new external monitor for a laptop

funnyname

The screen on my old laptop (it's about 7 years old) has died and I'm currently using an old 15'' monitor, would this monitor be wasted on it?

324819ST2410 24” Full HD Widescreen Monitor

Gurgle

funnyname wrote: »

The screen on my old laptop (it's about 7 years old) has died and I'm currently using an old 15'' monitor, would this monitor be wasted on it?

324819ST2410 24” Full HD Widescreen Monitor

Wasted in what way?
Specs look decent, you can't go too far wrong.

funnyname

I mean would the graphics card in the laptop be up to date enough to compliment the monitor? I'll add the spec of the laptop when I get home.

EI111

Is a 7 year old laptop not a waste of time?

funnyname

Is running really well at the moment, last year I reinstalled windows xp and added an extra 512mb of RAM. Meets all my needs as a "desktop" at the moment, if I would use the above screen with it then I'd be very very happy.

Gurgle

funnyname wrote: »

I mean would the graphics card in the laptop be up to date enough to compliment the monitor? I'll add the spec of the laptop when I get home.

Yeah, it will be fine - the monitor has a VGA input.
It just won't make full use of the monitor's max resolution.

-edit- @EI111 - nothing wrong with a 7yo laptop, why replace something that works?

Alanstrainor

It'll run at a low resolution, but such a big screen and low resolution could look odd. But it's still a decent price, and you'd get use out of it long after the laptop dies.

But it could be worth considering a new laptop, fair enough, if it's running fine now, but at 7 years old it is getting old and by the sounds of things starting to fail. It could be an idea to use the money for a screen to put towards a new lappy.

funnyname

The system info for my display

Name NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go 64M
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0179&SUBSYS_86401071&REV_A3\4&3525EC23&0&0008
Adapter Type GeForce4 440 Go 64M, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go 64M
Adapter RAM 64.00 MB (67,108,864 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.7770
INF File oem15.inf (nv4_8060_MAP464 section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1152 x 864 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0x90000000-0x9FFFFFFF
Memory Address 0x98000000-0x9807FFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 11
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.14.10.7770, 3.05 MB (3,199,616 bytes), 22/05/2003 09:02)

funnyname

Alanstrainor wrote: »

It'll run at a low resolution, but such a big screen and low resolution could look odd. But it's still a decent price, and you'd get use out of it long after the laptop dies.

But it could be worth considering a new laptop, fair enough, if it's running fine now, but at 7 years old it is getting old and by the sounds of things starting to fail. It could be an idea to use the money for a screen to put towards a new lappy.

I have a samsung NC10 so I wanted to set up the old laptop as my desktop and when it dies replace it with a tower, that's why I want the good monitor.

How easy is it to replace the graphics card in a laptop?

Alanstrainor

funnyname wrote: »

I have a samsung NC10 so I wanted to set up the old laptop as my desktop and when it dies replace it with a tower, that's why I want the good monitor.

How easy is it to replace the graphics card in a laptop?

It's not doable in most cases, unless the laptop is high end.

Seeing your plan, the new screen sounds like a good idea so:)