How to run two displays with SLI and still have two cards on one monitor at once?

TheCPH

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I'll try to explain this to the best of my ability, I know the title is a tad confusing and I'm not even sure its possible. BUT the question persists. I have one 21.5" 1920x1080p IPS Monitor that is my primary for gaming and the like, and I also have my old 19"( ? ) Monitor at 1440x990. Just for kicks I set this other monitor up to see if it would serve any real purpose, and its great to have Steam or Origin open on it. However my performance on BF4 was about 10 frames less than it was prior to setting up the monitor. I have 2 GTX 650 Ti BOOSTs in SLI and was wondering if theres a way for me to run both monitors on one card, and then also have the 2nd card process the primary display.

What I have in my head now is if I were to plug both monitors into one card and the other would automatically work on the primary. Is this correct? All feedback is appreciated!
 

Zooshooter

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Depending on your CPU, you could try running the 2ndary monitor off the CPU graphics. I'm doing 3 monitors this way. 2 off the discreet graphics card and 1 off the CPU on-die graphics. That's all I can think of to maintain the separation between the 2 monitors.
 

TheCPH

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Nope, no integrated graphics on my Phenom II. No on board Graphics either. Thanks for the reply though!

 

TheCPH

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For BF4, probably. Some other games are fine, however BF4 is one that I play alot. I REALLY like the Windows Aero effects, and the current theme, so I dont think I'll be switching that either. I really appreciate the feedback though