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Nevermore www.youtube.com/AlphaKitGaming Resident Neo since: Dec 2005	Jan 20, 13 at 1:45pm ^ 2 Monitors, 2 different graphics cards?
	Log in to remove this advertisement Hi there, I'm rather useless at PCs and understanding how things work so any information I can get will be awesome. I have a gaming PC that has a graphics card designed for gaming and high end nonsense but it only has 1 slot for a monitor to go. The on board graphics card has a port too but is it possible to use both and if I use the on board one as well if I play a game will I only be able to use my main one? I only want a second monitor for when I'm working on multiple things and when doing streams as quite a few games on windowed mode have certain sizes and I'd rather have a full screen but I need to see the chat and other things I have running. So is this setup possible? If so, how hard is it to setup and how does the 2nd monitor react to the stuff designed for the 1st like mentioned earlier in the post? As said, any info would be excellent. I just don't want to fork out a load of money for something that won't work. Thanks. ------------------- [Live Stream\|PSN: ViolatedMinds]
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The Slayer moderator Audiophiles, Audiolovers, Audio junkies Computer Hardware & Overclocking Motherboards & CPUs Video Cards and Monitors total posts: 12380 since: May 2003	Jan 20, 13 at 9:05pm ^ re: 2 Monitors, 2 different graphics cards?
	I think on certain AMD setups you can use both onboard video and graphics cards for outputs, but the majority of cases its one or the other, not both. What graphics card do you have? I find it odd how it only has one video output as the majority of dedicated video cards have at least two. Most onboard video have two outputs now. If you already have 2 monitors, you can try hooking the second one up and seeing if you can get windows to recognize it. You may have to restart the computer too. I think your best bet would be to upgrade video cards. Any of these cards should work, assuming your computer has a PCIe X16 port in it. -------------------
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Nevermore www.youtube.com/AlphaKitGaming Resident Neo since: Dec 2005	Jan 21, 13 at 5:20am ^ re: 2 Monitors, 2 different graphics cards?
	I have a vtx3d ati radeon 7770 graphics card, it has an HDMI output on it too which I have to use for now that goes to my TV instead. Ideally if this is my only way around it I'd need a monitor with an HDMI input but looking around last night for an 18.5" monitor with HDMI was roughly £1,600 and I don't have the money for that nor am willing to spend anything more than £150 on a monitor. ------------------- [Live Stream\|PSN: ViolatedMinds]
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