Native 1920 x 1200 Resolution

[sawdin]

Just purchased a Dell Ultrasharp U2415 monitor. Right now, I have it connected to an old Dell XPS laptop. The only way I can get 1920 x 1200 is to change my settings to "only show 2nd screen". I will be buying a new laptop around Thanksgiving. Probably a 13" Inspiron 7000, which is 1920 x 1080. I believe the max resolution of the Intel® UHD Graphics 620 with shared graphic memory is 1920 x 1080. If max resolution of Intel UHD 620 is 1920 x 1080, will I only get 1920 x 1200 via upscaling? I've read that it's best to not upscale or downscale.

I'll only be using the monitor for office work (docs) and web browsing and I want the extra 11% of screen space that 1920 x 1200 offers over 1920 x 1080, but I don't want the quality (e.g., sharp text) to be degraded via upscaling/conversion.

TIA and please excuse my ignorance if the question is not properly worded.

UPDATE:
I'll probably use display port, not HDMI with the new laptop and the processor in the laptop will be an Intel® Core™ i7-8550U Processor w/ the following graphics specs:
Max Resolution (HDMI 1.4)‡
4096x2304@24Hz
Max Resolution (DP)‡
4096x2304@60Hz
Max Resolution (eDP - Integrated Flat Panel)‡
4096x2304@60Hz

As long as the external monitor (Dell) is "controlled" by the processor and not the integrated graphics UHD 620, I would think there won't be any upscaling. However, I'm not a techie and I don't know if the integrated graphics takes precedence and will force an upconversion.

TIA!

 

[SchizTech]

Modern Intel HD certainly supports over 1080p. I have a 4k laptop running off Intel HD 520. Intel ARK won't give you an exact answer for the graphics generation without looking at a specific CPU but expect support for 4k at least.

 

[k1114]

One of the reasons the renamed them to UHD vs HD is to help identify that they are 4k capable. It is just a name change though. Even older intel hd igpus could do 1600p or 4k/24. Even going farther back before intel hd naming, 1200p was the max over single link dvi and was never 1080p. That is a limit of sl dvi rather than the igpu capabilities.

 

[sawdin]

Modern Intel HD certainly supports over 1080p. I have a 4k laptop running off Intel HD 520. Intel ARK won't give you an exact answer for the graphics generation without looking at a specific CPU but expect support for 4k at least.

I was just coming back to add some information. The processor will be an Intel® Core™ i7-8550U Processor w/ the following graphics specs:
Max Resolution (HDMI 1.4)‡
4096x2304@24Hz
Max Resolution (DP)‡
4096x2304@60Hz
Max Resolution (eDP - Integrated Flat Panel)‡
4096x2304@60Hz

As long as the external monitor (Dell) is "controlled" by the processor and not the integrated graphics UHD 620, I would think there won't be any upscaling. However, I'm not a techie and I don't know if the integrated graphics takes precedence and will force an upconversion.

Oh, and thanks for the reply!

 

[k1114]

Monitors are not controlled by cpus. The gpu handles it. Wherever you copied that even states this is the "graphics specs" and it's talking about the igpu. You don't need to worry about scaling when it supports the res you want.

 

[sawdin]

Monitors are not controlled by cpus. The gpu handles it. Wherever you copied that even states this is the "graphics specs" and it's talking about the igpu. You don't need to worry about scaling when it supports the res you want.

If I understand what you are saying, the igpu would be the UHD 620.
Here's the link to the processor: http://
in the graphics section it states: Max Resolution (DP) is the maximum resolution supported by the processor via the DP interface (24bits per pixel & 60Hz). System or device display resolution is dependent on multiple system design factors; actual resolution may be lower on your system.

So, if I understand you correctly, I should not have any problems. Is that correct?

Thanks again.

 

[k1114]

I don't see how that's relevant and the laptop you were looking at doesn't have dp.

But let's make this 100% clear. It supports 1920x1200 over any port. If you ever want to upgrade to a higher res monitor. You can run 1440p, 1600p, 2k ultrawide, 4k, etc., anything as long as it's below 4k.

I could say any igpu in the last decade supports 1200p over any port. In fact I still have a 10 year old laptop igpu that struggles just showing a web browser on that res but it still supports it.