Achieve 4K resolution with a gaming laptop in 4K TV?

[Frost]

So i have an ASUS ROG Notebook with a GTX 1050 4GB inside and a 4K SmartTV.. sometimes i'm playing on my SmartTV to just chill.. but the problem is my laptop/notebook's max resolution is 1080p.. and even after connecting it to the SmartTV my resolution still in 1080p.. don't get me wrong though.. it doesn't look too blurry but it doesn't showing a real 4K resolution..

it's not a big deal but if it is possible to do.. how do i change the resolution to 4K?

And i do know GTX 1050 won't run modern games in 4K.. but at least it can run Ori and The Blind Forest or maybe Tomb Raider 2013 in 4K right?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

The HDMI on the Laptop would need to be HDMI 2.0 or 2.1
Same goes for the HDMI Cable and the Port on the TV

Since it is OEM system; wipe out all Drivers and redo them fresh with the latest from the chipset makers; Chipset, GPU, Audio, LAN, WiFi, USB 3.x, etc.

[Frost]

Originally posted by Bad_Motha:

The HDMI on the Laptop would need to be HDMI 2.0 or 2.1
Same goes for the HDMI Cable and the Port on the TV

the problem is i don't know what my laptop and the TV's HDMI type :/

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You look at the specs; very simple.

The laptop should tell in the specs what each port is.
Same goes for the TV.

4K TV may have many HDMI, but usually only one of them is 2.x
But again, the HDMI cable has to be newer and support 4K (2160p/60Hz)

[tacoshy]

To be exact you need a HDMI 2.0b (not 2.0/2.0a) cable and ports. I'm not sure that you're laptop gaming port supports it as the GTX 1050 was not intended for it. Also cable is quite important.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

What you mean not intended for it? Doesn't matter if its even a GTX 8xx or 9xx; it can do 4K just fine. I did 4K on my GTX 580 and 680 desktop GPUs, no problems. Doesn't even stutter with actual 4K streaming videos and such.

The issue with Laptops is that those external ports, does not mean they will be driven by that dedicated GPU. Many laptops, the external ports will use only the onboard GPU.

Give us the full models for both TV and Laptop and we can see what both fully support.
But again your cables; if thats an older lower spec HDMI cable, 4K will not work.

For configuration of Displays, Res, Refresh; do all of this via NVIDIA Control Panel; never through the OS Display Settings. The only thing you might want to check via OS Display Settings is DPI size or scaling %; since Win10 loves to screw around and toss that back to 125%

[CursedPanther]

Assuming that the TC can accept 4K30fps, 1.4 is doable. It isn't like the 1050 can get anywhere near 60fps for that resolution right?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by CursedPanther:

Assuming that the TC can accept 4K30fps, 1.4 is doable. It isn't like the 1050 can get anywhere near 60fps for that resolution right?

No, not even close; maybe on some lower demanding games, like HL2, TF2, CSGO perhaps.

But hooking up to a 4K TV would be plentiful as a large scale Desktop accessory screen. It's one reason I got a 4K Monitor way back, even when I was using GTX 580 and then 680. Games was generally a no, but for Desktop, just fine. From a multi-Display stand-point, this saved me space, allowing 4x 1080p worth of content on a single display, while gaming at 1080p on a primary display.