Does my laptop (Lenovo Legion Y540) support an external monitor with g-sync?

[ReneS]

Hey,

 

I am a new member with a question. I did some research but I couldn’t find the right answer.
 

I would like to hook up my laptop (Lenovo Legion y540) with the i7-9750H as cpu and the RTX 2060 as gpu, to an external monitor with 144hz and g-sync. 
 

My question is: Is it possible for me to run g-sync on that monitor when I hook it up to my laptop?

 

I have a HDMI output (doesn’t work with g-sync), a Mini DisplayPort and an usb-c output. 
 

Thanks in advance,

 

René

[Light-Yagami]

If your Mini DisplayPort goes through an integrated GPU before it talks to the dedicated one, then it's a no go. But if you have a direct connection to the dedicated GPU - I don't see a problem.

[AnnoyedShelf]

3 minutes ago, ReneS said:

Hey,

 

I am a new member with a question. 
 

I would like to hook up my laptop (Lenovo Legion y540) with the i7-9750H as cpu and the RTX 2060 as gpu, to an external monitor with 144hz and g-sync. 
 

My question is: Is it possible for me to run g-sync on that monitor when I hook it up to my laptop?

 

I have a HDMI output (doesn’t work with g-sync), a Mini DisplayPort and an usb-c output. 
 

Thanks,

 

René

It should be able to run G-Sync on your external monitor.  I don't see why not.  So long as you have a MDP/DP connection to the monitor and recent enough drivers it should be able to run G-Sync or G-Sync compatible (Adaptive Sync).

[ReneS]

18 minutes ago, Light-Yagami said:

If your Mini DisplayPort goes through an integrated GPU before it talks to the dedicated one, then it's a no go. But if you have a direct connection to the dedicated GPU - I don't see a problem.

Yeah thanks! Do you know where I can find if that’s the case ?

[Light-Yagami]

2 minutes ago, ReneS said:

Yeah thanks! Do you know where I can find if that’s the case ?

In Nvidia control panel it'll show a picture like this, showing the connection from a GPU to the monitor. If you plug in the external monitor and it show a picture like this, you're fine (connection to the dedicated GPU - you can't see anything else cause this is desktop). If it shows that it's coming from an integrated GPU, then you're not fine. hahah.. That's the best way I know to explain it. You want to see your display port connection to show like it's connected this way.

 

[ReneS]

12 hours ago, Light-Yagami said:

In Nvidia control panel it'll show a picture like this, showing the connection from a GPU to the monitor. If you plug in the external monitor and it show a picture like this, you're fine (connection to the dedicated GPU - you can't see anything else cause this is desktop). If it shows that it's coming from an integrated GPU, then you're not fine. hahah.. That's the best way I know to explain it. You want to see your display port connection to show like it's connected this way.

 

 

Ah thank you! So if I understand it correct, I need to buy the monitor to see if it works or not. That's not ideal hahaha. 

 

This is what I see now if I open the nvidia control panel. I don't know if you can do anything with it, but here it is ;) . 

[ReneS]

5 hours ago, ReneS said:

 

Ah thank you! So if I understand it correct, I need to buy the monitor to see if it works or not. That's not ideal hahaha. 

 

This is what I see now if I open the nvidia control panel. I don't know if you can do anything with it, but here it is . 

Ah thank you! So if I understand it correct, I need to buy the monitor to see if it works or not. That's not ideal hahaha. 

 

This is what I see now if I open the nvidia control panel. I don't know if you can do anything with it, but here it is . 

[KVili]

On 7/20/2020 at 8:18 PM, ReneS said:

Ah thank you! So if I understand it correct, I need to buy the monitor to see if it works or not. That's not ideal hahaha. 

 

This is what I see now if I open the nvidia control panel. I don't know if you can do anything with it, but here it is . 

Hi there! I have the same laptop and it has only a dedicated video card. So I think it should work as the port can't go through the integrated card. Let me know if it worked for you cause I'd like to buy a display as well.