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Monitors Oct 16, 2026

34 inch ultrawide won't give me its proper resolution from my laptop

Plugged my laptop into a new 34 inch curved monitor and the highest option in display settings is 1920x1080, everything looks stretched. It should be 3440x1440. I'm using the laptop's HDMI port, Intel graphics. Is it the cable, the port or a driver?
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joshf Oct 20, 2026
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Most likely the port. A lot of laptops with Intel graphics have an older HDMI 1.4 output, and 3440x1440 at 60Hz needs more than that can push, so Windows falls back to 1080p. If the laptop has a USB-C or Thunderbolt port with the little DisplayPort or lightning symbol, use that with a USB-C to DisplayPort cable (or USB-C to USB-C if the monitor takes it). That's usually the fix. Updating the Intel graphics driver is worth doing too, but I wouldn't expect it to solve this on its own.
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