Dual Screens possible?

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filthydog

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I recently bought a laptop. I want to get a 30'' monitor and dual screen it. Most 24'' monitors always work when dual screening it but apparently people have been telling me to make sure I have a strong enough graphics card that my laptop can support a 30'' screen.

Here are the specifications of my laptop.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152112

Will my laptop be able to dual screen a 30'' monitor?

Thanks ahead of time. I am to computer illiterate to figure this out for myself. If you dont mind sharing how you figured it out, I would appreciate it.
 
I would have thought it would be fine. Can't say as I know what they're talking about it needing to be "strong enough". I would have thought it's just down to the res of the screen you're connecting to. Are you using hdmi?
 
Thnx for the response.

Well some laptops/desktops can not dual 30'' monitor because the graphics card is not compatible. So they said make sure your computer has the right specs before you try to dual a 30'' monitor. This is specifically applies to a 30'' computer monitor. All 28'''s and under apparently are fine and will be compatible on all systems. Its only with the 30'' that the graphic card matters.....apparently.

yes to hdmi.
 
I googled it quickly and didnt see anything in reference to needing a certain type of graphics card to display on a 30" screen.
Also, I can't think how they would know the difference between the physical size of the screen, just the pixel count but maybe that's just me not knowing!
 
It doesnt matter the screen size, you can power a 50" rear projector TV with a laptop for example, it only matters about the resolution, if can your laptop handle outputting that resolution

VGA has a limit of what you can output but your laptop has HDMI and a very good graphics chip in it, so you should be able to handle it
 
The problem with 30" monitors (monitors, not TVs) is that some of them need a dual-link DVI cable (because of the extremely high native resolution) which means you need 2 DVI outputs, laptops tend not to have 2 DVI outputs...

Though I bet you can find adapters for HDMI > Dual-link DVI.
 
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Well as long as you don't plan to game with it I don't see a issue.

I am running a PC to TV set up on my dads system with a 7600GT currently. I VGA to VGA then transfer sound via RCA to 3.5mm jack.

Works well enough and the cable +jacks only cost me $15.55 after shipping on monoprice.com.

His PC as well as mine are ran off a 32 inch...not for gaming mind you. I don't see a issue.
 
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