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Too many monitors...

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Hi all

I have a dual purpose PC which is about to be turned into a triple purpose PC and have an issue with monitors... any ideas would be appreciated...

My current setup consists of an EVGA nVidia RTX 2070 Super with 3 displayports, 1 hdmi and a usb-c output.

Connected to this setup I have:
1x HDMI Amp/TV for media viewing and the occasional "sofa" game with friends
2x Displayport to a dual desk setup consisting of 2x 27" monitors for work. One of the monitors is also used for games such as WoW etc and is the 27LG850 144hz LG. The other is a basic Dell 60hz.

The above works fine... however I'm about to add 3x 27" Asus/LG Displayport FHD 144hz monitors for a sim racing rig. Short of disconnecting the "desk" monitors and connecting these every time I want to use the sim racing rig, what can I do?

If I add a cheap second graphics card would I be able to leverage the 2070's power, g-sync and 144hz?
 
So the game can't use a different GPU to process and simply display the image via the cheap GPU?

I considered the splitter route but it still comes out to around 60 quid and its a quite an "ugly" solution I thought..
 
I'm just trying to do the best with the space I have...To be honest I'm not very happy with what the room will look like but the alternative would be giving up on the sim rig and after a couple of years saving for it I really don't want to! :)
  • I have a desk with the monitors on it for working / the occasional WOW/FPS game.
  • I have a sofa to the side with the TV for the TV eps / movies etc.
  • I will have the sim rig in a corner of the room for, well, sim racing only.
As these are all in the same room it seems to me that the most practical way of doing things is in fact using one PC. Buying a second PC seems like a waste of money and a complication of matters.. @Jimmy Weirdarms got it right - I'll only be doing one activity at a time.
 
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