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UPDATE:
my mom has a Dell Vostro 230 - with on board Intel VGA out .. connected to an 21" HP monitor 1920x1200 native ... all was great ...
uncle gave her a Sony KDL-52W3000 TV - 1920x1080 native - https://www.amazon.com/Sony-Bravia-...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000SBCA7C
and she said she wants to connect it to a PC to watch movies - fair enough ...
so I ordered this EVGA GeForce GT 610 2048MB https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce...64&sr=8-1&keywords=EVGA+GeForce+GT+610+2048MB
whopping $44 USD!!!
had such great reviews on amazon - but now people say it's not that great of a card ?!? :/
problem is that when screens are mirrored PC and TV show the same thing (and I think that's the only way she will be able to use it ... else it will be a confusion ... or is it better to stretch? advice?)
she will use it only for movies / youtube
PROBLEM IS - when playing just a regular youtube even at 480p (or same for .avi/.mp4/.mov/etc... videos) I see horizontal lines / blocks / rectangles of dimmed color show up for a second here and there - EVEN NOT in full screen - as if thought it's dropping frames or part or a picture :/ on both monitor and the TV (BUT WHEN NOT IN MIRROR MODE THIS DOES NOT OCCUR)
please see the images here - http://imgur.com/a/iuvYD
* drivers are all up to date using GeForce Experience
NOTE this does NOT happen when separating the displays - for them not to be mirrored - there are no lines on the monitor or on the TV (and another advantage when not mirroring is that both have their native resolution - as when mirroring 1920x1080 resolution is forced on the monitor (cutting top and bottom screen use off) - but the monitor's native resolution is 1920x1200 - I guess TV has 1920x1080 and in mirroring mode 1920x1080 is most I can set it to)
hmm I guess I better try and order another card? maybe just a simple HDMI out card that will be able to play youtube and 1080p movies
or another option is to maybe try to use the motherboards VGA for the monitor and the card for the TV - not sure if mirroring will work ...
any advice?
thank you ...
PS it's a Dell Vostro 230 Mini Tower
* Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 2.9GHz
* 3GB RAM
* 32-bit Win 7 Home Premium
* Windows Experience shows 4.1 - http://i.imgur.com/qXL5qIJ.png
PSS how do we attach images on here? thank you
ORIGINAL:
I purchased this video card EVGA GeForce GT 610 2048MB https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce...64&sr=8-1&keywords=EVGA+GeForce+GT+610+2048MB
to connect it to a Sony KDL-52W3000 TV - https://www.amazon.com/Sony-Bravia-...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000SBCA7C
seems fine
now I noticed that my mom has an HP monitor with native resolution 1920x1200
but the card is capable of only 1920x1080
seriously ?
so top and bottom parts on the monitor are black :/
should I return the card and get something else for her?
please advise ...
thank you ...
my mom has a Dell Vostro 230 - with on board Intel VGA out .. connected to an 21" HP monitor 1920x1200 native ... all was great ...
uncle gave her a Sony KDL-52W3000 TV - 1920x1080 native - https://www.amazon.com/Sony-Bravia-...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000SBCA7C
and she said she wants to connect it to a PC to watch movies - fair enough ...
so I ordered this EVGA GeForce GT 610 2048MB https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce...64&sr=8-1&keywords=EVGA+GeForce+GT+610+2048MB
whopping $44 USD!!!
had such great reviews on amazon - but now people say it's not that great of a card ?!? :/
problem is that when screens are mirrored PC and TV show the same thing (and I think that's the only way she will be able to use it ... else it will be a confusion ... or is it better to stretch? advice?)
she will use it only for movies / youtube
PROBLEM IS - when playing just a regular youtube even at 480p (or same for .avi/.mp4/.mov/etc... videos) I see horizontal lines / blocks / rectangles of dimmed color show up for a second here and there - EVEN NOT in full screen - as if thought it's dropping frames or part or a picture :/ on both monitor and the TV (BUT WHEN NOT IN MIRROR MODE THIS DOES NOT OCCUR)
please see the images here - http://imgur.com/a/iuvYD
* drivers are all up to date using GeForce Experience
NOTE this does NOT happen when separating the displays - for them not to be mirrored - there are no lines on the monitor or on the TV (and another advantage when not mirroring is that both have their native resolution - as when mirroring 1920x1080 resolution is forced on the monitor (cutting top and bottom screen use off) - but the monitor's native resolution is 1920x1200 - I guess TV has 1920x1080 and in mirroring mode 1920x1080 is most I can set it to)
hmm I guess I better try and order another card? maybe just a simple HDMI out card that will be able to play youtube and 1080p movies
or another option is to maybe try to use the motherboards VGA for the monitor and the card for the TV - not sure if mirroring will work ...
any advice?
thank you ...
PS it's a Dell Vostro 230 Mini Tower
* Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 2.9GHz
* 3GB RAM
* 32-bit Win 7 Home Premium
* Windows Experience shows 4.1 - http://i.imgur.com/qXL5qIJ.png
PSS how do we attach images on here? thank you
ORIGINAL:
I purchased this video card EVGA GeForce GT 610 2048MB https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce...64&sr=8-1&keywords=EVGA+GeForce+GT+610+2048MB
to connect it to a Sony KDL-52W3000 TV - https://www.amazon.com/Sony-Bravia-...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000SBCA7C
seems fine
now I noticed that my mom has an HP monitor with native resolution 1920x1200
but the card is capable of only 1920x1080
seriously ?
so top and bottom parts on the monitor are black :/
should I return the card and get something else for her?
please advise ...
thank you ...
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