Chapter 2: Connect External Displays - Dell XPS 17 9720 Connection Manual

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
● If the internal display is enabled or
● On computers with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 discrete graphics card installed,
Direct Graphics Controller Direct Output Mode is
● 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
Intel UHD Graphics
(Integrated graphics)
e
Intel Iris X Graphics
(Integrated graphics)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Table 2. Display support (up to 8K/60 Hz)
Graphics card
Intel UHD Graphics
(Integrated graphics)
e
Intel Iris X Graphics
(Integrated graphics)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
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or discrete graphics.
disabled.
enabled.
Direct Graphics Controller
Direct Output Mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
Enabled
Direct Graphics Controller
Direct Output Mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Enabled
Supported external
displays with computer
internal display on
3
3
3
4
Supported external
displays with computer
internal display on
1
1
1
1
2
2
if the
Supported external
displays with computer
internal display off
4
4
4
4
Supported external
displays with computer
internal display off
2
2
2
2
2