Why cant I use my 3 Monitors as being separate Monitors and not duplicating themselves?

[David.A]

I just bought a 3rd Monitor. Connected it via DP and went into the Display settings on my PC. I now have the problem that only my 2 old Monitors will actually show something. Or the other option that I could get to work was that I had 1 main Monitor and Monitor 2 and 3 were duplicated. But I want it so that all 3 Monitors are basicly on there own and can show separate things. I have the Monitors connected to my Asus Gtx 1080. 2 Monitors via DP and 1 via HDMI. Is it maybe that I can only have 1 Monitor connected via DP and must have the other 2 connected via HDMI? or how else do I get this to work?

 

Many thanks in advance!

[Bombastinator]

It’s usually a display settings thing.  

[Husky]

Are the monitors connected to separate ports on the GPU or are you using a multiplexer?

 

Make sure that your graphics drivers are up to date and make sure that the displays are in Extend mode by pressing Windows Key + P and clicking Extend.

[GenericFanboy]

Mess around with the settings you get when you press Windows+P. If you havent tried that.

[NineEyeRon]

Windows+p

[Mick Naughty]

Select each monitor and select extend instead of duplicate.