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How to run dual monitors off both the GPU and Motherboard?

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14 December 2013 08:41:12

So I just recently built myself a new PC for school/gaming. I have a GeForce GTX 760 video card, an MSI Z87-G43 motherboard, 8GB of RAM, and a 4670k CPU. My question is how (with 2 HDMI cables) can I get both of my monitors to work? My video card only has 1 HDMI port on it, so I was wondering if I could run 1 monitor off that, and 1 off the motherboard directly.

After some quick google searches, I found that I need to enable my onboard video settings in BIOS. However, whenever I try that all I'm able to do it switch which display comes on at boot up, but they don't work at the same time. Someone please help, and in case it wasn't obvious already, I have very little no PC background knowledge.

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14 December 2013 08:53:25

You must chose either run monitors off the 760 or the motherboard. You can't do both. You can use one HDMI and one DVI. The DVI won't carry sound but why would you need to carry sound to two monitors?
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14 December 2013 08:55:58

Do your monitors only have HDMI? You could get a DVI>HDMI adapter for one of the cards or a DVI>HDMI cable. Either way that would allow you to run both monitors of of the GTX 760.
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14 December 2013 08:56:07

enable both the integrated gpu and dedicated gpu in the BIOS settings. Go to screen resolution settings and click the "multiple display" drop list and choose "extended desktop".
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