Question Do I need a graphics card for 2 monitors (i7 13700k)

[Leonardus]

I built a pc 1 month ago for music production that will live its life offline.
Asus Prime-P Z790 WiFi D5,
i7 13700k, 32 gb ram, noctua air cooler in a 4U server case. It runs about 32c under its max workload in Studio One 6.5.

Anticipating this build 1 year ago I bought a sold as new gtx 2060 for this build. Just now I had to remove it. Motherboard no longer posts with it installed. At close examination it appears the GPU is actually used and spent.

Can the i7 13700k's built-in GPU power two HP Compaq LA2405x 24 monitors? The Intel GPU output is a DisplayPort and an HDMI. My monitors have DisplayPort inputs but no HDMI input. To gain use of my second monitor do I need to replace the 2060 or can I get an adapter -use both built-in Intel GPU outputs? If it can use both Intel outputs, What is the right converter cable for getting HDMI output to DisplayPort input?

 

[thestryker]

HDMI to DP tends to be a pretty expensive conversion due to needing an active adapter. You'd be better off doing HDMI to DVI-D as that's just a regular cable and shouldn't be very expensive.

If you don't need any of the features from a dedicated GPU you should be fine to use the IGP on your CPU.

 

[Hollander Lawn]

You can probably just go with a Nvidia RTX A4000. It does the job better than the integrated graphics and has 4 DP outputs.

 

[USAFRet]

You can probably just go with a Nvidia RTX A4000. It does the job better than the integrated graphics and has 4 DP outputs.

A $1000 GPU, for that use?
Nonsense.

 

[Hollander Lawn]

A $1000 GPU, for that use?
Nonsense.

An RTX A2000 can also get the job done. Just needs a miniDP to DP convertion adapter

 

[Wuwu]

Since you need DVI-D it's going to be older graphics cards that support the older standard.

Or you can get something like this.

HDMI > DVI-D

Amazon.co.uk

DP > DVI-D

Amazon.co.uk

You are running very old monitors and the GPU you can just grab something like a 1050.

 

[Hollander Lawn]

Since you need DVI-D it's going to be older graphics cards that support the older standard.

Or you can get something like this.

HDMI > DVI-D

Amazon.co.uk

DP > DVI-D

Amazon.co.uk

You are running very old monitors and the GPU you can just grab something like a 1050.

You can't get those cards now. Only the older AM4 motherboards support it (anything older than AMD's AM4 platform would have it but I don't think you can get any of those cards now. It's out of the current generation. Even if you can get hold of 1 of these cards, they are like $500 for less than half the performance of the RTX A4000 I recommend.

 

[Eximo]

Umm, not sure what question you are trying to answer there. If simple display outputs are all that are needed, why recommend an expensive workstation card?

Studio One is an audio program, no heavy duty graphics capability involved at all and the system requirements fairly limited. 13700k can do vulkan 1.2, requirement is vulkan 1.1 and the the CPU far exceeds the requirements in general.

I would just try to adapt the motherboard outputs. Pretty much any late model card won't have the appropriate connectors so you would be buying adapters either way.

HDMI to DP cables aren't that hard to come by.

https://www.amazon.com/BENFEI-DisplayPort-Compatible-Graphics-Supporting/dp/B0BYK4H9QC

 

[geofelt]

The mobo has hdmi and dp outputs.
The monitors have dp and dvi-d inputs.
connect one monitor via dp connection and the other via hdmi to dvi-d adapter cable.
For example, all of $3.49:

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=2404&utm_term=&utm_campaign=PMax:+Smart+Shopping+-+Monoprice+-+Cables&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&hsa_acc=6614305189&hsa_cam=17490724715&hsa_grp=&hsa_ad=&hsa_src=x&hsa_tgt=&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsPG3jqC3ggMVo-WGCh3J3Q2zEAQYASABEgKMQ_D_BwE

 

[Leonardus]

Thank you everyone! Your insight combined with this video helped get me to a basic understanding. My aim is not to overspend. I ordered the monoprice cable. Thanks again.

View: https://youtu.be/R-mJ0J_ACEM?si=Umnnjy6rfhztDLxM