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The Surface Pro 3 also received a warm response from consumers, unlike the original Surface lineup which ended up costing the software giant a hefty loss.

Enjoy if you are going to set up one similar to mine.Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 recently made Time Magazine's list of 25 best inventions of 2014 and rightfully so, Microsoft's tablet device is quite amazing. It is small, lightweight, and portable, so you can carry it with you anywhere you want. Or, if you leave the Surface screen as the default main display, the font on the two external low screen resolution monitors would be way too big. And then arrange the screen as follows.īecause the Surface screen has much higher screen resolution than 2 external monitors, it’s important to set one of the external monitors as the main display so that Windows can identify that there are external monitors connected and then set up the right text DPI accordingly. Right-click the empty space on the desktop and go to Screen Resolution. Once the driver is installed correctly, next step is to set up the screen arrangement.

Windows will try to find the latest driver from Internet and install it automatically. If not, go to Device Manager, and update the driver for the new installed device from Other devices section. When it first boots in Windows 8.1, it will automatically install the USB 3.0 Video adapter driver.

USB 3.0 DVI Video Adapter – Plugable from Amazon.

Mini Display Port to DVI Video Adapter – from Amazon.

Surface Pro 3 Docking Station – from Microsoft Store or Amazon.

Here is what I set up today for a colleague who wants a dual-monitor setup along with the Surface screen sitting underneath as the 3rd monitor. The design, the quality, the reliability, and the way to set everything up, it just feels right when putting everything together. It’s still the best docking option for Surface Pro. It would be a lot easier if Surface Pro 3 Docking Station comes with 2 video outputs out of the box but that doesn’t mean you should look elsewhere for other options like those USB 3.0 powered docks.