So I have two monitors hooked up to my GPU, a Radeon HD 7800. I have one monitor running through the VGA connection on the card, and another running through the HDMI.
Basically what I want to do is to be able to hook up a television to this system and switch back and forth as my primary display, while still having the second monitor running. (For example: I decide I want to watch a movie from my computer, so I switch the primary display to the television and I can still have my second monitor up for gaming or browsing or whatever.)
I think the card could handle this, but I'm not sure I want to get a splitter, because wouldn't my card have to bear the load of 2 monitor display and the television all at once? Seems like a bit much, and I don't want to put too much strain on it and burn it out quickly.
What are my best options for this? I can't decide if I need some kind of HDMI splitter, switcher, or what. Money is not too big of an issue, but I don't want to pick up an $80 device if I don't need to, and I've seen splitters as low as the $20-40 range.
Any advice? Thanks in advance.
Basically what I want to do is to be able to hook up a television to this system and switch back and forth as my primary display, while still having the second monitor running. (For example: I decide I want to watch a movie from my computer, so I switch the primary display to the television and I can still have my second monitor up for gaming or browsing or whatever.)
I think the card could handle this, but I'm not sure I want to get a splitter, because wouldn't my card have to bear the load of 2 monitor display and the television all at once? Seems like a bit much, and I don't want to put too much strain on it and burn it out quickly.
What are my best options for this? I can't decide if I need some kind of HDMI splitter, switcher, or what. Money is not too big of an issue, but I don't want to pick up an $80 device if I don't need to, and I've seen splitters as low as the $20-40 range.
Any advice? Thanks in advance.