How would I go about getting one monitor to run off my GPU and one off the motherboard/iGPU

[dert882]

My current setup is a GTX 970, i5-4590, 16 gb ram, and my motherboard is the Z97X-SLI. I've tried finding out an answer but nothing seems to be specific enough to help.

[Glenwing]

Plug one into your GPU and plug the other one into your motherboard, simple as that. If it doesn't work it's likely because of a BIOS setting disabling the iGPU or the monitor is disabled in Windows or something like that.

[JamieF]

Plug the cables in and then go to control panel>adjust screen resoultion. Then under multiple displays select extend displays.

 

My current setup is a GTX 970, i5-4590, 16 gb ram, and my motherboard is the Z97X-SLI. I've tried finding out an answer but nothing seems to be specific enough to help.

[minibois]

My current setup is a GTX 970, i5-4590, 16 gb ram, and my motherboard is the Z97X-SLI. I've tried finding out an answer but nothing seems to be specific enough to help.

You have to look in your motherboard's BIOS to enable iGPU.

Any reasons you are not just connecting both monitors to your GPU?

[Naeaes]

Sorry, It can't be done. The GPU needs to be physically pulled out of the socket and the machine rebooted. Technically you could put the GPU on an extension and use relays to cut the connection and then reboot, but it'd still be either or.

 

EDIT: OK, it's been a while since I checked. A really long while, but now that I did, Virtu is available for desktop too. If your motherboard is supported, it could solve the problem: http://lucidlogix.com/support/faqs/

Edited August 14, 2015 by Naeaes

[dert882]

You have to look in your motherboard's BIOS to enable iGPU.

Any reasons you are not just connecting both monitors to your GPU?

I've noticed that when I'm playing a game and have something else on my second monitor like a youtube video, the main monitor appears to have some frame dropping, even though my FPS number doesn't drop.