HD Dual monitor newby question

zenxpctwo

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Hey, so atm I'm running dual monitors on the exact same type of TV. One of my monitors is in HD with a HDMI cable. And the other from a RGB cable, so one is in HD and the other in SD.
Basically, I have ANOTHER HDMI input on my motherboard. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if and how I can have one monitor running from my graphics card, and another from my motherboard?
I am on windows 7 and when I try going into the BIOS I just fail since I don't know anything :( Please help. (I did buy a gold plated 15 pin SVGA cable, but it didn't work at all) please help :)
 
I do not believe you can run one of the monitors from your motherboard which is effectly running off your integrated graphics card, and another running off a discrete card at the same time.

However, I'd like to point out that it's pretty much impossible to see the difference between a VGA adapter and an HDMI addapter. The main thing that seperates the two, is the HDMI can also support sound, but you wouldn't want two sources of sound anyways.
 

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Well, I got a 15 pin golden VGA cable, and it is really not as sharp and colourful as my main display. I put both displays in 1360x760. If possible could you or anybody send me a link to a cable that will deffinately do the job? Or just tell me what to look for, thanks :)