I have a bunch of these monitors - love them. The bandwidth required for the native resolution is > HDMI/DVI. If you want to run the display at the native resolution you will need to use:
1. DisplayPort 2. Dual-Link DVI card and cable On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, I just installed my fresh-out-of-the-box DELL U2711 LCD monitor > which has a native resolution of 2560 x 1440. Unfortunately the screen is > unreadable as everything looks “squashed” ... like when you shrink an image > and lose information.**** > > ** ** > > The DELL is on the digital and my LG is on the VGA. I’ve installed the > latest drivers for my GeForce GT 240 video card but it makes no difference. > The specs of the GT > 240<http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gt_240_us.html>say it can go > up to 2560 x 1600 on digital and 2048 x 1536 on VGA. I’ve > fiddled with the monitor’s controls but there isn’t anything that looks > helpful.**** > > ** ** > > I just don’t know what to blame for the fault. This is my “dream monitor” > and it’s an instant nightmare. Any ideas anyone? Do I need a better video > card?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks, Greg**** > > ** ** > > P.S. I stuck a photo of the problem here: (pardon the interlaced > interference, but you can still see the squashed-up characters in Explorer) > **** > > ** ** > > http://www.orthogonal.com.au/img/dellu2711-1.jpg**** > > ** ** > -- *David Connors* | [email protected] | www.codify.com Codify Pty Ltd Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
