[SOLVED] I need help with dual monitors (vga, hdmi adapters or splitters)

[otto216]

Hi,
Im thinking about getting two monitors. I have one monitor (aoc 144hz) with hdmi. But my problem is that my pc only has one hdmi port. But it also has one vga aswell. (I have a gtx1650) My question is if i should get a splitter, adapter to convert vga to hdmi, a vga monitor or nothing. Will there be a visible quality decrease with any of the three options and which option is best? Is it even worth getting two monitors?
I should probably add that i plan on using it for discord, twitch, youtube while i play games on my current monitor. I will also use it to make it easier to code games (coding is not my job im still going in school so i can live without 2 monitors) Also will there be audio and video delay when whatching youtube for example?

 

[otto216]

I forgot to ask if it takes more resources to have 2 monitors? For example if i have youtube and a game open at the same time on one monitor will that take less resources then having the game on one monitor and youtube on the other?

 

[hedwar2011]

VGA is certainly lower quality than HDMI. You're dealing with an analog signal versus a digital signal.

Honestly I would wait, get a better graphics option that allows you to use dual HDMI or better and then consider it.

 

[kanewolf]

Hi,
Im thinking about getting two monitors. I have one monitor (aoc 144hz) with hdmi. But my problem is that my pc only has one hdmi port. But it also has one vga aswell. (I have a gtx1650) My question is if i should get a splitter, adapter to convert vga to hdmi, a vga monitor or nothing. Will there be a visible quality decrease with any of the three options and which option is best? Is it even worth getting two monitors?
I should probably add that i plan on using it for discord, twitch, youtube while i play games on my current monitor. I will also use it to make it easier to code games (coding is not my job im still going in school so i can live without 2 monitors) Also will there be audio and video delay when whatching youtube for example?

VGA should be a last resort. Is HDMI and VGA the ONLY ports your card has?

 

[otto216]

VGA is certainly lower quality than HDMI. You're dealing with an analog signal versus a digital signal.

Honestly I would wait, get a better graphics option that allows you to use dual HDMI or better and then consider it.

its a dvi port not a vga i saw wrong, does that make it worth getting 2 monitors?

 

[otto216]

VGA should be a last resort. Is HDMI and VGA the ONLY ports your card has?

I saw wrong it was a dvi port will the quality be close to hdmi or is it not worth it?

 

[kanewolf]

I saw wrong it was a dvi port will the quality be close to hdmi or is it not worth it?

DVI is a digital interface. A DVI to HDMI or DVI only cable will be fine. The one possible issue is that DVI doesn't always support the HD video copy protection (HDCP) so you might not be able to stream Netflix on that screen. But the quality will be similar to HDMI.