My eyes may have been bigger than my stomach, metaphorically speaking Help!
I have a 2-year-old Asus X550CA that I mostly use on my desk with an external monitor. Not a gamer, not particularly techy, but I do like a crisp image, I often watch videos, and I tend to have multiple windows open (browsers, Word, Excel, etc.). And I work over a VPN on a regular basis.
This month I decided I wanted a larger monitor, particularly to get closer to my dual-monitor office environment when I'm on the VPN, so I jumped in and got a lovely 32" display...only it wants 2560 x 1440, and the GPU in the Asus can only do 1920 x 1200. phooey. (It runs its own display at 1366 x 768.)
So my question is, as I go looking for a new laptop that can give the monitor what it needs...what "native resolution" do I need to be looking for? If the laptop's display is 1920 x 1080, will it be able to run the 2560 x 1440 on the external monitor? Or do I need a GPU whose specs actually say 2560 x 1440 or greater?
Thanks! this is a little confusing to me...
I have a 2-year-old Asus X550CA that I mostly use on my desk with an external monitor. Not a gamer, not particularly techy, but I do like a crisp image, I often watch videos, and I tend to have multiple windows open (browsers, Word, Excel, etc.). And I work over a VPN on a regular basis.
This month I decided I wanted a larger monitor, particularly to get closer to my dual-monitor office environment when I'm on the VPN, so I jumped in and got a lovely 32" display...only it wants 2560 x 1440, and the GPU in the Asus can only do 1920 x 1200. phooey. (It runs its own display at 1366 x 768.)
So my question is, as I go looking for a new laptop that can give the monitor what it needs...what "native resolution" do I need to be looking for? If the laptop's display is 1920 x 1080, will it be able to run the 2560 x 1440 on the external monitor? Or do I need a GPU whose specs actually say 2560 x 1440 or greater?
Thanks! this is a little confusing to me...