Two GPUs for two monitors, does it work?

[draculr]

Hey guys, I've currently got a desktop which is used for equal part photo editing and equal part gaming.

 

I have a 780ti GPU and a standard Dell 27" display. 
 

Looking to change things up a little and get one 10 bit panel for editing and one 144hz panel for gaming, but the 780ti won't do 10 bit output.

 

Is there anyway to get a cheap quadro card and have that run the 10bit panel, and let the 780ti run a 144hz panel where the gaming happens as well as make sure my system uses the 780ti for all GPU tasks? ie. the cheap quadro acts JUST as a display card for one monitor.

 

If so, is it handled well in windows 10 or do things get buggy?

 

Cheers

[Sir Asvald]

Hey guys, I've currently got a desktop which is used for equal part photo editing and equal part gaming.

 

I have a 780ti GPU and a standard Dell 27" display. 

 

Looking to change things up a little and get one 10 bit panel for editing and one 144hz panel for gaming, but the 780ti won't do 10 bit output.

 

Is there anyway to get a cheap quadro card and have that run the 10bit panel, and let the 780ti run a 144hz panel where the gaming happens as well as make sure my system uses the 780ti for all GPU tasks? ie. the cheap quadro acts JUST as a display card for one monitor.

 

If so, is it handled well in windows 10 or do things get buggy?

 

Cheers

You can run 2 monitors off a single GPU. No need for 2 GPUs. 

[Venomz1337]

You can run 2 monitors off a single GPU. No need for 2 GPUs. 

 

He says that a 780ti can't output to 10 bit. 

[SeanAngelo]

Hey guys, I've currently got a desktop which is used for equal part photo editing and equal part gaming.

 

I have a 780ti GPU and a standard Dell 27" display. 

 

Looking to change things up a little and get one 10 bit panel for editing and one 144hz panel for gaming, but the 780ti won't do 10 bit output.

 

Is there anyway to get a cheap quadro card and have that run the 10bit panel, and let the 780ti run a 144hz panel where the gaming happens as well as make sure my system uses the 780ti for all GPU tasks? ie. the cheap quadro acts JUST as a display card for one monitor.

 

If so, is it handled well in windows 10 or do things get buggy?

 

Cheers

I don't think it is possible, but I could be wrong....

[draculr]

I don't think it is possible, but I could be wrong....

 

Might have to stick with 8 bit output for now then if that set up isn't possible

[PrimeSonic]

I've had a pair of 560s in the past which for a time weren't hooked up for SLI. And I had each of them outputting to different displays. All this in Windows 8.

So what you're trying to do with a Quadro should be possible. But I would reach out to Nvidia if you can to be safe before you drop that kind of money.

[BrightCandle]

You can absolutely have two monitors running off two different GPUs and have the primary monitor set as the gaming one so that games find it as the first one and work with it. But I don't know about the 10 bpp chain because I know that there are a number of pieces to getting that working including not just the GPU and monitor but also the software as well. I think you need to look into the 10 bpp chain and work out how to do that as I am not confident its just quadro + monitor.

[draculr]

You can absolutely have two monitors running off two different GPUs and have the primary monitor set as the gaming one so that games find it as the first one and work with it. But I don't know about the 10 bpp chain because I know that there are a number of pieces to getting that working including not just the GPU and monitor but also the software as well. I think you need to look into the 10 bpp chain and work out how to do that as I am not confident its just quadro + monitor.

To complicate things: is there anyway to do it with just a single 10bit monitor? ie. Use the quadro as a display only GPU (for 10 bit support) and the 780ti for all GPU processing and gaming?

[BrightCandle]

To complicate things: is there anyway to do it with just a single 10bit monitor? ie. Use the quadro as a display only GPU (for 10 bit support) and the 780ti for all GPU processing and gaming?

 

I don't know enough about the 10 bit chain to comment. I would suspect the answer is very much no but I couldn't tell you. I am hoping in looking into the 10 bit chain you find out how the OS/Software is setup to use and then at that point you might have an idea if you can run 10 bit and 8 bit on different monitors.

 

I do see on Nvidia control panel my new PG279Q has a colour depth selector (with one entry) so I kind of assume maybe a 10 bit monitor has a selector underneith it if its on a supporting GPU?! I am just guessing it all hinges on how that 10 bit is setup.