Can I change the refresh rate on a laptop with 2 displays?

snorkersd

I have a Samsung Monitor hooked up to a HP latop using the extended display function so I can work on both screens.

Now i know the refresh rate on the laptop display can only be 60Hz, but is there a way to increase the refresh rate on the external Samsung monitor to 75Hz or even 100Hz?

Thx

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Only if the monitor supports that refresh rate, and your video card can run different refresh rates on different monitors at the same time. If both screens are on at the same time, I suspect you will be somewhat limited to the lowest refresh rate of the two displays....

EDIT: I tried it with my 4870x2 video card and two displays, I can have one display at 60Hz, the other at 75Hz, so yes, it can be done - depending on video card...

Rate my laptop specs, please?

Brandyn

I have a TOSHIBA SATELLITE L840/02P. The specifications can be found at http://www.mytoshiba.com.au/products/computers/satellite/l840/psk8la-02p007/specifications
What's your evaluation of this computer (for gaming, video editing, etc.)?

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I do not know much about what video editing needs so I will rate each important component to the best of my ability (may be wrong).

CPU: I'm assuming 3.1 is overclocked and 2.5 is regular. I did research and it is dual core, which makes it slightly worse but for a laptop 7/10.
RAM: 8GB. Should be sufficient for almost anything so 9/10
Storage: Depends. Are you going to have a lot of stuff. 9/10
Graphics: AMD RADEON 7670M HD: Believe it or not i have this graphics card as one of my two, the other being INTEL HD4000 (which is meh). The AMD one (imo) is really good. I can run practically every game I have (skyrim in medium settings with 60 fps). I would give it an 8/10.

It is a good thing that this is Windows 7 if you game a lot because windows 8 has some compatibility problems. I personally do have windows 8 but I do not see them, but some people would argue compatibility problems exist.

In total: ~8-8.5/10. I have similar specs to which you have (ram and gpu) For gaming, you should be able to run 90% of games today with some exceptions. I do not know much about editing but it would probably be fine for that too. Hope I helped. Sorry for lots of text (I get bored)

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what is the best computer for video editing?

Megz Luvzu

hey:) whats the best computer for editing "professional" videos?
and/or software?? thanks(:

P.S. also if you know any great cameras for filming(such as the canon 600D) i would appreciate other suggestions(:

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Please stay away from Macs if all else fails... High performance desktops are a lot cheaper than laptops and I would recommend you get a gaming desktop or a gaming laptop (but they will be a lot more expensive). The main reason I say a gaming desktop is because the hardware / components are very good for Video Editing program like Sony Vegas for example. You will need a good Graphics Card, a good CPU, and a sufficient amount of RAM memory and you can get that in a retailed gaming PC. I doubt you're going to want to build your own computer but you can get a very HIGH-END system for around $500 - $1,000. If you want a high-end laptop then you're looking at around $1,000 to $1,500 for video editing. I currently have a Dell Alienware M14x laptop and when I edited videos in Sony Vegas it handled it easy.
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My laptop "specs" were;

Operating System:
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1

***CPU:
Intel Core i7 2720QM @ 2.20GHz
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology

***RAM:
4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 797MHz (11-11-11-28)

Motherboard:
Alienware M14xR1 (CPU1)

Graphics:Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz)
Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000

***Discrete Graphics Card:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Hard Drive:
977GB Seagate ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB (SATA)

Optical Drives:
HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GS30N

Audio:
Realtek High Definition Audio
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That's the kind of hardware I have in my laptop and you're going to want to have a good discrete graphics card if you can get one. Don't spend too much on them because you can get to ridiculous price ranges. Anyways besides all of that... Do some more research on Google and you should get exactly what you wanted.

P.S. Stick with Cannon DSLR's. They're the best. Especially the Rebel models.

HELP IN PLAYING AND EDITING THE VIDEO FROM A CANON DSLR?

d E i y O

im using a canon 500d and a 4GB class 10 SDHC kingston memory card.. recently i recorded few clips from my friends for i want to make a teaser/trailer. i used 720p @ 30fps and i didnt use up all the memory from the memory card. but when i transfer it to my laptop (dell vostro)..it has some problem in playing the video in the laptop. the video doesnt play smoothly (it lags). and i cant seem to edit it in any video editing software (windows movie maker or sony vegas).. whats the reason behind this? why cant it play smoothly on my laptop despite that im using a class 10 memory card? is it from the video format or something else is causing this? and what type of video format should i convert the video to? need ur help in this..need some advices and suggestions..thank you in advance.

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The biggest problem is your laptop. 95% of the editing I do is on a desktop....and I had to do several upgrades on that to make it handle video editing smoothly (more memory, new video card, sound card, and power supply.....ohhhh, and an additional hard drive for more storage)

When I got a laptop, the first thing I looked for is one that could play GTA4 and BlackOps. If a computer (desktop or laptop) has issues running a graphics intensive game, then it will have issues with video editing.

With a laptop, about the only additional "upgrade" you can make is to add more RAM.

As far editing, you may need to make sure that the program can handle H.264 video (MPEG-4/AVC). You may need a H.264 CODEC (COmpression/DECompression) driver. I prefer the K-Lite CODEC pack... http://download.cnet.com/K-Lite-Mega-Codec-Pack/3000-13632_4-10794603.html

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