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Davidharris941
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so with the help of a lot of people on here i built a gaming pc, but what about dual monitors? i read somewhere you would need another graphics card but im not sure if thats true. i just need to know if theres anything extra i need for dual moniters. heres the build http://pcpartpicker.com/user/davidharris941/saved/rW4Ycf

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you don't need a second graphics card to run more than one monitor.

However many ports there are on your card is your only limitation. but most cards support 4 or more monitors.

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you don't need a second graphics card to run more than one monitor.

However many ports there are on your card is your only limitation. but most cards support 4 or more monitors.

Wait; this being the case, how well would my 660ti power edition handle dual 1080p monitors?

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Wait; this being the case, how well would my 660ti power edition handle dual 1080p monitors?

Just fine, if your planning on playing games with two monitors: first don't, its just stupid, and the performance will just be half that of what it was with one. If your only gaming on one monitor and have a second for skype,chrome, etc. you won't see any performance hit.

My System Specs: (Short list) i7 4770k, GTX 780, many SSD's, a 2 TB HDD(deceased :( ), Corsair 650D. Full list: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/kchriz6097/saved/8dh7YJ

Upgrade Plan: Acquire some Black Noctuas then add 16 or 32GB of 2133MHz memory

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Just fine, if your planning on playing games with two monitors: first don't, its just stupid, and the performance will just be half that of what it was with one. If your only gaming on one monitor and have a second for skype,chrome, etc. you won't see any performance hit.

I just wanted a second moniker for streaming/recording software and when I'm streaming comments. I'll be using a MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR card. Will that support 2 screens? I don't know much about this kinda stuff so I don't know what to look for.
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I just wanted a second moniker for streaming/recording software and when I'm streaming comments. I'll be using a MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR card. Will that support 2 screens? I don't know much about this kinda stuff so I don't know what to look for.

 

It supports multiple monitors just fine.

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