How to connect two monitors to one PC

[ShayMaster [PC Noob]]

Hey all I haven't built my PC but when I do I would like to connect two monitors to it to play my games over two monitors, you know when the games are stretched over two monitors? Yeah that. How would I go about doing that? I'm planning on having a AMD R9 390 for my GPU. I heard that to connect two monitors you need something to do with the GPU. Also does having two monitor reduce frame rates / fps?

[SPAS-ID]

just simply plug both cable to the GPU, and set the Resolution on Windows, and yes More Pixel = More Process

[MilkJugg24]

playing games across two monitors would be awful...

[ShayMaster [PC Noob]]

1 minute ago, SPAS-ID said:

just simply plug both cable to the GPU, and set the Resolution on Windows, and yes More Pixel = More Process

I'm sorry I'm a noob, I didn't understand a word. ??

[DioOmicida]

When you plug the monitor in it should natively pick it up.
If it doesn't go into your resolution settings and you may have to assign the monitor. 

[ShayMaster [PC Noob]]

1 minute ago, MilkJugg24 said:

playing games across two monitors would be awful...

How so?

[ShadowCaptain]

4 minutes ago, ShayMaster [PC Noob] said:

SNIP

You just connect them

you do not want to play games across 2 monitors, its either 1 or 3 for best experience 

(personally I hate gaming across more than one monitor, but 2 monitors are useful for productivity)

 

The more monitors, the harder it is for your computer to render the game, eg, 2 screens are twice as hard to run as 1 screen as it has to render the game twice

[ShadowCaptain]

Just now, ShayMaster [PC Noob] said:

How so?

There will be 2 bezels in the middle of the screen

shooters would be impossible and other games would look ugly

[ShayMaster [PC Noob]]

1 minute ago, ShadowCaptain said:

You just connect them

you do not want to play games across 2 monitors, its either 1 or 3 for best experience 

(personally I hate gaming across more than one monitor, but 2 monitors are useful for productivity)

 

The more monitors, the harder it is for your computer to render the game, eg, 2 screens are twice as hard to run as 1 screen as it has to render the game twice

Yeah, that makes more sense, I'd prolly use the second monitor for other stuff. Since I'm not gonna use it for gaming, I just plug the monitor in and it should work?

[ShayMaster [PC Noob]]

2 minutes ago, ShadowCaptain said:

There will be 2 bezels in the middle of the screen

shooters would be impossible and other games would look ugly

Ahh okay, makes sense.

[ShayMaster [PC Noob]]

@ShadowCaptain so if I just plug the second monitor in, it should automatically work? I'll be able to move my mice from one monitor to the other with no problem? Or is there something else I need to do?

[ShadowCaptain]

Just now, ShayMaster [PC Noob] said:

@ShadowCaptain so if I just plug the second monitor in, it should automatically work? I'll be able to move my mice from one monitor to the other with no problem? Or is there something else I need to do?

thats it,

 

you can check the resolution settings in windows and choose which monitor is on which side etc

[ShayMaster [PC Noob]]

1 minute ago, ShadowCaptain said:

thats it,

 

you can check the resolution settings in windows and choose which monitor is on which side etc

What do you mean 'which monitor is on which side' sorry I'm a complete noob 

[ShadowCaptain]

4 minutes ago, ShayMaster [PC Noob] said:

What do you mean 'which monitor is on which side' sorry I'm a complete noob 

When you have 2 monitors you have to tell the computer which monitor is on the "left" or "right" so that when you move the mouse across it goes the right way

[ShayMaster [PC Noob]]

3 minutes ago, ShadowCaptain said:

When you have 2 monitors you have to tell the computer which monitor is on the "left" or "right" so that when you move the mouse across it goes the right way

Ok thanks; sorry for using your time. ?

[ShadowCaptain]

4 minutes ago, ShayMaster [PC Noob] said:

Ok thanks; sorry for using your time. ?

Its what the forum is for