How to run a monitor through DVI on Graphics Card, and a 2nd monitor through VGA on Onboard Graphics.

Blues Feldberg

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I have a Samsung TV that I use as my main monitor, but I have a 2nd computer monitor that I was hoping to set up as another screen. I have an AMD Radeon HD 6900 series graphics card, as well as a gigabyte motherboard with onboard graphics.

My endgame is to have the TV running off the AMD card (which it already is) as the 1st screen, and the smaller monitor as the 2nd screen running off of Onboard Graphics.

I can manage to have one or the other running at 1 time, but not both which is annoying. They both show up in the device manager, but I can only change which screen is available in the BIOS menu.

I am sort of a noob at this, so please let me know if it's something insanely simple that I've completely overlooked, but I've been searching for hours and none of the suggestions work.

If you need any info about my setup, just let me know how to get it for you.
 

Blues Feldberg

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Because I have 2 VGA cables and 1 DVI adaptor. I know I could easily get a DVI adaptor, which I will eventually, but in the meantime there must be a way to run monitor 1 off the dedicated graphics card, and monitor 2 off the onboard graphics right?
 

Blues Feldberg

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Like I said bro, I'm quite nooby when it comes to how things work, can you describe what you mean? I enable and disable the onboard video, and it plays on the 2nd monitor in accordance to that, but I can only play 1 at a time. Is that really the end of it? you can't run both at the same time? I see threads where people say they've had 2 monitors running off a dedicated card and 1 running off the motherboard, I'm looking for the same type of setup, but just with 2 monitors instead of 3
 

Blues Feldberg

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Oh ok I get what you mean, yes when I'm using the onboard graphics, it disables my dedicated graphics card. Is there anyway around this? Any way to use both the onboard and dedicated graphics?