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December 2, 2013 2:29:43 PM

Is it possible to hook up on monitor to the motherboard port and another monitor to the gpu? motherboard is GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-S2 and my gpu is Nvidia Gtx 760

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December 2, 2013 2:31:10 PM

When a card is installed, the onboard is automatically disabled.
How many monitor do you need to hook up?
GTX 760 can support up to 3 monitors
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December 2, 2013 2:35:24 PM

i have one monitor and i am putting in another, but i dont have and adapter to plug it into my gtx760
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December 2, 2013 2:37:02 PM

lp231 said:
When a card is installed, the onboard is automatically disabled.
How many monitor do you need to hook up?
GTX 760 can support up to 3 monitors


normally this is true but in this case you can enable a bios option called surround view. it will let you plug an additional monitor to the dsub port of the mobo.
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December 2, 2013 2:38:59 PM

laviniuc said:
lp231 said:
When a card is installed, the onboard is automatically disabled.
How many monitor do you need to hook up?
GTX 760 can support up to 3 monitors


normally this is true but in this case you can enable a bios option called surround view. it will let you plug an additional monitor to the dsub port of the mobo.


how do i turn on the bios option for that? and i am not going to play games on it, it is just for having extra work space

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December 2, 2013 2:39:01 PM

can you not add one on the dvi or hdmi and one on dsub on the 760?
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December 2, 2013 2:40:25 PM

FatalxShadow said:
i have one monitor and i am putting in another, but i dont have and adapter to plug it into my gtx760


What connector is your monitor?
If it's VGA then, there are DVI to VGA adapters.
Some card comes with it, if not then, here's one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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December 2, 2013 2:42:03 PM

FatalxShadow said:
laviniuc said:
lp231 said:
When a card is installed, the onboard is automatically disabled.
How many monitor do you need to hook up?
GTX 760 can support up to 3 monitors


normally this is true but in this case you can enable a bios option called surround view. it will let you plug an additional monitor to the dsub port of the mobo.


how do i turn on the bios option for that? and i am not going to play games on it, it is just for having extra work space



restart, go in the bios (usually the delete key while it posts), and on the integrated peripherals menu there should be this option. it's called exactly that, surround view default disabled. make sure the integrated graphics is also enabled - same menu. doesnt matter how much memory you alocate for it. when done, esc to go to top menu and save and close. once windows starts it will see you have a new video card and after the driver is installed you can plug a monitor and you should be good to go.
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December 2, 2013 11:17:45 PM

I have the dvi adapter plugged in with one monitor, but the other slots are for dvi-d and hdmi, and I don't have the money to spend on a monitor with hdmi capability
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December 2, 2013 11:22:09 PM

do you not have a dvi port on the monitors?
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December 2, 2013 11:26:21 PM

laviniuc said:
do you not have a dvi port on the monitors?


VGA port on both
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December 3, 2013 5:37:12 AM

List all the ports that is available on your monitors.
If they are all vga then

Dvi-i to vga adapter, connect with vga cable
Dvi-d to vga adapter, connect with vga cable
Active dp to vga adapter, connect with vga cable.
Nvidia don't really need a active dp for 3 display setup, but get the active just in case and to save the hassle of passive adapters not working. Also there isn't other choice, when it comes to vga. There are vga to hdmi cables or adapters but i heard they don't work to well or don't work at all.
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December 4, 2013 1:09:32 PM

lp231 said:
List all the ports that is available on your monitors.
If they are all vga then

Dvi-i to vga adapter, connect with vga cable
Dvi-d to vga adapter, connect with vga cable
Active dp to vga adapter, connect with vga cable.
Nvidia don't really need a active dp for 3 display setup, but get the active just in case and to save the hassle of passive adapters not working. Also there isn't other choice, when it comes to vga. There are vga to hdmi cables or adapters but i heard they don't work to well or don't work at all.


i was told that the dvi-d shouldnt be used for another monitor so i didnt want to buy another adapter just for that if it isnt going to work, but now hearing that the vga to hdmi doesnt work well i dont know what to do.

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December 4, 2013 2:15:10 PM

Turns out DVI-D will not work with a DVI-D to VGA adapter. It's only DVD-I ports that works with both DVD-I and DVD-D to VGA adapters. DVI-D can only be used with DVI monitors or DVi-D to HDMI.

If there is another PCIe x16 slot then grab the cheapest Geforce card and hook up the 2 monitors to that, and use the GTX 760 dedicated for games.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


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December 4, 2013 2:18:35 PM

FatalxShadow said:
laviniuc said:
do you not have a dvi port on the monitors?


VGA port on both


did you find that surround view option in the bios - in the integrated peripherals menu? it will let you use the vga port on the motherboard for the second monitor.
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December 4, 2013 2:48:29 PM

laviniuc said:
FatalxShadow said:
laviniuc said:
do you not have a dvi port on the monitors?


VGA port on both


did you find that surround view option in the bios - in the integrated peripherals menu? it will let you use the vga port on the motherboard for the second monitor.

According to the manual, Surround view only works with AMD video cards.


And his board does not have a 2nd PCIe x16 slot.
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December 4, 2013 2:49:54 PM

hmm... didnt know, thought it's for any installed card...
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December 4, 2013 7:56:43 PM

lp231 said:
Turns out DVI-D will not work with a DVI-D to VGA adapter. It's only DVD-I ports that works with both DVD-I and DVD-D to VGA adapters. DVI-D can only be used with DVI monitors or DVi-D to HDMI.

If there is another PCIe x16 slot then grab the cheapest Geforce card and hook up the 2 monitors to that, and use the GTX 760 dedicated for games.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


i already have another graphics card, it was my old one. should i use that?
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December 4, 2013 8:11:59 PM

Never mind, I don't have 2 PCIE ports. I think my best bet it to et a VGA to hdmi adapter
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