I just bought an HP Envy 700-019 desktop. It came with a Radeon HD 8570.
Much to my surprise, it won't drive my 2560x1600 monitor at full resolution (it will do 1280x800, the only fallback the monitor has).
Reading the specs from HP, the card supports dual-link DVI but only up to 1920x1200@60.
This seems a bit funny.
- dual-link isn't needed for 1920x1200 resolution
- AMD's specs for the card are much higher (but of course OEMs can do what they want to degrade a card)
- what's the point of this discrete card if it cannot do better than the i7's GPU (i7 seems to only support single-link DVI)?
- Earlier HP Envy models use a OEM Radeon HD 7570 which does support 2560x1600
How can I tell if the card is actually dual link (as specified)?
Much to my surprise, it won't drive my 2560x1600 monitor at full resolution (it will do 1280x800, the only fallback the monitor has).
Reading the specs from HP, the card supports dual-link DVI but only up to 1920x1200@60.
This seems a bit funny.
- dual-link isn't needed for 1920x1200 resolution
- AMD's specs for the card are much higher (but of course OEMs can do what they want to degrade a card)
- what's the point of this discrete card if it cannot do better than the i7's GPU (i7 seems to only support single-link DVI)?
- Earlier HP Envy models use a OEM Radeon HD 7570 which does support 2560x1600
How can I tell if the card is actually dual link (as specified)?
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