1440P on a NVidia 9800M GTS?

[tr0n09]

I recently built my own desk for my home office. Now I have the space to set up my own laptop instead of being relegated to the kitchen table. I built the desk with a monitor stand in order to utilize a larger screen when doing some light photo editing and minor gaming. With that said I’d like to get a 1440p 27” monitor. My issue is this:

1) My laptop is a (2008) Gateway FX-7811, with a Nvidia 9800M GTS
a. http://www.pcworld.com/product/32134/p-7811fx.html
b. Based on the specs I could find online, it should support 2560x1600
c. http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=288&gid2=182&compare=geforce-go-7200-vs-geforce-9800m-gts
d. The laptop does have an HDMI port
2) I plan on getting the QNIX QX2710 LED Evolution ll DP multi TRUE10 TRUE 10 Matte 27" 2560x1440 Monitor
a. http://www.ebay.com/itm/QNIX-QX2710-LED-Evolution-ll-DP-multi-TRUE10-TRUE-10-Matte-27-2560x1440-Monitor-/131131920531
b. I have read several reviews and this seems like a solid monitor for light gaming and has good color reproduction. http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/qnix_qx2710.htm
c. The description concerns me however. It states the monitor is not compatible with laptops.

Is this warning meant for onboard graphics that would be VGA only? Shouldn’t my 9800M support 1440p over the HDMI? I don’t plan playing many games over 768 or 1080p for the time being due to its age. Eventually I hope to be able to build a more modern system. Will it at least display 1440p for photo editing and general office use?

 

[theonlyfool]

Although I am no expert on screens and their compatibility ( If that's even a thing), I'm pretty sure that any modern screen can pick up an HDMI signal if your laptop has a port for it. The only issue I've ran into is if you for example try to force a higher output color depth, or refresh rate than your monitor can handle, or if you run custom timings that aren't supported, but these are custom/more modern settings.

If you just output a standard HDMI signal, it should work.

 

[tr0n09]

Although I am no expert on screens and their compatibility ( If that's even a thing), I'm pretty sure that any modern screen can pick up an HDMI signal if your laptop has a port for it. The only issue I've ran into is if you for example try to force a higher output color depth, or refresh rate than your monitor can handle, or if you run custom timings that aren't supported, but these are custom/more modern settings.

If you just output a standard HDMI signal, it should work.

Thanks, that's what I was thinking. The compatibility statement was just weird in the description. Maybe it was also a carry over from the over versions that the monitor is offered in that only had DVI or some other single port.

 

[tr0n09]

So I brought my laptop to Best Buy this afternoon to try on a few of their monitors. I was not able to get output on an LG29UM57. I tried the nVidia Control Panel and setting a custom resolution but all I could get a black screen and about a 1cm bar of screen to display. Looks like ultrawide is out.

 

[theonlyfool]

So I brought my laptop to Best Buy this afternoon to try on a few of their monitors. I was not able to get output on an . I tried the nVidia Control Panel and setting a custom resolution but all I could get a black screen and about a 1cm bar of screen to display. Looks like ultrawide is out.

That's a good idea stopping at best buy to test that before buying the screen you want. There is a good chance that older graphics card does not support wide aspect ratios like what the LG29UM57 has. Although the resolution isn't that high overall (2560x1080), the 21:9 ratio is bizarre and that GPU probably doesn't know what to do with it. 2560x1440 is a 16:9 ratio just like every other "P" resolution (480p, 720p, 1080p), and is much more common.

Did you try some other normal aspect ratio screens while you were there?

 

[tr0n09]

So I brought my laptop to Best Buy this afternoon to try on a few of their monitors. I was not able to get output on an . I tried the nVidia Control Panel and setting a custom resolution but all I could get a black screen and about a 1cm bar of screen to display. Looks like ultrawide is out.

That's a good idea stopping at best buy to test that before buying the screen you want. There is a good chance that older graphics card does not support wide aspect ratios like what the LG29UM57 has. Although the resolution isn't that high overall (2560x1080), the 21:9 ratio is bizarre and that GPU probably doesn't know what to do with it. 2560x1440 is a 16:9 ratio just like every other "P" resolution (480p, 720p, 1080p), and is much more common.

Did you try some other normal aspect ratio screens while you were there?

Unfortunately they only had this 21:9 and the rest were 1080p. I was hoping they'd have a 1440p to confirm for sure.