mike o'reilly
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monitors seperation
Looking for a bit of advice guys.. I have a asus ZX270 MB, i7 processor all is running great. I am using 2 monitors 1-hdmi and 1-display port, I have no graphics card installed. I want to be able to run, say a video on the tv and work on the pc on the monitor. since I only have one graphics source I don't think I can do it. But the question is this- I have a usb c port could I use this to stream to the tv while running the monitor from the display port. My own feeling is no, since there is still only one source but I am no expert so I thought I would ask you guys if this is possible.
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thank you john as I said I did think this myself but it is good to get a simple clean answer so I don't have mess about with something that is not fixable
You need to get a dual Graphics card that fits your ASUS motherboard. You cannot get two separate display with a single on board graphics device.
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any compatible graphics card will be ok I assume I can run 1 from board and 1 from card
Yes, I think so. Any compatible card, two outputs (2 VGA, or 2 HDMI for 2 monitors) and you are good to go. You do need separate outputs. So a card with one output will supplant (disable) the on board card leaving you no farther ahead.
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oh I see . once I fit the card the other output from the processor will be disabled so the card will take over all graphics and so I will need 2 outs on the card to run both devices from there. got you thanks john
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thanks for keeping things as simple as possible that's what we need. us guys with half knowledge who just need a quick answer. cheers!!
You are very welcome and I was pleased to help you.
Two different things on two different monitors, so you do need a graphics card capable of two monitor outputs.