Rob. Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 Hey , im wanting to buy a HD monitor for my computer , but will i need any new drivers or anything to be able to watch/use my computer in HD? Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 Hey , im wanting to buy a HD monitor for my computer , but will i need any new drivers or anything to be able to watch/use my computer in HD? Rob. No, although your pc monitor should be "HD" already as pc monitors run much higher resolutions than the equivalent TV's. If you're going from a small monitor to a large one you may find the graphics card isn't up to the job of producing a clean image at full HD bit-rates, the same with the CPU. But i'm 90% sure it'll be alright for just watching HD vimeo files etc. Watching full quality AVCHD will most likely bring your processor to its knees though. Unless of course you're going to be attaching a tv screen to the pc (bad idea for everyday use). If you put a full pc spec up and tell us what tasks you'll be doing we can tell you if the computer is up to it. If you get a bigger screen though you should be able to just plug it in and then the graphics chipset should automatically find it and set the correct resolution. If not you'll need to set it manually, which again, is a 30 second job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob. Posted July 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 No, although your pc monitor should be "HD" already as pc monitors run much higher resolutions than the equivalent TV's. If you're going from a small monitor to a large one you may find the graphics card isn't up to the job of producing a clean image at full HD bit-rates, the same with the CPU. But i'm 90% sure it'll be alright for just watching HD vimeo files etc. Watching full quality AVCHD will most likely bring your processor to its knees though. Unless of course you're going to be attaching a tv screen to the pc (bad idea for everyday use). If you put a full pc spec up and tell us what tasks you'll be doing we can tell you if the computer is up to it. If you get a bigger screen though you should be able to just plug it in and then the graphics chipset should automatically find it and set the correct resolution. If not you'll need to set it manually, which again, is a 30 second job. Dont really know spec , its a computer ive had for a while , just that i want a monitor to watch movies etc in HD on youtube,vimeo,etc. wanting like around 130worths of hd moniter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 Download a program called CPU-Z, open it and put up a screenshot of the CPU, Mainboard, Memory and Graphics tabs. (Open the program 4 times and put them next to each other, then just have to do one screenshot). I used to run HD stuff fine on my old computer, and that was from 2002... Without knowing the spec, you can't get a definate answer. Any idea on the screen size you're after? You can get monitors from 22"-28" that run at 1080p, although if you're talking true HD then they're 16:9, but personally I stick to 16:10. 1080p is still run at a 1:1 pixel ratio, but the black bars are just a bit bigger, and it's more useful for day to day stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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