Using Dual Monitors

dansgas1000 · Dec 1, 2013

i just built my gaming rig and I was thinking about dual monitors, I have a spare 18.5 kicking around and I have the desk space. I am now running a 1920x1080 24" and my 18.5 is 1366x768, I only reason I would use 2 screens is so I can gaming on the big screen and I can have Facebook or something open on the 18.5", I am not sure how this would work though and if it would slow down my graphics performance. I have 16GB RAM, i7 4770 and GTX 760. Also does it matter what side I put the monitor on? (Left or right)

Thanks guys!

diazalon · Dec 1, 2013

dansgas1000 :

Just plug them into the gpu, simple as that

zink1701 · Dec 1, 2013

You will not see any noticeable impact on performance running 2 monitors unless both are being used for gaming. It makes no difference which side you put the monitor as you can select the primary device in windows or Nvidia control panel.

dish_moose · Dec 1, 2013

Set the game to use your best monitor and set the game for windowed operation. I always do something similar and have MSI Afterburner & TeamSpeak running on my second monitor with no noticeable degradation of performance.
-Bruce

laviniuc · Dec 1, 2013

the extended desktop is typically to the right, so add the smaller monitor there. there should be no performance penalty for the second one

dansgas1000 · Dec 2, 2013

Thanks guys, I think I will not bother with it now but if I find I need it I can always connect it anyway

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