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    Two external monitors

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by soup006, Feb 1, 2013.

  1. soup006

    soup006 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey I just bought a M17XR4 with the 7970M and was wondering how I go about using two external monitors with it? I don't plan on using the built in LCD panel when using the two external monitors. My monitors only have dvi/vga inputs so I am hoping there is a way to make it work. Can I use the VGA out and get a display port to dvi adapter? I want to have an extended monitor setup with the two.

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    Yes that sounds fine. If it's just a 1080p monitor then a passive adapter will work for the display port.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 1, 2013
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    Yes it is just a 1080p monitor. Thanks so much!
     
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    Not a problem, if you do have any issues let us know, but mostly it's people wanting to run very high resolution or refresh rate monitors or more than 2 that need to be wary.
     
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