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    External Monitor & NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150

    Discussion in 'HP' started by chi, Oct 3, 2006.

  1. chi

    chi Notebook Enthusiast

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    I currently have a zv6000 and my main use is photography. I use CRT because I can get more realistic color to match printing at the labs. Yes, LCD has the capability but at more cost and that's a different off topic. I really love how the ATI RADEON 200m automatically adjusts to an external monitor's non-widescreen resolution when pressing Control+F4.

    Anyhow, out with the old single core Athlon and in with the X2. I just ordered a dv2000z with NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 and it's been shipped for arrival next week. So how does this video card behave to external monitors? I've seen it at the store and the max resolution was the native 1280x800 unlike ATI which can go up to 1900 for external monitors if available. Will I just see the widescreen 1280x800 fitted on my 19" non-widescreen external monitor?
     
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    Ice-Tea MXM Guru NBR Reviewer

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    You should be able to get full res on that monitor. Check out powerstrip if you run into troubles.
     
    Ice-Tea, Oct 3, 2006
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    chi Notebook Enthusiast

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    well i got the dv2000z today earlier than expected and yes the NVIDIA does adjust to the external monitor and with available resolutions just like the ATI. good stuff. now i gotta figure out how i want to reimage it. those reinstall instructions with slipstreaming SATA drivers and the quickplay partition looks kinda daunting.
     
    chi, Oct 4, 2006
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    barrist Notebook Consultant

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    dv2000z has the AMD processor right? I don't think you need to slipstream SATA drivers for that, only for intel chips (credit to miner for informing me of that).
     
    barrist, Oct 4, 2006
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