Satellite L500-1WP - Higher screen resolution than HD?

Good day!
I use Toshiba Satellite L500-1WP. I have bought a new monitor Dell U2711 with max resolution 2560x1440. I tryed to connect this monitor to my computer using HDMI cable, the video card identifies that monitor as an HD TV and makes max. resolution possible 1920x1080.
Is it possible to make theese 2 work together with the resolution I need (2560x1440), or I should buy a new computer with DVI port?

Hi buddy,
You should check the user manual There I founded an information that the computer can display up to 2048 horizontal and 1536 vertical pixels at up to 16M colors.
So for me it sounds like you cant use the native screen resolution of your external monitor but normally 1080p should be good enough. :)

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> {quote:title=Eldorado wrote:}{quote}
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