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Multiple monitor setup Dell

Hello!

I have a Dell U2717D monitor running at 2560x1440p and recently bought another one, so that makes 2 U2717D. I have at home a Dell Optiplex 7050M ( i5-6100T 3.20 GHz + 8 GB RAM + SSD 256 + Intel® HD Graphics 530) it has the folowing ports 1 Display Port and 1 HDMI. I also have a third 23 inch Dell monitor. So my question is...

Is it possible to daisy chain the two U2717D and connect them to the optiplex using the Displayport and also connect this 3rd 23inch monitor usind HDMI making a total of 3 monitors setup? Will this system be able to handle those screens?

I would like two monitors running at 1440p and the smaller just at 1080p for report writing.

thank you for the support

Iamthecreator

The Intel HD 530 supports upto 3 monitors. Your limitation is the number of ports. Daisy-chaining of monitors of different size and resolution is also possible using the display port.
Daisy chain-able monitors (Display port version 1.2) have 2 display ports, one for input and the other for output.

Driving Multiple Displays from a Single DisplayPort Output

Pedro Guedes

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The U2717D are Daisy-chain(able) for fact. The smaller one, is not. Will the system recognize displayport (with 2 monitors) and hdmi (with 1) at the same time?

Pedro Guedes

ASKER

And also, will this setup be usable? or will it hang by lack of RAM or GPU?

Iamthecreator

The GPU does support 3 monitors. I believe you should not have any issues. I have not tested this kind of setup.

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