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    T520 multiple displays question

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by forgetcolor, Apr 18, 2012.

  1. forgetcolor

    forgetcolor Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a T520 with the integrated gfx. I was hoping I could drive two full HD displays (1920x1080) with this thing. One over the displayport, the other from VGA. I can't seem to get that working. Displayport works fine, but the VGA port, even when used by itself, doesn't seem to drive anything but 1024x768.

    Can I get more than 1024x768 out of the VGA port? Is there any way to drive two 1920x1080 displays (w/o buying a PCIe card or the ultradock 3?).

    thx
     
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    edit1754 Notebook Prophet

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    Do you have the discrete NVIDIA 4200M GPU or do you have the Integrated Intel HD 3000 GPU?
     
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    Nvidia discrete gfx. From the nvidia control panel, it appears that the displayport output is coming from the nvidia, while the vga comes from the HD3000.
     
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