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    Trying to export my display to an external monitor... help please

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Xythil, Oct 29, 2008.

  1. Xythil

    Xythil Notebook Consultant

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    I am able to get my desktop to export to a higher resolution external mintor and this works great for the desktop. I am able to bump the resolution up higher for the desktop. However when I start world of warcraft I am still limtied by my laptops resolution. I am not able to put it above 1280x800 for displaying on the external monitor.

    How do I get around this? The external monitor supports higher resolutions and I am pretty sure my graphics card does as well..
     
    Xythil, Oct 29, 2008
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  2. S_P_Q_R

    S_P_Q_R Notebook Evangelist

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    With the introduction of the HP Pavilion dv5 series notebooks, HP is finally offering high-resolution displays. The dv5t is currently offered with a WXGA or WSXGA+ resolution. The WXGA screen (1280 x 800 resolution) is what most 15.4-inch notebooks in stores have, and the most common resolution on 15.4-inch notebooks. The WSXGA+ display (1680 x 1050 resolution) is what my notebook has. It has 42% more viewable space than the WXGA display, which is the reason I chose it. Higher-resolution screens allow you to see more and scroll less. For example, if I view a large web page, I could see 42% more content on the WSXGA+ display than on the WXGA display. Another example- while viewing a high-resolution picture, I can see 42% more detail on the WSXGA+ display than on the WXGA. WSXGA+ makes it possible to use larger windows side by side; you would be hard-pressed to practically view two spreadsheets side-by-side with a WXGA display, but with the high-resolution WSXGA+, it is more than possible (you could do it without shrinking the windows too much). DV5T review under Screens

    I guess you get what you paid for!
     
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  3. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    have you enabled the external monitor as the primary display?
    also, when you game, disable the internal laptop display completely.
     
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  4. Xythil

    Xythil Notebook Consultant

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    No i did not make it my primary.

    Will that fix the resolution problems in WoW and games in general or will it stil be stuck at my laptops default resolution?
     
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Yes, you have cloned dual screen enabled limiting the resolution to your notebooks screen.
     
    flipfire, Oct 29, 2008
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