what determines display resolution? monitor or video card?
August 6th, 2016
Anyone know what my max resolution would be?
best resolution is the monitor’s “native resolution”
most 27’s are 1920×1080, that’s probably max as well
The monitor or whatever your display is what determines your resolution. Look at the specs of the monitor it should tell you the maximum resolution available. Like edwood said, it’s probably 1920×1080, or rather 1080p.
I'll be getting a 27 inch monitor with a GeForce GTX 670
Anyone know what my max resolution would be?
Ok, you asked two different questions.. so two answers:
1 – what determines display resolution? monitor or video card?
BOTH – you have to have a decently powerful video card to run a very hi res monitor (lik a 27″ with 2560 x 1440), especially with games.
BUT – the monitor also has to support a given resolution too.
2 – Anyone know what my max resolution would be?
It will be the native res of the monitor. you can’r really go about the fixed pixel resolution of the monitor – 1920 x 1080, for example.
BUT – you still need a good enough vid card to play games at that res – some cheap arrse card might not be fast enough and you’d need to drop down a step.
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So, to combine the answers – with your vid card (decent one), you will use the max res of your monitor.
It should say on the box or packaging.
It will likely be 1920 x 1080, but if your monitor is worth over about �600 then it could be 2560 x 1440.