mike_L99
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:54 AM
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I have one monitor connected to the DVI cable. I am getting a second monitor. What cable connection on the GTX 780 do I use for the second monitor?
Thanks
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Re: How to connect dual monitorson 780
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:06 PM
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What type of connections do you have on the second monitor?
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mike_L99
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Re: How to connect dual monitorson 780
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:12 PM
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VGA/DVI/HDMI
The same ones are on the existing monitor
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Re: How to connect dual monitorson 780
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:35 PM
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Then you would use HDMI since the 780 also has a HDMI connection.
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Re: How to connect dual monitorson 780
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:42 PM
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Thank you very much. Really appreciate your help.
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Re: How to connect dual monitorson 780
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 2:15 PM
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You can use any connection you like with your second monitor though I would avoid the vga as Digital > Analog
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Re: How to connect dual monitorson 780
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 6:43 PM
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I ordered a HDMI cable with the monitor.
I read somewhere on the web that the second monitor will decrease the FPS considerably. I have the GTX 780 with a Intel 3930 with 15 gb RAM and am playing my game on an SSD drive. Do you think I will experience that decrease?
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Re: How to connect dual monitorson 780
Thursday, May 01, 2014 3:55 AM
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Yes, it will make the FPS drop, i am unsure about how much, when adding a second monitor you having to "render" twice as much screen information.
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Re: How to connect dual monitorson 780
Saturday, May 03, 2014 8:07 PM
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Depends on what your purpose is for the second monitor. If you are planning on gaming across the two monitors then yes, it can have a significant impact on fps depending on your gfx settings.
If you are just using the second monitor for extra workspace and will be gaming only on one monitor, the fps drop will be too insignificant to measure.
I have 4 monitors set up but only use the primary for gaming.
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Re: How to connect dual monitorson 780
Saturday, May 03, 2014 9:19 PM
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xkarnage
Depends on what your purpose is for the second monitor. If you are planning on gaming across the two monitors then yes, it can have a significant impact on fps depending on your gfx settings.
If you are just using the second monitor for extra workspace and will be gaming only on one monitor, the fps drop will be too insignificant to measure.
I have 4 monitors set up but only use the primary for gaming.
+1. Gaming on just the primary won't make a difference with another display for monitoring, etc...
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