What cables do I need to setup two monitors?

[karmvir cheema]

I have the benq rl2455hm and nother benq one, my GPU is r9 270 and comes with 2x dvi, so what cables would i Need?

 

[legend001523]

Just use a dvi splitter and plug the 2 dvi to separate monitors

 

[karmvir cheema]

Just use a dvi splitter and plug the 2 dvi to separate monitors

was thinking of that but why is the dvi spliiters so short, on ebay they look like they wont reach to my other montior + to my pc.

 

[karmvir cheema]

Just use a dvi splitter and plug the 2 dvi to separate monitors

is there a certain brand that is good?

 

[Damn_Rookie]

Just use a dvi splitter and plug the 2 dvi to separate monitors

That would just mirror the signal to both monitors, surely?

Karmvir Cheema: if you want an extended desktop (different things on each monitor, as opposed to the two monitors displaying the exact same thing) then it would be easiest to use a separate cable for each monitor. Use an HDMI or DVI to your rl2455hm and then a separate cable to your other Benq monitor; you didn't mention the model, so check what kind of inputs it accepts (most likely DVI).

 

[legend001523]

No, you would use the splitter from the gpu, then attach the 2 dvi cables you already have to it so they can reach the monitors

 

[hunter315]

He said his R9 270 already has 2 DVI ports so why complicate things? Run the DVI cables directly from the monitors to the GPU, no need for splitters or adapters since you have DVI support on each end.

Also, i'm pretty sure a DVI splitter just clones the data onto two different wires resulting in mirroring not extended desktop. There is something that looks similar to a DVI splitter, HP machines have DMS-59 ports on them which are actually 2 DVI ports in 1 so while it looks like a DVI splitter coming out of it, the source is very different from a DVI-D plug.

 

[legend001523]

Ah sorry missed that

 

[jitpublisher]

You need 2 cables. One from each port on the GPU, to each monitor. Then, in the display panel (or catalyst panel as AMD still calls it I believe) you can set monitor 1 and 2, respectively, and how you want each to display.