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    Dual external monitor on xps 1640?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by wolfer91, Apr 13, 2012.

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    wolfer91 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I know it's possible to hook up two external monitors via hdmi and vga, but is it possible to hook one up through hdmi and the other through displayport and have them work fine and smoothly? I'm worried that my video card won't be able to handle that much bandwidth, especially since I want to display both screens at 1920x1080. My video card is an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670. Thanks.
     
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Obviously if you want to game at 2x 1080p, your GPU will be a bottleneck, but for everyday work, the 3670 will be fine. If there is an issue with HDMI/DP setup, it won't be an issue with the GPU, but how the ports are configured, etc.
     
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    Right now I have one monitor plugged in via hdmi at 1080p, and I can play WoW on one screen while watching a movie or streaming a video online on the other. Will I still be able to do that with the hdmi/dp setup?
     
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