Video Driver Controls
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Display Devices & Options
Note that you can use external displays connected to the HDMI-Out port and/or Mini
Display ports. See your display device manual to see which formats are supported.
Note the following when connecting multiple displays to your system.
• If the system is in either Discrete Mode or MSHybrid Mode, and you have
connected 3 external displays (for a total of 4 displays including the built-in
LCD panel), 2 displays will be in Clone mode, and the other 2 displays will be
in Extended mode.
• The system is in Discrete Mode, and is configured in Clone Mode, and you
have connected 3 external displays (for a total of 4 displays including the built-
in LCD panel).
The NVIDIA control panel will show all the displays supporting the highest
resolution of the attached displays (e.g. if two of the displays support a resolu-
tion of 1920 * 1080, and the other supports a resolution of 1920 * 1200, then the
control panel will show all the displays as 1920 * 1200).
This is just a case of the control panel defaulting to the highest resolution, how-
ever the actual resolution for each display will only be what it can really support.
Attaching Displays
When you first attach an
external display you
may find that the desk-
top does not occupy the
full screen area. Use ei-
ther the display’s auto
adjust/configure con-
trols, or the Intel(R) HD
Graphics Control Panel
to configure the full
screen display.