On 29 November 2015 at 15:48, Shachar Shemesh <shac...@shemesh.biz> wrote:
> On 29/11/2015 11:05, Omer Zak wrote: > > - Ability to connect 2-3 external displays (possibly via a docking > station). > > May I ask why? Do you plan to connect the internal monitor + 3 external > monitors simultaneously? > > You need to be aware that even if there are so many ports (and my > laptop+dock does have that many ports), it does not mean you can actually > use all of them at the same time. That is a function of several factors, > GPU memory being possibly just one of which. A laptop with a very high end > graphics adapter (which is what you are implicitly asking here) would be > very expensive. > Regarding multiple external displays, the display port 1.2 standard supports 'multi-stream'. This means that some monitors allow 'daisy-chaining', and there are also monitor hubs available [1], so there is no 1:1 mapping between ports and monitors. Of-course your graphics card has to support it, and the bandwidth is limited (up to 4 1080p displays for example)[2], and Shachar's comments about GPU memory and capabilities are correct, but it should work (in Linux kernels >= 3.17 ) Yaron [1] http://www.startech.com/AV/Displayport-Converters/Triple-Head-DisplayPort-Multi-Monitor-MST-Hub~MSTDP123DP [2] http://www.displayport.org/cables/driving-multiple-displays-from-a-single-displayport-output/
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