to DVI-d or mDP to DVI-d adapter.

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...vptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_57lbt12y43_e

That said, gaming wont work well at the 27" native res... that is a lot of pixels to push for a 675M...

 

[Smitty1258]

I would imagine either would work just fine... just get either HDMI to DVI-d or mDP to DVI-d adapter.

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...vptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_57lbt12y43_e

That said, gaming wont work well at the 27" native res... that is a lot of pixels to push for a 675M...

I imagine it would work to, however im looking for some concrete info, hah

I dont game much anymore. Maybe some old COD2 or if Dayz every comes out

 

[EarthDog]

Well, both outputs support that resolution so, I can't see why it wouldn't.

 

[Smitty1258]

little bit of what Im being told

Regular 1.4 HDMI cannot output at this resolution with a sufficient refresh rate for gaming. Thus, you would experience lag if you tried to pair a top-of-the-line graphics card with an 2560x1440 monitor via HDMI.

The only thing that can in present architecture is a dual DVI setup. The next iteration of HDMI should catch up, but I don't think it's commercially available and certainly the cheapo Korean manuf are not implementing it until it becomes standard.

which sounds like what you were saying about the gaming part.

 

[Xeon_KI]

it will work, just make sure it's DVI-D Dual link
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...F8zUo-8GcidrAGD6IDAAg&ved=0CHoQ9QEwBg&dur=212

or just an hdmi cable to one of these
http://www.amazon.com/Importer520-P...&qid=1379098388&sr=8-3&keywords=hdmi+to+dvi-d

 

[Smitty1258]

Link to the thread deal incase anyone wants one of these monitors.

http://slickdeals.net/f/6275462-27-...y-daily-deal?p=61905158&posted=1#post61905158

 

[EarthDog]

My point was the weak gpu trying to push frames on that res. That makes sense though. I would see what mDP can output res wise and go from there.