On 17/12/06, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know someone here will know the answer to this. Last spring I bought a > Dell E1505 notebook. I got 1 GB of RAM, but took the integrated Intel > graphics rather than a separate graphic card. A mistake, I realize now. > I would like to add an external monitor. > > I wonder if I can run an external monitor off this? And what size? I am > thinking of one of the 17" or 19" lcd monitors that have a resolution of > 1280 x 1024. Can the integrated graphics run this? The notebook's own > lcd screen has a resolution of 1280 x 800.
Most 17 and 19" screens run 1280x1024 and a few 19" run 1600x1200/1280 and even if the laptops integrated screen runs 1280x800 you'll find most can drive an external screen to 1600x1200 yours comes in three versions but still the specs aren't specific for any of them though it does have an external port. Thought you should be able to see the supported resolutions by checking your display tab. > Am I correct that the integrated Intel graphics will use the system RAM? > If so, I would guess there is no problem with an external monitor since > I rarely (if ever) use all that memory. But advice would be appreciated. Don't worry about the memory. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
