120hz monitor through HDMI on laptop

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dt

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I know this is sorta retarded but I'd like to know

I inherited a decent alienware laptop from my cousin and it's the best thing I have to play games on. My question is, could I buy a second monitor (like this one ) and have it output 120+hz through HDMI? I'm getting tons of conflicting answers from google.

The laptop has 2 graphics cards, if that helps.

Thanks

I know this is sorta retarded but I'd like to know

I inherited a decent alienware laptop from my cousin and it's the best thing I have to play games on. My question is, could I buy a second monitor ([url=http://www.amazon.com/Philips-242G5DJEB-Extreme-Performance-Professional/dp/B00G6IWEE0?tag=teamfortresst-20]like this one [/url]) and have it output 120+hz through HDMI? I'm getting tons of conflicting answers from google.

The laptop has 2 graphics cards, if that helps.

Thanks

#2

Dagger

cp_granary_pro

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you cannot get 120hz through a regular hdmi cable afaik

#3

ScrewB

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yes you can but only at 720p

#4

dt

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So I can plug it in, set windows to 720p and 120hz, and it will come though fine?

#5

ondkaja

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dtSo I can plug it in, set windows to 720p and 120hz, and it will come though fine?

Yeah

[quote=dt]So I can plug it in, set windows to 720p and 120hz, and it will come though fine?[/quote]

Yeah

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dt

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Thanks guys.

#7

Shun

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It really depends on the graphics card it has. When I researched this for a few other machines it didn't seem like many laptops allowed 120hz+ output, but there's probably some laptop graphics cards that could do it. 6th gen Intel integrated GPUs can't, you can't get greater than 60hz at HD resolution out of mini displayports, for example.

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dt

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According to the alienware website it has two nvidia 880M's, and I beleive it has USB 1.4 too. Can I assume those are powerful enough to handle a 120hz monitor?

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Setsul

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USB 1.4? I assume you mean HDMI 1.4.

dtCan I assume those are powerful enough to handle a 120hz monitor?

I'll have to split those into 3 questions.
1. Could they run a monitor at 120Hz 1080p via HDMI 1.4? Yes.
2. Could the monitor be run at 120Hz 1080p via HDMI 1.4? Maybe, most likely not. Most 120/144Hz monitors, including the one you linked, don't support HDMI 1.4.
3. Would you actually get >120fps? That depends on the games and settings (also SLI support/efficiency). An 880M should be roughly 90% the performance of a 770.

USB 1.4? I assume you mean HDMI 1.4.

[quote=dt]Can I assume those are powerful enough to handle a 120hz monitor?[/quote]
I'll have to split those into 3 questions.
1. Could they run a monitor at 120Hz 1080p via HDMI 1.4? Yes.
2. Could the monitor be run at 120Hz 1080p via HDMI 1.4? Maybe, most likely not. Most 120/144Hz monitors, including the one you linked, don't support HDMI 1.4.
3. Would you actually get >120fps? That depends on the games and settings (also SLI support/efficiency). An 880M should be roughly 90% the performance of a 770.