Question Is it possible to connect an external display to the discrete GPU of a laptop that doesn't have a MUX switch?

[Zer0mus]

I have an HP Pavilion Gaming laptop with an RTX 3050 inside. The laptop doesn't have a MUX switch so it always uses Optimus. I'm looking to buy a monitor and I am curious on whether I can make it connect directly to my discrete GPU. I want to get GSync or any other form of variable refresh rate to work because I want to eliminate these constant little stutters that vsync cause. Apparently this requires connecting the display to the Nvidia graphics card. Also apparenly bypassing Optimus can improve performance by around 11% (according to Nvidia at their blog post about advanced Optimus) as the rendered frames isn't relayed first to the integrated GPU. So, can I make an external monitor bypass the iGPU and directly connect to the RTX 3050? Thanks in advance.

 

[Lutfij]

Please pass on the SKU/model to your HP Gaming Laptop. Chances are the answer to your questions are all going to be no, since your laptop isn't exactly mid tier or high end. Might want to share a screenshot of what you see in Nvidia's control panel. A screenshot in Device Manager>Display Adapters.

You could disable the iGPU while you're on an external panel.

 

[Zer0mus]

Please pass on the SKU/model to your HP Gaming Laptop. Chances are the answer to your questions are all going to be no, since your laptop isn't exactly mid tier or high end. Might want to share a screenshot of what you see in Nvidia's control panel.

The laptop in question is an HP Pavilion 15-dk2002TX Gaming Laptop . As said earlier, the laptop is always working on Optimus because there's no MUX switch, so there's no display settings to be found in Nvidia control panel... Some sources seem to say that you don't need one to connect an external display to the dGPU though, seems like you just need to connect the monitor via displayport alt mode. Is this correct?