External Display Connection Guide

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 NVIDIA RTX A3000 or NVIDIA RTX A2000 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 RTX A2000 N/A 3 4
NVIDIA RTX A3000 N/A 3 4
NVIDIA RTX A3000 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 RTX A2000 N/A 1 2
NVIDIA RTX A3000 N/A 1 2
NVIDIA RTX A3000 Enabled 2 2
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