My 980Ti is doing POST/BIOS/Windows Loading on my secondary monitor (DVI), until it loads windows; while primary monitor is (and must be) connected to the DisplayPort (because of G-SYNCH).
This is annoying because it forces me to turn on the secondary monitor, even if I don't need it, to see the booting procedure, etc.
Also, I can't use my main monitor for non-windows operations (ie: linux boot, etc.).
How I can solve this? Should I burn this card after have spent 2 days trying to resolve the issue because none out there have thought that a person could use the DP as primary monitor port? (especially with the new monitors..).
 
Note: the monitor is already set as primary in Windows, and it works fine in Windows. I'm talking about the pre-OS screen, and no-Windows operations (before the OS is loaded).

Your NVIDIA card will boot up using the DVI monitor instead of Display Port. That is normal. There is no way to change it. It can't be "fixed" or "adjusted". It is an NVIDIA firmware behavior which all NVIDIA cards have. NVIDIA cards initialize their display outputs starting with VGA/S-Video (if available), DVI-D, DVI-I/DVI-D 2 (if available), HDMI (if available), and then Display Port (if available). The first monitor it detects in that progression will be the monitor which receives the boot-up image. No other monitor will display any information until the operating system finishes booting. There is nothing you can do to change that fact. If you are getting annoyed that you have to turn on the DVI-D monitor to see the bootup, it is clear that you don't use that monitor except on special occasions. Why not just disconnect that monitor to solve your issue?

The other alternative would be to get a Display Port to DVI adapter. (Display port being on the gpu side, of course).

Other than that, DVI comes first in the priority list and you can not change that.

 
As mentioned above
 
However the FAQ mentions:
 
"Monitor initialization can also be affected by the monitor's EDID, which will affect this order accordingly."
 
http://www.evga.com/support/faq/?f=59560
 
Question / IssueWhat's the priority for the ports on my GTX 900 series video card? 
Answer / SolutionIn general, for the GTX 980s and the GTX 970s with 3x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI, and 1x DVI, the priority is:
DVI > HDMI > Display Port (middle) > DisplayPort (upper) (nearest the top of the bracket) > DisplayPort (lower, nearest the bottom of the bracket).
In general, for the GTX 980s, 970s and 960s, or any card with 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, and 1x Displayport port configurations, the priority is:
DVI-I > DVI-D > HDMI > DisplayPort.
 
Monitor initialization can also be affected by the monitor's EDID, which will affect this order accordingly.
 
 

If it's that critical you could always go buy an AMD card and sell the Nvidia card.

If you are aiming for 1600p, why aren't you already using Display port on the monitor you have as a secondary?

Why would you even consider DVI?

That would be nice, but NVIDIA hasn't ever done it that way, so they probably never will. 
 
At least AMD is an option!

mamutarka
Hello, I know i'm bumping old topic,
 
I have my monitor connected via DVI, and my TV connected via HDMI. However when the PC starts up the BIOS and splash screen goes to the TV, then Windows log-in appears back on the monitor. Here in this topic is stated that DVI has advantage before HDMI.

Weird thing is that it worked normally and out of nowhere switched like this. I did nothing.

Any way to solve this?

(evga 1070ti)

DVI should initialize first.