External Display Resolution

[mdclow]

My T60 has native resolution of 1680 x 1050 and I externally display 1920 x 1200 on my 24" Samsung Monitor 245BW; model: LS24HUBCFJ/XAA via the Avanced Mini Dock (250410U). I use the DVI connection on the AMD. My T60 has the discrete video card (ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5250). Both of the forementioned resolutions are 16:10.

I am considering purchase of a 27" Samsung Monitor P2770HD 27" 16:9 (1920 X 1080) with 16:9 aspect resolution. Will my T60 display properly on the new 16:9 monitor? Will I have black bands or loss of screen real estate compared to the laptop LDC? Also might yoiu know if the ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5250 is 128MB or 256MB? Please advise.

[sysiphus]

The V5250 has 256MB of dedicated memory. The graphics card is certainly powerful enough to run that monitor; I've used my T60p (same graphics as yours) to run a 50" plasma TV running at 1080p via a DVI to HDMI cable through an advanced mini dock with no problems. There are no guarantees, but it *should* work just fine.

[dr_st]

Yes, it will work just fine. There is no necessity for the two monitors to have similar ratios.

[mdclow]

So then I would also be OK keeping my T60 (16:10) and using with a new 27" 16:9?