2 Monitors 1 PC

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What graphics card do you have or what motherboard if using onboard graphics?

What monitors are you using and what connections do they have?
 
GTX 560ti
p8z68-v
obviously not using onboard graphics
and the monitors are
Asus VS247H 24" Widescreen LED Monitor
they have 1 hdmi slot
 
The monitors also have DVI-D and VGA connectors.

You can connect both monitors using DVI-D cables or one monitor with a DVI-D cable and the other with a HDMI cable or both with HDMI if you use a DVI to HDMI adapter.
 
Don't think there will be any quality difference. Isn't the only difference like HDMI transfers sound as well?
 
lewis2701 said:
i know the motherboard has a hdmi slot but will that only use the onboard graphics card or will it use the gtx ?
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It will use the onboard graphics unless you set up LucidLogix which sort of feeds the graphics card output through the motherboard.

That doesn't help you though because I don't believe you can use the GPU's outputs at the same time.

The simplest option to avoid DVI/HDMI and miniHDMI adapters etc. is to connect both monitors with DVI.

Two DVI cables like this will do you nicely.

Edit:

In fact the monitor specification says it comes with a DVI cable so you shouldn't need to do anything, just use the DVI cables in the box.

From the Asus website here:

Accessories

DVI cable
VGA cable
Power cord
Quick start guide
Warranty Card
 
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lewis2701 said:
and will there be no problems with my gtx 560ti using two monitors?
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You can use 2 no problem but that's the maximum.

If you were planning on playing games on 2 monitors have a think about it.

I don't think gaming on 2 monitors is supported very well and you would have the bezels right in the middle of your vision.
 
that's a really good point actually, so its either 3 monitors or 1 for gaming. i do a lot of video rendering and editing so that's why im after two monitors. is there a way i can use both for editing/general pc use and then switch it back to just the single monitor for when i game?
 
lewis2701 said:
that's a really good point actually, so its either 3 monitors or 1 for gaming. i do a lot of video rendering and editing so that's why im after two monitors. is there a way i can use both for editing/general pc use and then switch it back to just the single monitor for when i game?
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You can use both for general desktop usage and then just play games on one of them without any problem.

FYI using 3 screens with Nvidia requires 2 GPU's in SLI. You can't run 3 screens from a single Nvidia GPU.
 
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