ASUS GTX 960 display connectors

[DaleM]

The ASUS GTX 960 STRIX card I have has multiple display connectors, 1 HDMI, 1 DVI, and 3 Display Ports. I use two monitors in a non-gaming work environment. I cannot find anywhere any instructions on which ports have precedence for monitors 1 and/or 2. My two ASUS 24-inch monitors have HDMI and DVI inputs and I have HDMI, DVI, and HDMI-Display Port cables but which output port on the card is "primary?" That is, which should be used to ensure its signal is going to montior #1, monitor #2, etc.

 

[DRagor]

There is no such thing as primary output port. You can set it in Windows, in Nvidia control panel, which monitor should be used as #1.

 

[DaleM]

Thank you. I'll give it a shot this morning and see what works out.

 

[DaleM]

Well, Windows 10 is wierd. I have two identical ASUS 24-inch monitors. In Display Settings, montior #1 is shown on the right side and monitor #2 is shown on the left. When Windows 10 first begins to boot the "loading" icon is on the right monitor (#1) but when Windows 10 begins to really load (login screen and its default login background) it is on the left monitor (#2) which also has my desktop and all my shortcuts. Not a big deal between #1 or #2 but seems odd.

{Edit} should note monitor #2 (left side) is connected via DVI to Display Port cable (and plugged into one of the 3 Display Port connections on my ASUS GTX 960 card) and monitor #2 (right side) is a straight HDMI cable.

 

[DRagor]

That's because BIOS has its own #1, which does not have to be same as windows #1. You can't change which monitor is #1 in BIOS (at least as far as I know). But if you find current behavior awkward, you can swap monitor order in Windows and that should fix it.

 

[SoNic67]

DVI port, being a legacy port, has precedence in BIOS booting - for nVidia cards. If that order bothers you, you can change the order of displays in Windows, by "dragging" one monitor over the other side.
Note that by changing the inputs only, the order will remain the same, Windows "knows" the monitor serial numbers and that's what is using for arrangement.
PS: For ATI cards, the output display is just copied on both monitors.