Issue running two monitors

[Lil Bear]

Hey guys I was hoping someone could shed some light on my issue I am currently having.  So I currently built a new computer and got a new monitor to replace my old one. My old monitor is a dell 60hz monitor, not quite sure on the model off the top of my head but hopefully someone can still resolve my issue.  With my new build I am running a 1080 ti Strix with a Asus PG279Q ROG Swift Gsync 165Hz Monitor, using Windows 10.  I have them both plugged into my graphics card, but for some reason when I do so my main monitor defaults to 60Hz and to make things more confusing when I am sitting at my home screen it is showing both monitors as mirror images.  Also when I try to open an application the application opens down on the task bar but I cant get it to actually pop up on the screen.  When I unplug my old monitor from the GPU ever thing works fine. I even tried going with one monitor and going into my settings to make sure everything was properly set for two monitors and everything was how I think it should be set to run two monitors. Please help

[TheSneakinSpider]

one of the ports may be bad and not give enough try a different port on the card for both monitors

[Lil Bear]

Just now, TheSneakinSpider said:

one of the ports may be bad and not give enough try a different port on the card for both monitors

Ill try that, and do I need to be running both monitors on the same type of cables?

[TheSneakinSpider]

it shouldn't matter if the problem winds up being the port but yeah switching cables would be a good idea

[Lil Bear]

2 minutes ago, TheSneakinSpider said:

one of the ports may be bad and not give enough try a different port on the card for both monitors

Like do I need to be running both off of display ports?

[dizmo]

Did you go into display settings and configure it?

[TheSneakinSpider]

just try switching it all around

[Lil Bear]

1 hour ago, dizmo said:

Did you go into display settings and configure it?

I did. My issue was when I had both plugged up I couldnt fully open an application. I finally got it worked out after turning off a setting in nvidia while at lunch Thanks

[Lil Bear]

1 hour ago, TheSneakinSpider said:

just try switching it all around

I had to change something in Nvidia, thanks for the help!