Dual monitor setup but different inputs

[acctingman]

My GTX 970 only has dual DVI, but I have an old HP monitor I wanted to hookup. I see my PC's on-board video has the old input (VGA).

Can I hook up the old HP to the on-board video and make this happen? Is there some tinkering I'll have to do in Display setup?

Thanks

 

[Ryan_78]

hook the old monitor to the dvi with a dvi to VGA adapter. since it has a dedicated GPU, it wont have a signal from the onboard.

 

[kanewolf]

Maybe. It will depend on what CPU and MB you have.

 

[utroz]

Yes you can probably use the onboard (or on the cpu die depeding on the exact system) GPU to run your VGA monitor. It will not be able to use any of the GPU power from the 970 but this would be fine for an extra monitor for non gaming uses. What is your exact system specs?

 

[utroz]

hook the old monitor to the dvi with a dvi to VGA adapter. since it has a dedicated GPU, it wont have a signal from the onboard.

The only issue I have with that is he will have to spend money if he doesn't own a DVI to VGA adapter when he has a perfectly good VGA port on his motherboard already that can be used for a monitor quite easily in most cases. Granted the on board VGA port is not going to be good for gaming but for an extra monitor for non gaming use it will work fine.

 

[Ryan_78]

hook the old monitor to the dvi with a dvi to VGA adapter. since it has a dedicated GPU, it wont have a signal from the onboard.

The only issue I have with that is he will have to spend money if he doesn't own a DVI to VGA adapter when he has a perfectly good VGA port on his motherboard already that can be used for a monitor quite easily in most cases. Granted the on board VGA port is not going to be good for gaming but for an extra monitor for non gaming use it will work fine.

ive seen some that have onboard video and a GPU and the onboard doesn't get any signal from the monitor or says "please connect the cable to your discrete graphics"

 

[utroz]

hook the old monitor to the dvi with a dvi to VGA adapter. since it has a dedicated GPU, it wont have a signal from the onboard.

The only issue I have with that is he will have to spend money if he doesn't own a DVI to VGA adapter when he has a perfectly good VGA port on his motherboard already that can be used for a monitor quite easily in most cases. Granted the on board VGA port is not going to be good for gaming but for an extra monitor for non gaming use it will work fine.

ive seen some that have onboard video and a GPU and the onboard doesn't get any signal from the monitor or says "please connect the cable to your discrete graphics"

Most of the time that can be BIOS setting and or you just have to use it as a secondary display in windows. The majority of systems with an IGPU allow it to be used at the same time as a DGPU.

 

[kanewolf]

hook the old monitor to the dvi with a dvi to VGA adapter. since it has a dedicated GPU, it wont have a signal from the onboard.

Not true. Some BIOS allow integrated video to be use at the same time. Again .. It depends on the CPU and motherboard.

It is PROBABLY true that the 970 graphics card has a DVI-I port and will support a passive DVI to VGA adapter. But that wasn't the originally asked question.

 

[acctingman]

Am I better off getting the adapter?

Guess I could try it as it is (hooking it up to on board video)

Here is my MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157508

CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372

 

[utroz]

So here is how to do it bios under the advanced tab in the chipset properties look for "Multi-monitor" or something like that. Here is a thread where they did it. One guy was convinced it could not be done but it DID work. So no point in getting the adapter if you don't need to. http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2701797/enabling-onboard-graphics-asrock-z97-pro4.html