Two 144hz Monitors on One GTX 1060

[adam___subtractem]

Hello! I'm trying to use two (2) ACER GN246HL monitors on my single GTX 1060, which only has one display port out.

So, because they're both 144hz, what adapter/ is there an adapter I can buy to make this work?

I want them both to run at 144hz simultaneously


Thank you!

 

[Multipack]

What 1060 is it? I didn't know there were any with only 1 DP :/ Does it have HDMI? You could get a HDMI to DP adapter if so.

 

[adam___subtractem]

What 1060 is it? I didn't know there were any with only 1 DP :/ Does it have HDMI? You could get a HDMI to DP adapter if so.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KU2CIIY/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This one, the GTX 1060 3GB SC

And if I used HDMI to DVI along with just DVI to DVI they would both be output at 144hz?

 

[TJ Hooker]

The card you linked has 3 Displayports...
But those monitors don't seem to have Displayport, and I don't think HDMI supports 144 Hz. [strike]So you'd basically have to use DVI to get 144 Hz, but I don't know how you're gonna run two monitors.[/strike]

Edit: Derp. As said below, you could do DVI to DVI for one monitor, and DP to DVI for the 2nd monitor.

 

[Barty1884]

The card has 1x HDMI, 3x DP & 1x DVI.....

Your monitors are HDMI & DVI

The only way to achieve this would be one via DVI-D to DVI-D and the other being Displayport to DVI-D dual (might have to be an active adapter?).

HDMI to DVI, I think, is limited to 120hz

 

[Multipack]

DVI and DP are not the same thing..

DVI may have trouble running two monitors at 144Hz so I wouldn't try to daisy chain from that one port, but yes one from DVI and one from DP will do 144Hz. Why are you using DVI though?

 

[adam___subtractem]

The card has 1x HDMI, 3x DP & 1x DVI.....

Your monitors are HDMI & DVI

The only way to achieve this would be one via DVI-D to DVI-D and the other being Displayport to DVI-D dual (might have to be an active adapter?).

HDMI to DVI, I think, is limited to 120hz

What if I used two of these? (https://goo.gl/05IcWB)

Would it work both at 144hz?

 

[Barty1884]

I don't think so, but can't confirm 100%.

I suspect you need an active adapter to achieve 144Hz.

 

[adam___subtractem]

I don't think so, but can't confirm 100%.

I suspect you need an active adapter to achieve 144Hz.

So two of these (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OQQ2HDC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A1E9GSK4UTTGKG&th=1)

Two Acer 144hz monitors
and Two DVI Cables

Would allow me to run 2 monitors off my GTX 1060 at 144 hz each?

 

[TJ Hooker]

Your card has one DVI output, so in theory you should only need one adaptor:

Card DVI -> Monitor DVI
Card DP -> DP to DVI adaptor -> Monitor DVI

 

[adam___subtractem]

The card you linked has 3 Displayports...
But those monitors don't seem to have Displayport, and I don't think HDMI supports 144 Hz. [strike]So you'd basically have to use DVI to get 144 Hz, but I don't know how you're gonna run two monitors.[/strike]

Edit: Derp. As said below, you could do DVI to DVI for one monitor, and DP to DVI for the 2nd monitor.

So DVI to DVI for one monitor
and Display to DVI using this? (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OQQ2HDC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A1E9GSK4UTTGKG&th=1)

Any to get them to both run Id just use nvidia control panel im assuming

 

[TJ Hooker]

I think so.

I should also mention, a GTX 1060 probably isn't powerful enough to game at 2x1080p at 144 fps without turning down settings a fair bit.

 

[adam___subtractem]

I think so.

I should also mention, a GTX 1060 probably isn't powerful enough to game at 2x1080p at 144 fps without turning down settings a fair bit.

Well I only game on one monitor, the other is unusued during gaming, maybe just to play a video or something
But i miss the 2nd monitor for general tasking.

Anyway, ill get a second ASUS monitor, and one of these adapters.

Hopefully it all works. Only issue i see is trying to run the display port & dvi at the same time.

 

[TJ Hooker]

Why do you need 144 Hz on the 2nd monitor if it's just for general desktop use?

 

[adam___subtractem]

Why do you need 144 Hz on the 2nd monitor if it's just for general desktop use?

At first I didn't, i had a regular 60hz monitor, but this caused severe screen tearing on both monitors.

 

[TJ Hooker]

Mmk, well if you do a google search you will find other people with 60 + 144 Hz dual monitor who had issues with tearing or stuttering and managed to fix it by tweaking some settings. E.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/4f3rfy/problems_with_60hz_and_144hz_dual_monitor_setup/
But maybe you tried stuff like that already.

 

[Barty1884]

Hopefully it all works. Only issue i see is trying to run the display port & dvi at the same time.

What issue do you forsee?

Why do you need 144 Hz on the 2nd monitor if it's just for general desktop use?

Yeah... pretty much this ^^

*EDIT* Sorry, hadn't clicked 'post'.

At first I didn't, i had a regular 60hz monitor, but this caused severe screen tearing on both monitors.

I don't think a (relatively) expensive adapter and a new monitor is the answer here. I'd suspect there's another cause.
Ther'es really no need for your non-gaming monitor to be operating at 144Hz.

 

[adam___subtractem]

Hopefully it all works. Only issue i see is trying to run the display port & dvi at the same time.

What issue do you forsee?

Why do you need 144 Hz on the 2nd monitor if it's just for general desktop use?

Yeah... pretty much this ^^

*EDIT* Sorry, hadn't clicked 'post'.

At first I didn't, i had a regular 60hz monitor, but this caused severe screen tearing on both monitors.

I don't think a (relatively) expensive adapter and a new monitor is the answer here. I'd suspect there's another cause.
Ther'es really no need for your non-gaming monitor to be operating at 144Hz.

Well I saw my (current and favorite) monitor was going for cheap here (http://www.ebay.com/itm/252347503477?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT)
Unless there is a better option for me, because of the screen tearing.