Hello,
I have a Precision M4800 with the FHD screen & nVIDIA Quadrop K1100M GPU. I wanted to find out the definitive answer about how many displays (external + mobile) I can use simultaneously and at what resolution. I'm coming from a Precision M4600 where I was limited to 2 simultaneous displays and I thought I'd read in my research that this M4800 system can handle more.
Specifically, I have a Dell 3007WFP display which as I understand it can handle a max resolution of 2560x1600, but only if using an active DVI-D Dual Link video adapter with a DVI-D Dual Link cable - otherwise it's 1920x1200, which I understand is the native resolution for my laptop display on the M4800. Since the M4800 doesn't have a DVI connector, I'm instead researching getting either an active DVI-D Dual Link to DisplayPort cable or a DVI-D Dual Link to HDMI cable, which I'm hoping would allow me to display to the 3007WFP at its max resolution of 2560x1600. Can anyone confirm or deny this, and whether the HDMI or DisplayPort is advisable for this? An active adapter/cable is a pricier thing than a passive one so I want to make sure I'm barking up the right tree.
Once I get this situation resolved for the 3007WFP connecting to my M4800, I'd like to know if it's possible for me to connect a second external display, the Alienware AW2310, which has a max resolution of 1920x1080, and in order to display it at max resolution, which connector is advisable (given that I'll have one in use already for the 3007WFP).
Thirdly, I'd like to know if I can also have the laptop display active while I would have these two monitors going - so effectively having 3 displays at their max resolution simultaneously. If the laptop display wouldn't be available, I'd like to know if I need to disable it somehow, and how to do that.
Lastly, if I had the 3007WFP and the AW2310 connected simultaneously, would it be possible to have a 3rd external display (perhaps off the VGA connector) connecting simultaneously?
Thanks for a reply.