I've just bought myself a nice external monitor for my laptop. My laptop's screen has a resolution of 1920×1080. The maximum resolution listed for my graphics card is 2048×1536. However when I plug in the external monitor, it lists resolutions up to 1600×1200, but not 1920×1080. 1600×1200 is no good as it's the wrong aspect ratio. What should I do?
Edit
I'm using Windows 7 x64, the display is a Samsung Lavender P2350
Update
I downloaded and installed the drivers from Samsung (after much grief). The correct resolution is now listed, however if I select it the screen flickers unbearably, it is completely unusable. Any advice?
Best Answer
Check the refresh rate of your current graphics card and see if you can improve it. If you can't, it is most likely that you are at the limit of your GPU. It may be a maximum of 2048x1536, but that is for a single screen, not two.
2048x1536 = 3,145,728
(1920 x 1080)x2 = 4,147,200