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    HP Envy 14 - How many external monitors can I run and with what parts?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Hemi, Jul 13, 2012.

  1. Hemi

    Hemi Notebook Consultant

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    I have one of the original Envy 14 laptops with the ATI video card and eyefinity. I do a lot of programming for my major in school right now and the 14.5" isn't really cutting it anymore. Can I only run two monitors or can I run three?

    Thanks!
     
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    I don't recall if the ENVY 14 had DisplayPort, but you'd need that to have two external monitors attached and drive three displays. It has more bandwidth/throughput than HDMI, you have Eyefinity which is good and natively supports 3 displays, but you'd also need to have DisplayPort. And following that of course, you'd need two external displays that have a DisplayPort port!
     
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    I'm not 100% sure but I always thought that you could drive 2 external monitors 1 through HDMI and 1 through mDP and your laptop monitor. That would be 3 in total but only 2 external.
     
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    This is what I have on my Envy 14... from left to right... it goes USB/eSATA--->HDMI--->Mini Display?---> RJ45
     
    Hemi, Jul 14, 2012
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