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August 13, 2013 6:53:08 AM

Im currently in the process of putting together my first gaming rig and I noticed that my motherboard has an HDMI output and the graphics card has one as well. What i wanted to know is possible to run dual HD displays using these outputs?

my graphics card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660
motherboard: gigabyte intel Z77

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August 13, 2013 6:58:51 AM

I don't think your IGP and GPU work in that way. You could just get a hdmi to dvi adapter and connect it to the dvi port on the gpu
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August 13, 2013 7:01:52 AM

Yes you can do that just fine. You will need to use windows to manage the IGP and the NVidia however as the Nvidia software and Intel software arnt going to manage the others displays.

Also I don't believe you can do the power saving pass through with it but I've honestly never bothered trying.
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August 13, 2013 7:04:37 AM

Kraszmyl said:
Yes you can do that just fine. You will need to use windows to manage the IGP and the NVidia however as the Nvidia software and Intel software arnt going to manage the others displays.

Also I don't believe you can do the power saving pass through with it but I've honestly never bothered trying.


I believe that only works on nvidia optimus laptops
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August 13, 2013 7:28:32 AM

Joey Merced said:
Im currently in the process of putting together my first gaming rig and I noticed that my motherboard has an HDMI output and the graphics card has one as well. What i wanted to know is possible to run dual HD displays using these outputs?

my graphics card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660
motherboard: gigabyte intel Z77


Yes you can, but you really dont want to. Your GTX 660 should be more than capable of handling 2 monitors. You'll get better results and less problems this way, than you would using your onboard at the same time. If your 660 doesnt have another HDMI output just get a DVI to HDMI cableto go to your monitor.

If you're set on using the onboard, you'll probbably have to go into the BIOS an re-enable it, then possibly install the necessary driver. After that you should be able to manage the monitor connected to your onboard thru winows and the others thru nvidias software.
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August 13, 2013 10:24:34 AM

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I believe that only works on nvidia optimus laptops


Lucid can do it and Nvidia back in the 9xxx days could as could AMD was part of their power saving stuff. Frankly I don't know if the feature made the cut for desktops with the modern cards. But if that mobo has a Lucid chip on it , it definitely can.

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Yes you can, but you really dont want to. Your GTX 660 should be more than capable of handling 2 monitors. You'll get better results and less problems this way, than you would using your onboard at the same time. If your 660 doesnt have another HDMI output just get a DVI to HDMI cableto go to your monitor.

If you're set on using the onboard, you'll probbably have to go into the BIOS an re-enable it, then possibly install the necessary driver. After that you should be able to manage the monitor connected to your onboard thru winows and the others thru nvidias software.


The igp should be enabled by default only on low end dells and such running like an h61 have I seen them make the igp inaccessible. The big point behind it is to give access to quicksync or three more displays beyond the 2-6 youll get out of a dedicated card.

And if he is doing something visually intensive on one monitor and something less intensive on the other splitting the load could make sense. But overall I agree running it them both off the gtx660 is the more realistic choice because the hd4000 is that much weaker that splitting the workload in that method is silly.

But it stands that what he asked can be accomplished.
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August 13, 2013 2:09:40 PM

Thanks for all your feedback! Ive decided to go with the DVI to HDMI along side the regular HDMI. Should I be expecting the same picture quaility from the DVI to HDMI or is it scaled back a bit? I apologize for the noobness =D
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August 13, 2013 5:02:33 PM

Yes and don't bother getting an adapter. Just search for DVI to HDMI cables
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August 13, 2013 5:50:39 PM

Joey Merced said:
Thanks for all your feedback! Ive decided to go with the DVI to HDMI along side the regular HDMI. Should I be expecting the same picture quaility from the DVI to HDMI or is it scaled back a bit? I apologize for the noobness =D


Yes, the picture quality will be the same. DVI and HDMI work in the same method, the only difference is the connectors and that HDMI carries Audio. Anytime you have one though, you can easily switch to the other using a simple dvi/hdmi cable.
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