Dell XPS 17 9720 External Display Connection Guide - Page 6

Connect external displays, Graphics card, Direct Graphics Controller, Direct Output Mode

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2 Connect external displays You can connect up to four external displays to the Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports on your computer. The number of displays supported depends on the following: ● Whether you're using integrated graphics or discrete graphics. ● If the internal display is enabled or disabled. ● On computers with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 discrete graphics card installed, if the Direct Graphics Controller Direct Output Mode is enabled. ● Your docking station may also limit the number of supported external displays. Check the documentation that came with your docking station for details. The following table summarizes the number of supported external displays: Table 1. Display support (up to 4K/60 Hz) Graphics card Direct Graphics Controller Supported external Direct Output Mode displays with computer internal display on Supported external displays with computer internal display off Intel UHD Graphics N/A 3 4 (Integrated graphics) Intel Iris Xe Graphics N/A 3 4 (Integrated graphics) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 N/A 3 4 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Enabled 4 4 Table 2. Display support (up to 8K/60 Hz) Graphics card Direct Graphics Controller Supported external Direct Output Mode displays with computer internal display on Intel UHD Graphics N/A 1 (Integrated graphics) Intel Iris Xe Graphics N/A 1 (Integrated graphics) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 N/A 1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 N/A 1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Enabled 2 Supported external displays with computer internal display off 2 2 2 2 2 6 Connect external displays

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You can connect up to four external displays to the Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports on your computer.
The number of displays supported depends on the following:
Whether you're using
integrated graphics
or
discrete graphics
.
If the internal display is enabled or disabled
.
On computers with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 discrete graphics card installed,
if the
Direct Graphics Controller Direct Output Mode is enabled
.
Your docking station may also limit the number of supported external displays. Check the documentation that came with your
docking station for details.
The following table summarizes the number of supported external displays:
Table 1. Display support (up to 4K/60 Hz)
Graphics card
Direct Graphics Controller
Direct Output Mode
Supported external
displays with computer
internal display on
Supported external
displays with computer
internal display off
Intel UHD Graphics
(Integrated graphics)
N/A
3
4
Intel Iris X
e
Graphics
(Integrated graphics)
N/A
3
4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
N/A
3
4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Enabled
4
4
Table 2. Display support (up to 8K/60 Hz)
Graphics card
Direct Graphics Controller
Direct Output Mode
Supported external
displays with computer
internal display on
Supported external
displays with computer
internal display off
Intel UHD Graphics
(Integrated graphics)
N/A
1
2
Intel Iris X
e
Graphics
(Integrated graphics)
N/A
1
2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
N/A
1
2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
N/A
1
2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Enabled
2
2
2
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