surface laptop 2

Question

Would it be possible to use the surface dock 2 to run a dual monitor setup with an ultrawide 3440x1440 monitor and a 1920x1080 monitor with the surface laptop 2 i5? I know that's a lot of pixels to be pushed so I thought I would ask.

Answer 1

Hello Cody Michael Bullington,

Thanks for posting your concern here.

Surface Laptop 2 can project it's display to one external monitor with a max refresh rate of 60Hz and max resolution of 4096 x 2304. Same as goes for two external displays, it can project to 60Hz max refresh rate and max resolution of 4096 x 2304. See Troubleshoot connecting Surface to a second screen for more details.

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StevenK

Answer 2

Hi Steven,

I bought a Samsung 34" Wide Screen Thunderbolt3 Curved Monitor for my Sureface2 Laptop (Surface Laptop 2 Model 1769 i7).

Reading your above post I should have no problem outputting to this single screen at the required resolution 3440 x 1440.

Sadly using the Surface Mini Display Port and having purchased several Amazon adaptors (mini to HDMI) latest being the CableDecom HDMI 4K X 2K I'm stuck with a disappointing 1920 x 1080.  I read about active HDMI cables and and adaptors (I thought the CableDecom was) however, before I spend more money I'd like to understand if I'm barking up the wrong tree and there is something more fundamental here i.e. you need to use a Dock Station for example or something simple I've not done!

I have a ThinkPad X390, that was plug and play with the Samsung via its built in HDMI port i.e. the Samsung is working fine.

Appreciate your support

Cheers

Andrew

Answer 3

Hi Steven,

This was much appreciated, its taken a while as this is a work laptop so I needed IT support.  Anyway my screen works, it needed updates and new drivers.  Unfortunately, just this week its reverted back to 1920 x 1080, which I can only assume is the result of another update (there was an update over the weekend).  I'm back in contact with IT, although its a bit disappointing the fix wasn't permanent?  Any advice on that would be welcome.

Cheers

Andrew

Answer 4

Hi Steven,

This was much appreciated, its taken a while as this is a work laptop so I needed IT support.  Anyway my screen works, it needed updates and new drivers.  Unfortunately, just this week its reverted back to 1920 x 1080, which I can only assume is the result of another update (there was an update over the weekend).  I'm back in contact with IT, although its a bit disappointing the fix wasn't permanent?  Any advice on that would be welcome.

Cheers

Andrew