Dual Display

[cubies1982]

hey,

 

i've just ordered another BenQ GL2450 for duel screen display and my graphics card is a EVGA GeForce 970 GTX but there only seems to be one HDMI port. The only cable the monitor comes with is one of these.

 

https://www.digitalred.com/oldsite/img/support/cables/vga.jpg

 

My ports look like this.

 

http://www.computershopper.com/g00/2_d3d3LmNvbXB1dGVyc2hvcHBlci5jb20%3D_/TU9SRVBIRVVTMjIkaHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb21wdXRlcnNob3BwZXIuY29tL3Zhci9lendlYmluX3NpdGUvc3RvcmFnZS9pbWFnZXMvbWVkaWEvaW1hZ2VzL2V2Z2EtZ2Vmb3JjZS1ndHgtOTYwLXNzYy1wb3J0cy8xMTg3MjY5LTEtZW5nLVVTL2V2Z2EtZ2Vmb3JjZS1ndHgtOTYwLXNzYy1wb3J0cy5qcGc%2FaTEwYy5tYXJrLmltYWdlLnR5cGU%3D_$/$/$/$/$/$/$/$/$/$

[MzCatieB]

just order a DVI/HDMI cable... there like £$10 for a decent length one

[Glenwing]

4 minutes ago, cubies1982 said:

hey,

 

i've just ordered another BenQ GL2450 for duel screen display and my graphics card is a EVGA GeForce 970 GTX but there only seems to be one HDMI port. The only cable the monitor comes with is one of these.

 

https://www.digitalred.com/oldsite/img/support/cables/vga.jpg

 

My ports look like this.

 

http://www.computershopper.com/g00/2_d3d3LmNvbXB1dGVyc2hvcHBlci5jb20%3D_/TU9SRVBIRVVTMjIkaHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb21wdXRlcnNob3BwZXIuY29tL3Zhci9lendlYmluX3NpdGUvc3RvcmFnZS9pbWFnZXMvbWVkaWEvaW1hZ2VzL2V2Z2EtZ2Vmb3JjZS1ndHgtOTYwLXNzYy1wb3J0cy8xMTg3MjY5LTEtZW5nLVVTL2V2Z2EtZ2Vmb3JjZS1ndHgtOTYwLXNzYy1wb3J0cy5qcGc%2FaTEwYy5tYXJrLmltYWdlLnR5cGU%3D_$/$/$/$/$/$/$/$/$/$

Use a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter.

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GW8DZV4/&tag=linus21-20

[cubies1982]

Just now, Pixxie_Payne said:

just order a DVI/HDMI cable... there like £$10 for a decent length one

thanks! it will still work? i need one to be HDMI

[cubies1982]

Just now, Glenwing said:

Use a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter.

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GW8DZV4/&tag=linus21-20

then both will be HDMI?

[Glenwing]

Just now, cubies1982 said:

then both will be HDMI?

It will allow your graphics card's DisplayPort output to act as an additional HDMI port instead.

[AndersT2]

If you have a DVI cable laying around, you can also use that one, since the monitor has a DVI input too. (Or a friend has one he/she doesn't use)

[cubies1982]

34 minutes ago, AndersT2 said:

If you have a DVI cable laying around, you can also use that one, since the monitor has a DVI input too. (Or a friend has one he/she doesn't use)

just ordered one thanks

[AndersT2]

No. You might not see a differance, but VGA is on the way out. It's analog, so the GPU will have to convert to analog, than back to digital again in the screen.

If the Monitor came with a VGA cable, and I'd bet the 970 you have came with a small brick, that converts either the DVI port to HDMI, or to VGA, so you might don't have to buy anything (If it's the first, maybe a HDMI cable).

 

Check if the 970 came with something like this:

[cubies1982]

3 minutes ago, AndersT2 said:

No. You might not see a differance, but VGA is on the way out. It's analog, so the GPU will have to convert to analog, than back to digital again in the screen.

If the Monitor came with a VGA cable, and I'd bet the 970 you have came with a small brick, that converts either the DVI port to HDMI, or to VGA, so you might don't have to buy anything (If it's the first, maybe a HDMI cable).

 

Check if the 970 came with something like this:

sorry i edited the post, i bought a dvi to dvi cable with my GPU having a dvi port and my monitor too