Connecting 2 monitors to the new OMEN laptop

[Paul1975]

I want to connect 2 monitors to the new OMEN 15.6" laptop. My laptop has the NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti 4GB graphics card installed.

Can I simply plug one monitor into the HDMI port and another monitor into the USB Type-C port using a DisplayPort adaptor? Or do I need to buy some sort of dock?

Many thanks,

Paul.

[Photoray002]

Hello @Paul1975

The specs say that your USB-C port supports both USB 3.1 and DP 1.2, so you should be able to use a USB-C to DP cable/adaptor with no problem.

Hope that helps.

[Paul1975]

Thanks for the quick reply. I assume the graphics card can support the two monitors if using HDMI and USB-C at the same time?

[Photoray002]

As far as  I know, it will. I have not heard of any complaints. That card will support it.

I have an Omen 17 with both HDMI and Displayport, but have not tried two externals on it. I will test it this afternoon and reply back with results just to be certain before I say go for it.

[Photoray002 · Accepted solution]

Works.

I never had the need to do this, but I can confirm it will work now.

Mini DP and HDMI both connected to monitors and the laptop screen also working.

My model uses a GTX 1070 but the 1050ti will also support it.

Had to use a Mini to HDMI adapter, but that wont matter where you're concerned.

BTW I can also confirm the Mini DP to HDMI branded for Apple works on Windows also. A connector is a connector.

[Paul1975]

Great, many thanks for your help @Photoray002. And really appreciate the effort you've put in on my behalf in setting up your monitors 🙂

[Photoray002]

Your very welcome.