[GTALUG] Aging Dell monitor (U3011)

[Michael Hill]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:59 AM, Lennart Sorensen
<lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

> Passive displayport to hdmi or DVI adapters are only single link, and
> to use DVI to get 2560x1600 at 60Hz requires DVI dual link.

> As you have found out, native displayport on the other hand works.

> Another option with be an active displayport to dual link DVI adapter.

> Also the HDMI is single link on the monitor so no adapter could ever make
> the monitor do more than 1920x1200 at 60Hz using HDMI input on the monitor.
> The HDMI input on that monitor only existed to allow connecting a bluray
> player or other similar device at 1920x1080.  It was not for computer use.

Good to know. If I add a ThinkPad docking station, will anything stop
me from running *two* monitors at resolutions higher than 1920x1200?

Mike
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