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    External Monitor for Laptop

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by tianh, Sep 26, 2007.

  1. tianh

    tianh Notebook Consultant

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    My laptop has like a 30ms reponse time I think, I plan on buying the samsung 226BW which has like 2 ms. If i hooked up the samsung 226BW hdmi to dvi because my laptop has hdmi and not dvi, would I get the 2ms on the lcd samsung screen and 75hz or 30ms because my laptop screen only supports 30ms. Wouldnt that laptop be like a cpu and I would get 2ms?

    I have no clue, help.
     
    tianh, Sep 26, 2007
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  2. tianh

    tianh Notebook Consultant

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    bump bump!
     
    tianh, Sep 26, 2007
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  3. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    response time is solely based on the screen, not your video card.
     
    HTWingNut, Sep 26, 2007
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  4. tianh

    tianh Notebook Consultant

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    so if i get the 226BW i will get 2ms as long as I am looking at the monitor right?
     
    tianh, Sep 26, 2007
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  5. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    Yup. Im lucky. Mine has an 8ms response time i think
     
    Patrick, Sep 26, 2007
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