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Abilities of old (Intel) MacBook Pro to handle 4k external monitors
From Apple's documentation regarding the system's capabilities:
Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display
at millions of colors and:
Up to two displays with 5120-by-2880 ...
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Changing BIOS from PEG to IGD made it impossible to enter BIOS
Couple things:
Try using these procedures from your manual to clear the CMOS (just removing the battery would not clear CMOS on a modern MB)
Try using a raw VGA cable and monitor (not a digital ...
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Windows 11 freezes on boot screen after I install graphics drivers (multi-GPU setup on workstation motherboard)
After reinstalling Windows 11 completely several times, I noticed there is an erroneous "Microsoft Basic Display Adapter" in Device Manager, which turns out to be the built-in graphics on my ...
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Is it possible to use an external monitor with a laptop without the dedicated GPU?
Windows allows you to associate specific applications to specific GPUs. I am not aware of a way to tell Windows to associate an entire display to a specific GPU.
It has never been the case that the ...
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Can I leave a graphics card inserted but with power disconnected?
It's not advised because it means that the GPU itself will be in an undefined state.
The GPU itself draws power from both the PCIe slot as well as the PCIe power connector. These are two separate ...
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RTX 4090 into PCIe 5.0 x8 slot (Z790)
So basically, a RTX 4090 (PCIe 4) installed in a PCIe 5 slot will run at PCIe 4 speeds. If the slot is an x8 slot, it will run at PCIe 4 x8 - which is the same as PCIe 3 x16 in terms of speed. So, for ...
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Is a Ryzen 5000 series APU usable with NVIDIA GPUs?
tl;dr: Usually yes, with an appropriate BIOS setting.
Since this is an old question, I suppose that you figured it out by now; but I'm going to answer just in case other folks wonder the same thing - ...
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Is it safe to connect only 2 PCIe 8-pin power connectors to triple PCIe 8-pin to 12VHPWR adapter?
The PCI-E 6+2 pin cables are rated for 150 Watt each (12V x 12.5A = 150W). So in your case it is able to go to 300 Watts (GPU alone). If your power supply is a good unit from a reliable brand and ...
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How can I detect the model of my graphics card?
If you lookup the vendor/dev using https://superuser.com/a/619427/39364 or https://superuser.com/a/184804/39364 then google that or look it up, it will show you the exact model, with generic drivers ...
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