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gpu enough for 2 monitors

BardiaMGTGC
By BardiaMGTGC
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i have a gtx 1050 and a 4 core and threaded i5 with intel hd graphics

im getting 2 asus vp228he monitors and i use the pc for gaming 

is gtx 1050 enough for dual monitors one for gaming and one for other things like sshing to my server and google chrome stuff 

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The gpu is enough to run both monitors easily. Gaming on a single monitor will work fine too. Its just that the cpu will prolly get overwhelmed when playing and using productivity stuff with just 4 cores. Additionally, how much ram do you have and 2hat exact cpu model do you have?

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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Yes.

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CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Motherboard: MSI B450-A Pro Max RAM: 32GB I forget GPU: MSI Vega 56 Storage: 256GB NVMe boot, 512GB Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB WD Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue HDD PSU: Inwin P85 850w Case: Fractal Design Define C Cooling: Stock for CPU, be quiet! case fans, Morpheus Vega w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 2 for GPU Monitor: 3x Thinkvision P24Q on a Steelcase Eyesite triple monitor stand Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Keyboard: Focus FK-9000 (heavily modded) Mousepad: Aliexpress cat special Headphones:  Sennheiser HD598SE and Sony Linkbuds

 

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When only gaming on 1 monitor running the 2nd monitor for streaming etc. will cause next to no additional stress to your gpu.

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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14 minutes ago, MartinKweh said:

The gpu is enough to run both monitors easily. Gaming on a single monitor will work fine too. Its just that the cpu will prolly get overwhelmed when playing and using productivity stuff with just 4 cores. Additionally, how much ram do you have and 2hat exact cpu model do you have?

its an i5 7400 and i bought it because at the time there was no such thing as "ryzen" in our country until this year that they came 

i have 16gb of 2400mhz

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Applications that do not utilize the GPU very heavily are unlikely to affect your gaming performance, unless something you are doing takes resources from the GPU, CPU or Memory.

The fact of using 2 monitors is not a factor, what you are doing on the other screen is.

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