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    3 monitors on XPS L702X, GT 555M 3G

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by terranmn, Jun 14, 2011.

  1. terranmn

    terranmn Newbie

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    3D, i7 2630m, 16g, GT 555M 3G,

    I have 2 external monitors(mini displayport & HDMI) that I'm wanting to use on my nVidia GT 555M 3GB video card, but when I try to use all three monitors in the nVidia control panel, it says " This GPU supports up to 2 displays". I just can't believe it. Even my old Satellite supports 3 monitors.

    Am i missing anything?
     
    terranmn, Jun 14, 2011
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    Ta10n Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nope.

    All current and past NVIDIA cards (that I know of) cap out at two simultaneous displays. Hence you need two cards in SLI to run stuff like NVIDIA Surround. It's a basic hardware limitation of the card.

    ATI on the other hand has supported up to SIX simultaneous displays since the 5000-series I believe. This level of multi-monitor support is the reason they came out with Eyefinity in the first place.

    So you're SOL unfortunately. I guess your Satellite had a fairly modern ATI card in it.
     
    Ta10n, Jun 15, 2011
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    Finally, I solved problem - USB monitor
    Samsung LD220 USB monitor 21.5"

    2 external monitors: mini displayport & USB or HDMI & USB

    The funny thing is I can't open nVidia control panel. However, I can adjust resolution via Windows control panel.
     
    terranmn, Jun 20, 2011
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