Dual screens on gpu and moba?

[jaysoceee]

so heres my build, http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YWrRwP

the monitor i wana use to dual is a regular acer old pc screen... can i put my 21" to gpu and the acer to moba? i only have 1 cable for gpu and another cable to only put in moba, .. 1 hdmi another is a regular cable used in windows 98 =]

 

[i7Baby]

No. But you should be able to put both of them on your graphics card. Then set them up in Control Panel, Display Settings

 

[jaysoceee]

theres no connection to put for my old cable... its not hdmi,displayport or dvi...

 

[k1114]

Yes, I have yet to see any mobo since SB that does not have a igpu multi monitor option. 1 dvi port on your gpu is dvi-i so a passive dvi-i to vga adapter will work.

 

[jaysoceee]

Yes, I have yet to see any mobo since SB that does not have a igpu multi monitor option. 1 dvi port on your gpu is dvi-i so a passive dvi-i to vga adapter will work.

i put my monitor in my gpu, i plug in my 2nd screen in moba... nothing showin on 2nd screen... vg'a is in my moba hdmi is in my monitor...

I went to screen resolution click on the 1. put that as main ... extend display on both, nothing is showin

 

[k1114]

Go into your bios and enable igpu multi monitor. Then you need to install the intel drivers. Then the monitor will show up.

 

[jaysoceee]

what intel driver?

 

[k1114]

Graphics.

 

[jaysoceee]

for? i dont have a intel graphics, i have radeon

 

[k1114]

That pcppartpicker link is intel. So what build are we talking about?

 

[jaysoceee]

can u send me the site? i have no clue what to get...http://www.official-drivers.com/installer/?seed=intel&cate=video&gclid=CPDew8vu18ACFScV7Aod4QMATA

 

[jaysoceee]

or a legit intel download link,..

 

[k1114]

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=24245

Never download drivers from third parties. Always from either the manufacturer or from intel/amd/nvidia themselves.

Let me explain how this works. Your graphics card is amd, so you already have the amd graphics drivers installed. This handles the monitor plugged into the graphics card. Your mobo outputs are controlled by the integrated graphics and this controls the monitors plugged in there. You have an intel cpu and thus intel igpu. By default, the igpu is disabled when a graphics card is present and is the reason there is the igpu multi monitor option in bios; to enable it. You will have 2 graphics drivers and this is completely fine and do not affect each other. When you extend in windows, the primary monitor is what shows the taskbar, the gpu connected to this monitor will be used for any software you run. So whatever monitor is connected to your 280 is what you want as primary.