How to connect a monitor to a discrete rather than an integrated laptop video card?

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muwin2014-10-05 23:27:43

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muwin, 2014-10-05 23:27:43

There is a laptop with 2 graphics cards Intel HD Graphics 4000 (integrated) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M (discrete). You need to connect 2 external monitors to your laptop. Of course, the built-in video card will not pull this, only one external monitor works at most. Therefore, if possible, I would like to somehow use the GTX 660M to display an image, maybe one monitor, can put everything on its shoulders) ... but duplication will not work, you need to scatter different information on all three screens (along with a laptop) .
Unfortunately, Nvidia Optimus leaves the image output entirely to the integrated graphics, nvidia is only for serious software. In the NVIDIA Control Panel, choosing a preferred GPU only affects which GPU will run installed programs by default... and that's it. Is there any way to fix this? Maybe for Nvidia some other drivers or software to put? Or can something be changed through the bios? I am a layman in all this, so I would be incredibly grateful for the help.

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Sali_cat, 2014-10-05
@Sali_cat

Do not do nonsense, even the integrated graphics will not pull. All together can not work! + Integrated graphics will immediately take a gig of RAM for itself and part of the processor's power. If it was an ordinary PC, then you can be smarter .. otherwise, it’s better not to. Split laptop. It has a well sized power supply.

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Nazar Mokrinsky, 2014-10-06
@nazarpc

No, the ports for monitors are connected to the integrated one; So only a usb video card will help you, nothing else.
By the way, at the expense of "Of course, the built-in video card will not pull this" I would bet you tried it? If not - try, maybe pull.

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386DX, 2014-10-05
@386DX

Find the instructions for your bios in the hum,
buy an external USB or minipci-e! card

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GavriKos, 2014-10-06
@GavriKos

https://yadi.sk/i/844P1TJ6bqSCD - don't you have this in your settings? Plus, look for a switch either in the BIOS or hardware. Right on the laptop case, I switch the type of video card used. It is not possible to check 2 monitors (external), but 1 external + laptop works without problems with any video card.