How many monitors?

[CandiceJoy]

So, I have a GT 630 and a GTX 1080.  My goal is to plug all my monitors but one (the main one, since they're all mismatched) into the GT 630 and only use the only plugged into the 1080 for gaming.  I know Nvidia at least USED to be limited as to the number of monitors you can use.  Is it still that way?  Is it limited per video card or total?  How many monitors can I have on each card?

[dizmo]

....but, why?

[Simon771]

I think GT 630 can support only 2 monitors.

 

[CandiceJoy]

2 minutes ago, dizmo said:

....but, why?

Why, what?  Why run 2 GPUs?  To maximise performance of the 1080.  I know it wouldn't eat much performance off the 1080, but eh, I'd prefer to get every drop of performance I can out of it.

[Orboe]

8 minutes ago, CandiceJoy said:

So, I have a GT 630 and a GTX 1080.  My goal is to plug all my monitors but one (the main one, since they're all mismatched) into the GT 630 and only use the only plugged into the 1080 for gaming.  I know Nvidia at least USED to be limited as to the number of monitors you can use.  Is it still that way?  Is it limited per video card or total?  How many monitors can I have on each card?

This sounds like a bad idea. Just use the 1080.... The 630 does nothing for you.

[NinjaJc01]

8 minutes ago, CandiceJoy said:

So, I have a GT 630 and a GTX 1080.  My goal is to plug all my monitors but one (the main one, since they're all mismatched) into the GT 630 and only use the only plugged into the 1080 for gaming.  I know Nvidia at least USED to be limited as to the number of monitors you can use.  Is it still that way?  Is it limited per video card or total?  How many monitors can I have on each card?

Just plug them all into the 1080, then you can use the other 16x PCIe slot for something else.

[CandiceJoy]

1 minute ago, Orboe said:

This sounds like a bad idea? Just use the 1080....

Well, last I knew (things might have changed), Nvidia GPUs only supported 2 monitors each?  Also, my 1080 doesn't have a VGA port, and the DVI port is being used.  Also, yeah, small performance hit on the 1080 running more monitors that I'd like to pass on.

[Orboe]

2 minutes ago, CandiceJoy said:

Why, what?  Why run 2 GPUs?  To maximise performance of the 1080.  I know it wouldn't eat much performance off the 1080, but eh, I'd prefer to get every drop of performance I can out of it.

You need to learn how two gpus work

[JabroniBaloney]

Just because you think something works one way doesn't mean it actually does.

[CandiceJoy]

2 minutes ago, Orboe said:

You need to learn how two gpus work

I actually tried it.  I got lower FPS when the other two monitors were connected to my main GPU than when they were on the GT 630 with no other differences.

[CandiceJoy]

11 minutes ago, NinjaJc01 said:

Just plug them all into the 1080, then you can use the other 16x PCIe slot for something else.

I don't have anything to use it for, otherwise I just might

[NinjaJc01]

2 minutes ago, CandiceJoy said:

I don't have anything to use it for, otherwise I just might

Are you in the UK? If so, sell it to CEX, if not, sell it on Ebay or Craigslist or whatever.

[Orboe]

9 minutes ago, CandiceJoy said:

I actually tried it.  I got lower FPS when the other two monitors were connected to my main GPU than when they were on the GT 630 with no other differences.

If that is what you want :3 How many monitors do you have? I have never tried to use more than 4 monitors ( I run all on one card) but as far as I know, you can plug in as many as you have outputs. I could be wrong though.

[dizmo]

1 hour ago, CandiceJoy said:

Why, what?  Why run 2 GPUs?  To maximise performance of the 1080.  I know it wouldn't eat much performance off the 1080, but eh, I'd prefer to get every drop of performance I can out of it.

By the sounds of your monitors they're 60hz panels (if you're worried about the VGA port..), you've already far surpassed their abilities.

Not only that, but the fps drop you'd get is extremely minimal.

[SLAYR]

1 hour ago, CandiceJoy said:

Why, what?  Why run 2 GPUs?  To maximise performance of the 1080.  I know it wouldn't eat much performance off the 1080, but eh, I'd prefer to get every drop of performance I can out of it.

Yes the 630 will help get better performance on the 1080 since it won't have to render the screens attached to it, but you cannot use triple screen gaming off of two seperate cards.

 

1 hour ago, Orboe said:

If that is what you want :3 How many monitors do you have? I have never tried to use more than 4 monitors ( I run all on one card) but as far as I know, you can plug in as many as you have outputs. I could be wrong though.

Anything over two monitors on a card and you will most likely need active adapters for the other monitors to receive a signal.

 

17 minutes ago, dizmo said:

By the sounds of your monitors they're 60hz panels (if you're worried about the VGA port..), you've already far surpassed their abilities.

Not only that, but the fps drop you'd get is extremely minimal.

Usually it is about 5-10fps drop from having another two screens just attached to the card they don't even have to be doing anything.

[dizmo]

6 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

Yes the 630 will help get better performance on the 1080 since it won't have to render the screens attached to it, but you cannot use triple screen gaming off of two seperate cards.

 

Anything over two monitors on a card and you will most likely need active adapters for the other monitors to receive a signal.

 

Usually it is about 5-10fps drop from having another two screens just attached to the card they don't even have to be doing anything.

Yes, but if he has a 60hz monitor, and he's worried about getting 10fps off of his 80 or 90 fps total....it's a useless savings.

[CandiceJoy]

On 6/26/2016 at 0:26 PM, NinjaJc01 said:

Are you in the UK? If so, sell it to CEX, if not, sell it on Ebay or Craigslist or whatever.

Sure, let me sell an extra PCIE slot?

[CandiceJoy]

On 6/26/2016 at 1:53 PM, dizmo said:

Yes, but if he has a 60hz monitor, and he's worried about getting 10fps off of his 80 or 90 fps total....it's a useless savings.

They're mismatched monitors so I don't want to use them for triple monitor gaming and I'm a she, not a he.

[CandiceJoy]

On 6/26/2016 at 1:47 PM, SLAYR said:

Yes the 630 will help get better performance on the 1080 since it won't have to render the screens attached to it, but you cannot use triple screen gaming off of two seperate cards.

 

Anything over two monitors on a card and you will most likely need active adapters for the other monitors to receive a signal.

 

Usually it is about 5-10fps drop from having another two screens just attached to the card they don't even have to be doing anything.

There we go.  Thank you!  I thought that there was some sort of limit like that, but I didn't know if Nvidia changed it or what.  I know AMD's eyefinity allows what was it, 6 monitors per GPU max?

[NinjaJc01]

6 hours ago, CandiceJoy said:

Sure, let me sell an extra PCIE slot?

The card...