Question Double screens 1 HDMI port

[_ZomBoy_]

Hello,I want to buy a 144hz monitor but my gpu only has 1 hdmi port,curently I have my monitor on VGA since it's only 60 hz and my TV to the HDMI and when I want to watch something on the TV i'm just switching between the tv and monitor using "Screen resolution" from Control panel.
Is there a way to use the only port from my gpu to do the same thing?
Exept from switching the hdmi cable from the monitor to the TV everytime I want to watch something on the TV.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

What GPU do you have? Does it have a display port? Most modern GPUs will have both a HDMI and a display port connections and most 144hz monitors will use display port to connect.

If you GPU does not have a display port, then getting a 144hz monitor may not be the best decision because it will take a powerful GPU to push 144fps.

 

[_ZomBoy_]

I currently have a r7 250 2gb gpu and it doesn't have a display port, but I won't use the 144hz feature until I will buy a new pc, but I still want to use hdmi since it's better than vga.

 

[Wolfshadw]

What motherboard do you have?

-Wolf sends

 

[_ZomBoy_]

What motherboard do you have?

-Wolf sends

A Asrock h61m-dgs

 

[Wolfshadw]

Apparently the coffee hasn't taken effect just yet. What other ports does your graphics card have?

Failing in that, should be able to activate the on-board graphics of the processor in the motherboard's BIOS. Under NorthBridge Configuration there should be a setting for IGD Multi-Monitor. Set this to Enabled to activate your on-board graphics as well as having the graphics card output available.

-Wolf sends

 

[_ZomBoy_]

Apparently the coffee hasn't taken effect just yet. What other ports does your graphics card have?

Failing in that, should be able to activate the on-board graphics of the processor in the motherboard's BIOS. Under NorthBridge Configuration there should be a setting for IGD Multi-Monitor. Set this to Enabled to activate your on-board graphics as well as having the graphics card output available.

-Wolf sends

My gpu has a DVI, VGA and a HDMI, and my motherboard doesn't have a HDMI port sadly..

 

[Wolfshadw]

You can run DVI to HDMI, but that route will not carry audio. You would need to run audio separately which means you'd need to change audio settings manually.

-Wolf sends

 

[feelinfroggy777]

I currently have a r7 250 2gb gpu and it doesn't have a display port, but I won't use the 144hz feature until I will buy a new pc, but I still want to use hdmi since it's better than vga.

At 1080p VGA is not really any different than HDMI other than the lack of audio.