My work laptop has the same setup and I'm running an external Dell 19" off the DVI port on the base station (Dual monitor config). The one caveat is that most good LCD's are DVI-input and most laptops are VGA output rather than DVI. You can still find a fair number of dual-input panels though (including the Dell 19")
The Intel graphics use system RAM, and cause a system speed hit (The system can't access that bank of RAM when the video is, and vice versa) but is quite capable of driving 2 monitors at such low resolutions. -Adam Joseph Tainter 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. > > 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. > > Thanks, > > Joe > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
