You are correct . . . no trailing letter designation should include UHD graphics. What CPU do you have in the XPS 8950?

Indeed, those specs are for my old Alienware Aurora PC, it failed to update my XPS Specs. However they are a core i7 12700 with and Nvidia 3060ti and 16 gigs of ddr5 RAM.

Secondly, I believe your are mistaken in the "K" reference the K refers to overclocking. F indicates there is no graphics capability and KF indicates no over clocking or graphics. Unless Dell has elected to remove the reference to F on their processors, I should have a UHD graphics.

Those specs are whack for an XPS 8950. Core i7-920 was launched in 2008.

If your CPU does not include "K" you will not have UHD graphics capability.

OMG Guys I am an (censored word). I had to plug a monitor into the onboard graphics. Is there a way to run a virtual monitor so that I don't have to run two physical monitors to take advantage of the Quick sync encoding?

Trust me you are not the first to do this and certainly won't be the last. Sometimes the most obvious solutions seem like the least obvious.

I am done being ridiculous, just grabbed an extra cable and plugged both the nvidia card and the integrated graphics into my monitor and all works as it should. I feel a bit silly, but maybe the topic will help someone else.

Don't feel silly, I am sure this will help someone else. These threads come up all the time in Google searches. You have probably saved more than a few people from a frustrating situation.

Google was no help for me, so I came to you guys. Glad that I did too, it never occurred to me that, I'd have to connect a monitor to access the gpu on the cpu.

Basically trying to get Davinci Resolve to see the hardware encoders.

I have the nVidia 3070 installed... same error, except it tells me that "display connected to a disabled video connector" when I boot up with a monitor  connected to the internal GPU... funny, it actually tells me this on 2 monitors, one from the 3070 and one from the internal GPU, and fails to complete loading the OS. 

Updating to the latest bios firmware (v.1.26 as of March 2025) does nothing, I have no option for multimonitors in the bios even though I have a 12th gen Intel i9-12900K CPU.

Device Manager shows no additional hidden GPU after connecting a monitor to it after booting to Win 11.

Trying to install the latest intel GPU driver fails, doesn't see it.  Internal GPU monitor functions when you are in the bios, NO WAY to get it to work once the OS boots.

Man, what a bind... help please!

Addendum:

I removed the 3070 and the onboard Intel GPU kicked in and works fine AFTER installing the proper intel drivers... BUT the moment the system sees another GPU it (for some reason) disables the internal GPU and renders it invisible.  If I have the 3070 installed and plug in a monitor in to the DP soclet of the internal card, it takes over the system and gives me the error of "display connected to a disabled video connector" and freezes the system.

I did have this situation with a 2022 Bios and now with the latest BIOS available as of August 2025, nothing changes.

In the BIOS there is nothing about internal or external GPU selection or Multi-"anything".

**IS THERE** a way to make the internal Intel 770 GPU and 3070 be visible on this computer at the same time?  So far, nothing from above helped.

Thanks!