esca Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 I have an alienware m17 r4 with a dell 680m and just got my third monitor for xmas and was wondering if its possible to run three monitors in surround?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krashkource Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Not that I know of. Most laptop video cards only support up to two monitors maybe possible with different firmware/drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 @esca: You mean three external monitors or internal plus two external? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esca Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 @svl7, i want to run 3 external monitors as one. I have 3 video outs on the m17 and was hoping to do some surround gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krashkource Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I just checked this on my GT70 with a the nVidia 680m and I am unable to go beyond two monitors. It may work with modified drivers/firmware like I said but stock on mine at least was not possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steepgnomeking Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Would the internal monitor +2 external look good for gaming? Do they even sell 17.3" monitors at 1080p or would 20" monitors look ok with a laptop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bn880 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 steepgnomeking, if your laptop would support it, you could perhaps use the built in screen as a Left or Right monitor, missing a bit of the top of the image if you use larger center monitor. having it in the center is ok too with two other monitors on sides but you're dealing with a pretty small vertical area then. Anyway, with laptops the problem is not that you have to use 2 external + 1 internal versus 3 external, it's that you can't have more than 2 displays active on the main GPU whether internal or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zayin101 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I was also curious if my 680M would be able to handle more than 2 external monitors.. I recently had 3 monitors set up working properly on a work Dell Latitude laptop but that was off a dock, and a weekend windows update somehow disabled it and we have been unable to figure out how to get it to work since... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbutch123 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 if you really want to try that, you might could use something like the Matrox Triple Head2go or some adapter like that... pretty much ties all your displays together into one super wide one... only with hardware instead of software like surround does. Otherwise you will have to export your monitor drivers and rename them.... uninstall your monitors and reinstall with the renamed drivers, and then reinstall your nvidia drivers. I have done this using the internal display and two other displays on my sager np8170, however it was not full hd because the monitors I used were older acer monitors at 1600x900. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuppo Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I guess even if you able to set tree monitor setup (wich is unlikely), the power, provided by 680m would not be enough for gaming. By the way, on latest CES 2013 MSI showed 3 monitor setup based on infinity eye, and msi gt series laptop cool stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esca Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Zuppo. Your telling me. That if it was possible to run three monitors at the same time, the 680m wouldnt handle it. I have a hard time believing that. Even if I dont flash the vbois. This card runs about the same as a 580 desktop card. Your telling me that a 580 couldnt run 3 monitors? An amd 6970 could and the 580 kicked that cards teeth in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuppo Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 That is only a matter of game you are running. Far cry 3 or max payne 3 of other high demanding games, it runs quiet well on single monitor with 580. But running 3 monitor with 4xmsaa 1920*1080? That is only a matter of game settings and game itself you are running. Sometimes even 680 desctop card would have a hard times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esca Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 But then your getting into driver support. And if your going that route it wont matter if your running a 990 super gtx ultra mega graphics card, Its going to be game dependant and not so much power dependant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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