Changing the Display Setting to Support Two or More Monitors
After connecting the additional displays you will need to enable them in the video driver software. The exact steps to do this vary by video card and installed driver revision, however, in most cases this can be done via the video card’s Control Panel applet (NVIDIA Control Panel or ATI Catalyst Control Center). See the Help files for these applets for full instructions and options.
NOTE: When connecting additional display(s) to a video solution that includes multiple video cards, the added displays will be blank until
NVIDIA SLI and ATI Crossfire Technologies
Your computer supports up to three PCIe graphics cards. Two or more identical graphic cards can be configured to enable NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) or ATI Crossfire technologies. Doing so can increase gaming and 3D application performance.
Detailed information about the benefits of using these technologies can be found on the NVIDIA and ATI web sites respectively.
If you selected a
If you are upgrading from a single card configuration to a dual card configuration, you will need to purchase the appropriate hardware "bridge" to link the cards. If you are upgrading from a dual card configuration to a triple card configuration, you will need to replace the existing dual card bridge with the appropriate three card bridge to link the cards.
Enabling NVIDIA SLI Technology (XPS 730 Only)
Supporting SLI requires two or more identical NVIDIA
Enabling NVIDIA SLI technology is done via the NVIDIA Control Panel applet found in the Windows Control Panel. After opening the applet, select the Set SLI Configuration option. Choose the Enable SLI technology option to enable SLI.
NOTE: SLI configurations only support a single display. When enabling SLI technology, any additional displays will be disabled.
System Configuration
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