Display configuration help please

NoobUser117

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Hey guys,

i am posting this on behalf of my little sister, again.

She just put the finishing touches on her computer by buying 2 26" monitors.

Sisters Computer:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2127673/upgrade-sister-graduation-present.html

(already has keyboard, speakers, ect)

The monitors she has chosen have vga, dvi-d, and HDMI.

The set up(as far as i understand it, since she explained it like split pea soup) is that she wants her desktop to be stretched across the 2 monitors,(easy enough to do) and she wants to use one monitor for gaming and the other for internet use, while gaming, and with the least amount of trouble.

I know i can "chain" them together by using 1 vga and HDMI, or using dvi-d and vga, ect.

my question is can i split the the signal from the dvi-D port on her video card, into 2 dvi-i, and have it work ok, or can i split the HDMI into 2 using a spliter(no idea if it existis, just looking at what options i have.



 
Not recommended to use a splitter on the other outputs other than the displayport.

Use extended desktop mode and run game sin windowed/ borderless mode to display one program on one monitor and the other monitor can be used or other things.

Or you can use third-party programs like Display fusion or Actual Multi Monitor:
http://www.actualtools.com/multiplemonitors/
http://www.displayfusion.com/