9150-External Monitor

Howdy,

I've been enjoying my 9150 for a few weeks and love it. I just picked up a 23" Samsung Led Monitor at 1920x1080. Question is, can the GTX 675 handle gaming with an external monitor hooked to it? The resolutions are the same, I'm just worried about FPS while its driving the laptop screen as well as the external Samsung. Thanks!

 

nope, shouldn't affect your fps at all.

One thing you could also do is if you goto your power settings you can set it so that when you close your notebook it does nothing so that the screen isn't powered.

 

Thanks for the response. I do have it setup to do nothing when closing the lid. How do you set it up to turn off the laptop screen, and is there any advantage performance wise turning off the laptop screen? One more question, HDMI or DVI? The Samsung monitor has both, which one is preferred by you folks?

 

It should raise your temps by about 2-3C, but that's normal. And I would recommend going for HDMI Both audio and video.

Mr. Mysterious

 

Personally I'd choose DVI because it performs much better... Especially if you have a 120hz monitor since hdmi can't do both 120hz and 1080p.

And the screen should automatically turn off when you close your lid.

 

If you're mirroring your display it won't hurt FPS, but if you're extending your desktop to game on 2 monitors at once it will halve your FPS and make your temps go up.

 

Ok, understand! Thanks! I guess I should mirror it then? This LED screen looks better than my upgraded 95% glossy screen! Wow!

 

Nah....DVI is going to provide better image quality and generate less heat at the port.

 

Then your laptop needs to be calibrated.

Generate heat at the port?

 

Calibrated? Can I do this myself? The Samsung monitor I bought is the s23a700d. If my 95% upgraded screen can look better than the Samsung, I'm all for it!

 

*searches model number*
Ah, you should have said it was a 3D panel. This changes things The reason it looks better might be the 120Hz refresh rate. However, The DVI port on the P150EM is only single link. If you want to go 3D, you'll need a DP-Dual link DVI adapter. When you say "looks better", does it look smoother, more detailed, sharper, easier on the eyes, more vibrant, or what?

 

Great information you're giving me E. Blar! I did not know that about the DVI port on my Sager. I do not plan on doing anything 3d anytime soon. I only got it for future endeavors with 3d later this year. When I say the screen looks better than the laptops: To my eyes it looks sharper, brighter, more detailed? Maybe because the screen is bigger? When I bought this laptop, I saw the option for calibrating, but thought it was a gimmick. Sort of like when we bought a TV from Best Buy, they offered to calibrate for an additional $150!

 

Yes, HDMI ports, moreso the cable plug at the port, get significantly warmer than DVI. This is largely due to both video and sound going through.

 

The FPS will only drop is your decide to go higher in the gaming resolution (which you can't since the screen only supports 1920x1080 anyways) so no problems there.

 

I'm actually getting the exact same monitor as you (sig), just the 950 version but in terms of specs completely the same, actually yours might be matte not sure.

Anyhow the point is yes you need Dual link DVI, and yes you can calibrate the monitor yourself by playing around with the options, but to be honest you shouldn't have to.