Two monitors on an AMD ASUS A68HM PLUS Socket FM+ motherboard

[Mel_P]

hello,

This m/board has built in DVI And HDMI outputs on the on board graphics processor. I have only ever used 1 monitor.

I have given this to my daughter and she says she needs 2 monitors when she works at home - for viewing spreadsheets, documents at the same time. Can I just plug 2 monitors into these sockets or do I need to buy a pci express graphics card with provision for connecting (say) 2 x DVI monitors at the same time.

Thanks, Mel

 

[BaroUK2]

Which cpu do you have as graphic processor is in cpu itself not the motherboard.

 

[Mel_P]

The processor is AMD A6 6400K A6 APU Black Edition
Clock Speed 3.90GHz
Graphics Chipset Integrated AMD RADEON HD 8470D

1 x DVI
1 x D sub
1 x HDMI

Can I just connect one monitor to the DVI (as now) and an additional one to the HDMI port?

 

[bsoltan]

According to the Asus page for the motherboard: https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/A68HMPLUS/specifications/ can support dual graphics depending on the CPU/discrete GPU.

Looking at your CPU: http://products.amd.com/en-us/search/APU/AMD-A-Series-Processors/AMD-A6-Series-APU-for-Desktops/A6-6400K-with-Radeon™-HD-8470D/44 it says Dual Graphics = No.

If you have the monitors and cables it wouldn't hurt to try in case a bios/driver update has changed it.

 

[BaroUK2]

I think dual graphics as in crossfire support which is a no. I believe dvi + D sub or hdmi + d sub might work,from past experience hdmi and dvi are both digital using same connector or resource in graphic processor so we could only use one port between those two.

 

[Mel_P]

Can I buy a graphics card with output for 2 monitors and put this in the PCI-Express slot and run 2 monitors that way - bypassing the on-board graphics capability?

Or buy a graphics board with one DVI output and plug one monitor into the on-board DVI outlet and the other into the graphics board outlet? Or does installing a graphics board disable the on board graphics?

Thanks.

 

[Orcvader]

That APU + motherboard can run two monitors fine. No need to spend the extra on a discrete GPU.

 

[Mel_P]

That APU + motherboard can run two monitors fine. No need to spend the extra on a discrete GPU.

Thanks - is that from personal experience? Or some other info I / others have failed to find? Anyway I will take my small TV which has HDMI and VGA input to try with the existing DVI monitor next time I go to my Daughter's.

 

[Orcvader]

From experience. All APUs/IGPs I've seen so far can run a minimum of two monitors. I had an older A6 APU that could do dual monitors with no issues.

 

[Mel_P]

Thanks.

 

[Mel_P]

What graphics board would I need for 3 monitors please?