# Framework 16 external displays **URL:** \ **Category:** Framework Laptop 16\ **Tags:** framework-laptop-16-amd-7040, graphics-module-amd-rx7700s\ **Created:** [September 11, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/framework-16-external-displays/75145 "2025-09-11T14:39:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@Guest253](https://community.frame.work/u/Guest253)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/framework-16-external-displays/75145/1 "2025-09-11T14:39:28Z")
I am wondering if i can get 5 monitors working with my framework 16 I am thinking of using this [Plugable Thunderbolt 4 Docking Station for 4K Quad Monitors, 100W Lapt ~ Plugable Technologies](https://plugable.com/products/tbt-6950pd) I currently have one that supports 3 monitors and i can get all 3 working with a 4 monitor set up. What i want to do is use the internal display as 1 monitor have 3 external displays as their own desktops and use the 4th external display as a mirror to one of the displays on my desk. Is that possible with something like this? I cannot quite find out about the mirroring side of this. the 3 current external displays that i have are all hdmi only. i currently use internal as monitor 1 monitor 2 and 3 have the desktops extended on them. and monitor 4 mirrors monitor 3. i want to add monitor 5 and have the desktop extend on to that one as well so 1, 2, 3/4, and 5 is what I am wanting to do. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/framework3/original/1X/64c81a89f963ddb07633887baceb642a4b056046.png) [@system](https://community.frame.work/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/framework-16-external-displays/75145/2 "2025-09-11T14:53:28Z")
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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/framework3/original/1X/64c81a89f963ddb07633887baceb642a4b056046.png) [@system](https://community.frame.work/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/framework-16-external-displays/75145/3 "2025-09-11T15:02:12Z")
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**Author:** ![Klay\_Hart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/klay_hart/32/22234_2.png) [@Klay\_Hart](https://community.frame.work/u/Klay_Hart)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/framework-16-external-displays/75145/4 "2025-09-11T15:34:02Z")
Here’s a post about external displays for reference: > [@So, how many external screens does the FW16 actually support?](https://community.frame.work/t/so-how-many-external-screens-does-the-fw16-actually-support/41962): > > Hello y’all! While waiting for my Batch 2 shipment I love to check out the product pages over and over again to not forget what I’ll soon have in my hands smile I noticed an inconsistency scrolling through the Specs and Modules info, or maybe I’m not understanding something correctly, or this is just the default text for all the FW-laptops. The diagram on the left shows 3 Display-outputs, but in the “Modules” section seen on the right it mentions up to 4 screens. Now I’m not sure if the lat… Looks like the iGPU can handle 4 and the dGPU can handle 4. So, you would need to connect at least one monitor to the dGPU (assuming you have a dGPU). ---
**Author:** ![Gmanny](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/gmanny/32/457_2.png) [@Gmanny](https://community.frame.work/u/Gmanny)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/framework-16-external-displays/75145/5 "2025-09-11T20:13:29Z")
Beware though that Plugable 4-monitor dock has two outputs that are DisplayLink, and they don’t take the computer’s GPU displays, they are their own displays in a sense. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/framework3/original/1X/64c81a89f963ddb07633887baceb642a4b056046.png) [@system](https://community.frame.work/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/framework-16-external-displays/75145/6 "2026-03-10T20:13:50Z")
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