- Oct 21, 2013
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So I have been working on my rig for a while and up till now I have been using my TV as the monitor, Of course this has its own issues, but as the chance for me to purchase my GPU and monitors draws near I have run into an issue of compatibility.
I am someone who is learning about computers through building one and I have already made some errors but with so much money on the line with a GPU I want to get it right.
My current build
ASRock Z87 formula oc MOBO
I7 4770k CPU
DVD drive
Bluray drive
1TB HDD
120GB SSD
8GB Ram "Corsair vengeance"
HX850 PSU "Corssair"
And I am looking at this as my GPU : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125462
Now this seems to have everything I need, But as I started looking for monitors I started to realize my issue. I have 4 outlets on that GPU, So hypothetically I could have 4 monitors, but then as I looked more closely I realized I would need 2-4 different monitors, as I cannot find one monitor with a HDMI, Display port, and DVI-I + DVI-D. So now I am wondering if I need 2 GPU's to run the three monitors. I hope to eventually be able to run different things on each monitor all off of the one GPU, Nothing too intensive, Like browsing on one while watching a stream on another and gaming on the third. But I am not really sure how multi-monitor systems work as I have never had one, I have only ever been able to chose one screen for my display to be on, or to duplicate it. I have also never had a real dedicated GPU in a computer, at least not in the last 10 years.
So as you can see, I want to be able to know what I am shopping for and if it exists, or if i need to change my gpu choice and then that changes things again. So if anyone could explain it to me or simply give me an idea of what I am looking for or should be looking at I would appreciate it.
-Zarok
I am someone who is learning about computers through building one and I have already made some errors but with so much money on the line with a GPU I want to get it right.
My current build
ASRock Z87 formula oc MOBO
I7 4770k CPU
DVD drive
Bluray drive
1TB HDD
120GB SSD
8GB Ram "Corsair vengeance"
HX850 PSU "Corssair"
And I am looking at this as my GPU : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125462
Now this seems to have everything I need, But as I started looking for monitors I started to realize my issue. I have 4 outlets on that GPU, So hypothetically I could have 4 monitors, but then as I looked more closely I realized I would need 2-4 different monitors, as I cannot find one monitor with a HDMI, Display port, and DVI-I + DVI-D. So now I am wondering if I need 2 GPU's to run the three monitors. I hope to eventually be able to run different things on each monitor all off of the one GPU, Nothing too intensive, Like browsing on one while watching a stream on another and gaming on the third. But I am not really sure how multi-monitor systems work as I have never had one, I have only ever been able to chose one screen for my display to be on, or to duplicate it. I have also never had a real dedicated GPU in a computer, at least not in the last 10 years.
So as you can see, I want to be able to know what I am shopping for and if it exists, or if i need to change my gpu choice and then that changes things again. So if anyone could explain it to me or simply give me an idea of what I am looking for or should be looking at I would appreciate it.
-Zarok
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