Extending AND Duplicating Displays. Seek info!

[phrazer]

I have recently decided to attach my downstairs living room TV to my gaming rig that I have set up in my man space upstairs via HDMI/USB3.0 extension cables.

I currently have a ROG swift running off DP and a secondary monitor running via HDMI in the games room. I have my TV connected via DP to HDMI converter (my GTX980 has 3 DP's and 1 HDMI/DVI) and if I wanted to run the same screen on all 3 monitors there would be no issues...except I don't and this is where I'm seeking the knowledge of this great collective

I am looking to have the ROG swift as my main monitor, this must run of DP as I need the 144hz and 1440p which isn't supported via HDMI. I want the 2nd monitor in the games room to have an extended setup applied to it and I want the 3rd monitor (the TV downstairs) to clone the ROG swift.

As far as I am aware I cant use a splitter for this as the primary must run off DP and the TV HDMI.

Is there anyone out there with a solution to this? anyone know of any DP>DP+HDMI splitters? Any software that can be used that wont effect performance?

 

[phrazer]

Yes you guys understood correctly. Im going to investigate solutions futher tomorrow ( posting from phone atm ). Ill check out the w10 thing for sure and ill keep people updated if i manage to find anything. At the point of typing this an active display port splitter would appear to the most obvious choice if they exist.

On a side note if anyone cares, running hdmi and usb 3.0 cables with active capabilities is so far proving super effective in providing a hardcore gaming experience all over the house. If u can run cables through floors or ceilings like i have i would thoroughly recommend it.

 

[phrazer]

I may be missing the point but this doesn't sound complicated.

Main monitor: Dp connected to your main monitor(monitor1)
Hdmi port on the cars itself: Games room(monitor2)
Dp-hdmi adapter: Tv(monitor 3)

Then in windows display settings:
Set monitor1 as main
Set monitor 2 as "extend desktop to this monitor"
Set monitor 3 as "duplicate monitor 1.

In windows 10 these are options and I'm sure its in other windows versions as well.

If for some reason default windows settings don't work, maybe try ultramon.

Taken from the landing page of ultramon:

Ultramon doesnt support the outcome i require( have used ultramon for years) and the settings you have suggested that are native in w10 simply dont exist.

I have found that i can buy a dp splitter then most likely attatch a dp to hdmi converter to connect to the splitter this would let me use my rog swift and the tv at the same time in theory. The question is how much of DP bandwidth is consumed transmitting 1440p at 144hz? Will i experience degredation on any of the displays?