External Graphics adapter for laptop

gezus101

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Sep 25, 2013
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Is there any graphics adapter (USB) that uses the discrete graphics of a laptop?
I have an HP ENVY with a 4700MQ, 12 GB of ram and an Nvidia GT 745M. I want to run a dual screen setup and autoCAD on it, but there is only 1 HDMI output, no DisplayPort. I have an EVGA UV+ 39 hooked up right now, but I've been told that using it disables the discrete graphics card and forces the HD 4600 to kick in. Is there a graphics adapter that won't do this?
It doesn't have an external PCI-E slot.