Intel HD 4000 Graphics, 3 Monitors not working

[Valiant91]

Currently I am trying to get three displays running with my laptop. I'm trying to run the laptop display itself, a smaller HP monitor on VGA, and a BenQ on HDMI. However, I run into the issue of not being able to run more than two displays at a time.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

While Intel claims their HD 4000 can support 3 simultaneous outputs, that's only possible when using 2 pixel clocks. This is because they only included 2 pixel clocks in the chipset. Display Port can support the sharing of pixel clocks, otherwise you're going to have to supply matching displays for the setup.

 

[Valiant91]

Unfortunately the motherboard on this laptop only has VGA and HDMI out. Is is possible with an HDMI splitter and similar monitor to have three different displays?

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

You may be able to finagle something with your HD 4000, but I think it would be far less hassle to simply use a USB graphics adapter such as this for one of your screens: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1PU17B7539

You won't get high performance, but I suspect screen space is more your priority than playing games.