I’m not a forum guy, but I don’t know where else to turn to get my question answered. I’ve searched everywhere and nobody seems to know the answer to my question, they all just speculate. So for those of you that think you know a thing or two about GPUs:
If I have dual 4K monitors connected to my PC extending the desktop, and one is connected to the dedicated GPU and the other is connected to the onboard graphics (due to limited port options), which is used for processing graphics, and how can I tell? If I want to use the dedicated GPU to process CAD work, can I only use CAD programs on the monitor that’s connected directly to the GPU? Will connecting to the integrated graphics bypass the dedicated graphics?
I do IT work for a fairly large company, and they don’t want to replace all the old GPUs with newer ones, so I’m stuck with the old 1x VGA 1x HDMI and 1x DVI ports. IMHO that is the dumbest design and oversight in our solar system, because if I want to connect 2 monitors, and I want those monitors to be identical, they need to have several types of inputs. Worse, if I want to connect 3, they all need to have all 3- VGA, HDMI, and DVI, or I need to defile my setup with some stupid adapter. Hence, I resort to using the HDMI and Display Port built into the motherboard, which I assume are using onboard graphics. My concern, seeing as the employees at my company are engineers and use AutoCAD and the like, is that this is killing their performance.
Is it? Who can answer my question?
