Dell Precision M6400

[spaceman101]

Hello,
I have been considering making a few purchases. One being a large 24" (or 30") monitor and a new laptop. I am considering the Dell Precision M6400 becuase they have some impressive hardware specs and was wondering what the maximum resolution the video card was capable of when hooking up a second external monitor? The reason is the 30" monitors require a card that can push the 2560x1600 res. Can the video card in these laptops handle that?
thanks in advance

 

[Harvey]

Dell's specs for the Precision M6400 offer a couple of video options:

Graphics Cards
NVIDIA® Quadro FX 2700M Graphics with 512MB dedicated memory
NVIDIA® Quadro FX 3700M Graphics with 1GB dedicated memory

You can search nVidia and various card makers to find the max resolution for the FX 3700M. The max I found spec'd in a quick was 1920 x 1200.

 

[spaceman101]

Hey Harvey,
thanks...I was trying to dig up info on the nVidia site....I found this PDF...http://www.nvidia.com/docs/IO/...Mar08_FINAL_LowRes.pdf

Now from what I can tell it says it would support the 2560x1600. However it is listed under something I am continually confused about with these 30" monitors and that is they always list them requiring a Dual link DVI...which I assumed meant you would see two DVI connectors plugged into one monitor...however at a store that had a Dell 30" it was plugged into one DVI port. I checked the res and it was at the 2560x1600.

either way I am leaning towards a 24" monitor at 1920x1200 for now. The 30" seems like trouble with using on various machines and the price it step. the 24" models can be picked up for a fraction of the cost.

So do you get the same info fom that PDF link as I?
thnx

 

[Harvey]

As I read the specs, the max resolution at 2560x1600 @ 60Hz on each of two panels. I'm not a video maven, and I have neither the need nor the budget for anything that good so I'll leave it to others who know more than I do about it to give you a definitive answer.

 

[Jimingle10]

the m6400 has a Display port! Shouldn't that drive the 30"? or is there a dual link dvi - display port adapter? Anyway I have a m6400 for sale