Question Is it possible to play on two different monitors using one pc?

[HerEyeSin]

What the title says, I’d like to know if I can play while my friend plays next to me with another monitor using the same pc? lol
Would just like to know as I just got a pc my self. Specs are i9900k and 2080ti

 

[iMatty]

You will be able to play 2 games at once, but it will really stress the CPU and GPU, but you cant both play the same game at at once.

 

[bniknafs9]

yes , you should enable dual monitor in windows

 

[HerEyeSin]

You will be able to play 2 games at once, but it will really stress the CPU and GPU, but you cant both play the same game at at once.

What would the consequences be?

 

[HerEyeSin]

yes , you should enable dual monitor in windows

Would it be bad on my pc?

 

[iMatty]

Probably less fps than usual, cpu heating up quicker, gpu fans getting louder, and making power supply work harder which can case it to overheat at sometimes.

 

[bniknafs9]

Would it be bad on my pc?

No sir with a 99900k and a 2080ti it would actually Rock !

 

[iMatty]

It wont be bad, but it'll just stress the CPU more, which can shorten the lifespan of the processor/graphic card or power supply as these are the 3 main components that will be working hard to keep your pc stable.

 

[HerEyeSin]

It wont be bad, but it'll just stress the CPU more, which can shorten the lifespan of the processor/graphic card or power supply as these are the 3 main components that will be working hard to keep your pc stable.

Ok i see. Thanks

 

[HerEyeSin]

No sir with a 99900k and a 2080ti it would actually Rock !

🥳

 

[iMatty]

Anytime.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I’d like to know if I can play while my friend plays next to me with another monitor using the same pc? lol
Would just like to know as I just got a pc my self. Specs are i9900k and 2080ti

You can't do that with single graphics card. You'll need 3.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuJYMCbIbPk

iMatty and bniknafs9 - you both are grossly misinformed.

 

[USAFRet]

@iMatty and @bniknafs9 - Both of you said "Yes" to the question of two people, each playing a game, on the same PC.

Care to describe "How"?

 

[iMatty]

Well, i already tried it using my computer and it worked just fine, but for two different people, you probably need a 2 gpu's instead of 3 actually, but none the less it should still be possible using 1 pc and using a different mouse and keyboard with somekind of a method.

 

[USAFRet]

Well, i already tried it using my computer and it worked just fine, but for two different people, you probably need a 2 gpu's instead of 3 actually, but none the less it should still be possible using 1 pc and using a different mouse and keyboard with somekind of a method.

"some kind of a method" is not a 'how'.

Multiseat is not a trivial config.
Multiseat gaming is even more complex and expensive.

 

[iMatty]

Well he already has a high end cpu and gpu, its not gonna get more expensive than what he has now, sure he might pay an extra thousand or so but its not gonna get more expensive than that max.
Its not gonna be am complex if you really know what you are doing, you just need to configure it the right way around, if you never tried it then don't.

 

[USAFRet]

I'd consider "an extra thousand or so " to be a pretty significant increase.

@HerEyeSin - Can it be done? Yes, mostly.
Is it as easy as just hooking up a second monitor and keyboard? No.

See the above video for a way forward.

 

[bniknafs9]

@iMatty and @bniknafs9 - Both of you said "Yes" to the question of two people, each playing a game, on the same PC.

Care to describe "How"?

you only have to enable dual monitor in windows itself . but it also depends on the game . i remember call of duty mw2 supported tripple monitor aswell. that's why fan based company samsung built it's ultra wide monitors .

 

[mtracy1991]

Buy a big case and run dual mobo setups and differentiate each gpu to one of the monitors. Only way I can see this happeng

 

[USAFRet]

you only have to enable dual monitor in windows itself . but it also depends on the game . i remember call of duty mw2 supported tripple monitor aswell. that's why fan based company samsung built it's ultra wide monitors .

Pushing out the same game instance to two monitors is trivial.

Playing 2 individual games, with 2 control sets (keyboard/mouse), and pushing each out to its own monitor is the difficult part.

 

[hang-the-9]

yes , you should enable dual monitor in windows

This won't do anything for running two games, the issue is trying to use two different keyboards and mice on the same computer with each set only controlling the correct game instance. And also some games prevent you from running it twice on the same system to prevent hacking and cheating.