Hi, I recently bought a GeForce GT 1030 that has an HDMI and DVI-d output.
In order to use the HDMI port, I also bought a new monitor.
I now have my old monitor with only one VGA input and I was wondering if I can use it as a second monitor. But my graphics card only has one more DVI-d output, and after search a bit I found that I can convert to VGA with an active adapter. But as a good adapter can be expensive or a cheap one can have a bad image (or even not work) I was thinking if I can use my old graphics card, a GeForce 7500 LE, which has a VGA output.
My question is, is it better to buy the active adapter and use two monitors on the GT 1030 or use 2 video cards one for each monitor?
If I use my old graphics card, wouldn't it conflict with the new one?
And finally, the GeForce 7500 LE is PCIe x16 and on my motherboard (Gygabite B450M DS3H V2) I only have one more slot for PCIe x4 (but it has the slot of an x16). Does this mean I can connect the graphics card there? - I know it will lose quality, but it's for a second vga monitor, so it's not a big problem
In order to use the HDMI port, I also bought a new monitor.
I now have my old monitor with only one VGA input and I was wondering if I can use it as a second monitor. But my graphics card only has one more DVI-d output, and after search a bit I found that I can convert to VGA with an active adapter. But as a good adapter can be expensive or a cheap one can have a bad image (or even not work) I was thinking if I can use my old graphics card, a GeForce 7500 LE, which has a VGA output.
My question is, is it better to buy the active adapter and use two monitors on the GT 1030 or use 2 video cards one for each monitor?
If I use my old graphics card, wouldn't it conflict with the new one?
And finally, the GeForce 7500 LE is PCIe x16 and on my motherboard (Gygabite B450M DS3H V2) I only have one more slot for PCIe x4 (but it has the slot of an x16). Does this mean I can connect the graphics card there? - I know it will lose quality, but it's for a second vga monitor, so it's not a big problem