ASUS G73JH 30 inch monitor compatible?

I recently purchased an ASUS G73JH laptop from Best Buy. Please find the model at the following link:

Asus - Laptop with Intel® Core™ i7 Processor - Black - G73JH-RBBX05

I have a Dell 30 inch monitor I would like to hook up to the laptop and run it at its full resolution 2560x1600. My initial thought was to buy an HDMI to DVI-D adapter (the 30 inch monitor requires a Dual link DVI input). After purchases said adapter and hooking it up it appears I am bound to a max resolution of 1280x800 on the 30 inch. I have read about this issue with the current HDMI type a 1.3 technology.

My question is has anyone found a solution for this problem or does anyone know of a possible vga to dual link dvi-d or hdmi to dual link dvi-d converter available on the market. I have searched on google for about 3 hours now and haven't found a thing. I hate to give up the monitor (replaced my desktop with this laptop) but seeing as how I get better resolution on my 47 inch HDTV (1920x1080) if a solution doesn't currently exsist I might be stuck. Please help. Thank you.

Chris

 

Check monoprice.com for adapters and cables. They offer a huge variety of cables/adapters and are often priced very competitively.

IIRC, VGA only supports up to 2048x1536. I'm not sure why you are only getting 1280x800 through HDMI, but I'd try and reinstall your graphics driver first and see if that enables you to set a higher resolution on your external monitor.

 

Thank you for the information. I will give the site a look. I am also a little baffled why I can only get 1280x800, although I did read on another site someone else had a similar issue with the moniter itself having preset limitations under its native resolution. If it helpsomy Dell 30 inch monitor's model number is Dell 3007 WFPt.

 

I could not find anything on the previously mentioned site which would allow the full resolution of my Dell 30 Inch monitor. Does anyone else know a way to get this to work?

 

wikipedia says HDMI is not yet dual link compatible. I find your finding odd considering that a 5770 certainly can drive one normally with DVI.

 

You cannot do 2560x1600 over HDMI. Full stop.

I was surprised myself when I found i could not even do 1920x1200 on my 2560x1600 monitor over HDMI.

After a little research I found that 2560x1600 monitors won't work at anything over 1280x800 on a single link connection (All HDMI ports are single link for now.)

They basically require a dual-link video card. Which *must* be DVI or Displayport.

 

It appears my fears were correct then. I wasn't sure if there was an adapter out here which you could run through that would allow for this kind of setup. This is pretty said considering how long 30 inch monitors have been around and the specs this top of the line laptop contains. Oh well I guess I will just have to save the monitor for a seperate desktop build at a later date. Thank you for the info.

 

can it do 1920 x1200 on a 1920x1200 monitor?

 

Yes that works fine. Mine drive my Samsung 2493 @1920x1200 without issues.

Cheers,

 

Sorry if I'm bumping this thread, but the hdmi spec that the 5870 uses (1.3a) does just barely support 2560x1600 over single link hdmi at 30-bit/px at 60hz. The only thing that may be restricting it is that this setup requires a cat 2 hdmi cable. Also the OP didn't specify which model of the dell 30" monitors he had so that may also be an issue.

HDMI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See the version comparison chart.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

u'll need a clevo or alienware with DVI to use this monitor basically.

 

If the laptop AND monitor both have 1.3a HDMI or better, AND you use a cable to support the higher bandwidth (CL 2), then it should work.

 

The HDMI spec may support it, but according to the ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5870 GPU Specifications, the maximum resolution supported by the integrated HDMI output is 1920x1200.

 

have u tried it?

 

no, since my monitors and TV are 1080p

 

Will the dell display output 2560x1600 with an Asus G53? I'm pretty sure the G53 is hdmi 1.4 so a hdmi to hdmi cable should technically work but obviously I haven't tested it but I'd really love to find out. Also theres a dell u3011 out now which has 2 hdmi outputs now and other updates from the 2711 line up.

 

BTW I just got this working but I had to specify a custom resolution in the nvidia control panel. The monitor pretends it does not support the higher resolutions but if you force the matter it works fine.

Custom Resolutions

 

well im using a hanns.g 28" monitor and its set at 1920*1200. works fine. i run most games on max no problem. i am using a normal hdmi connection.