Dual Monitor setup - dumb question!

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My PC has a GA-F2Z85XM motherboard which has a DVI-D port supporting up to 2560 x 1600.

I already have an Eizo S2242W 1920 x 1200 monitor and I'm getting a Dell U2412M 1920 x 1200 monitor to use alongside it.

Both monitors have DIV connectors with all the pins - at least I know the Eizo does as I looked, and the photo of the one I'm getting has one as well.

However I have no idea what I need to do to connect both of them! Get a DVI-splitter / dual link cable? Add another video card? Baffled! Unfortunately the new monitor doesn't have an HDMI port, though I do have a DVI-HDMI converter so that's another possibility.
 
Use the HDMI to DVI converter. A DVI splitter only spilts the signals in two, so the PC will only see one monitor.
 
If you're using on-board video and there is only one output, then your only option (unless you want both monitors to show the same thing) is to buy a video card which has more than one output.
 
The mobo has three outputs - VGA, DVI & HDMI.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4383#ov

APU with integrated AMD Radeon™ HD 8000/7000 series graphics:

* To use the onboard graphics ports, you must install an AMD APU with integrated graphics.

1. 1 x D-Sub port

2. 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 2560x1600
* Support for 2560x1600 resolution requires both a monitor and cable that support Dual Link DVI.
* The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.​

3. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200
Click to expand...
 
You could get a HDMI to DVI cable to connect one of the monitors to the HDMI port on your mobo, although the Dell should come with a VGA cable so you could just use that.
 
Personally I always try and use the same variety of cable connection as much as possible.

As you have already got DVDI-DVI working, I would use the HDMI - DVI converter and use a second DVI-DVI cable to your 2nd /new display
 
The Dell will come with a DVI-DVI cable and I plan using that with the HDMI-DVI adapter. No way will I use a VGA cable - the display quality on my Eizo using VGA is awful, there's not point in paying good money for a good monitor and hobbling it.
 
Oh dear. I can't use the DVI/HDMI adapter I have as it's too wide - the HDMI port is beside the DVI one, not above or below it. :mad:

If I put it at the other end - plugged into the monitor - I would need a male / female HDMI cable. Is that the best solution? It's the one that would lead to the fewest bits & pieces used to connect things.

Or, since the screen has a DisplayPort socket, is there a better solution?

For example, this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-018-OK&groupid=1929&catid=1753
 
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