Second monitor - VGA/display port on GPU or HDMI on Mobo?

[smakmagik]

Hey,

I've got a GTX 750ti GPU which has a Display Port and one mini-HDMI port. I have connected my main monitor to the mini-HDMI port but the second one should I connect via a VGA to Display port cable to the GPU or via standard HDMI to the motherboard and the onboard intel graphics?

I know it's better to have both on the GPU but just wondering if the VGA to Displayport will be better than HDMI to mobo

Thanks

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Most motherboard's BIOS (except some newer ones) don't support using both integrated & PCIe GPUs at the same time. Once the PCIe GPU is detected, the integrated GPU is disabled to avoid a resources/driver conflict

So check your BIOS options to see if using both GPUs simultaneously is supported.
If it isn't, you must connect both monitors to the PCIe GPU.