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    XPS M1530 - Connecting External Monitor

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by paulm1973, Jul 4, 2008.

  1. paulm1973

    paulm1973 Newbie

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    Hi,

    I'm thinking of buying an XPS M1530. I want to be able to connect it to my external 24" monitor (Samsung Syncmaster 245b) so I can do design work in the office. The monitor has a native resolution of 1920 x 1200 and only has VGA and DVI inputs.

    So my question(s) is what's the best way to connect it all up; docking station, separate VGA cable or a HDMI to DVI converter cable (the laptop doesn't have a DVI connnector I believe?. Also what is the ideal display and graphics card to spec?

    Thanks in advance for any help.

    Paul
     
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  2. XPS1330

    XPS1330 Notebook Deity

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    VGA or DVI/HDMI will deliever the same picture. The M1530 doesn't have a DVI connector. Only HDMI, VGA, and Component(through a adaptor).
    Any display would be alright if your planning to use the M1530 mostly through the 24" Samsung. Most M1530 users configured their systems with the Nvidia 8600M-GT GPU, but if you won't be playing games or other graphically intensive programs, then the 8400 would be fine too. Both can output WUXGA resolution.
    Hope that helps.
     
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  3. paulm1973

    paulm1973 Newbie

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    Thanks for your very helpful reply XPS1330. Just to pick up on the graphics card issue... I won't be gaming but I will be using Photoshop and Flash on it - for this purpose would it be best to spec the Nvidia 8600M-GT GPU or the 8400?

    Thanks again.

    Paul
     
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  4. purplegreendave

    purplegreendave Has a notebook.

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    Pretty sure the 8400 will do.
     
    purplegreendave, Jul 4, 2008
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