Second monitor to which GPU suggestions
Second monitor to which GPU suggestions
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Finally got the second monitor (both the same make and model/size) and found several useful ways to take advantage of it. However, both attached to the nVidia Quadro FX3400 seem to be just a bit sluggish on performance when 3D work has to be done (on main, no task executed on the #2)
Since the main reason to get two of them was to avoid the Alt+Tab to get to some other app (like transferring drawings from Corel files to SW, calculator etc,) I thought to enable the integrated ATI Radeon for the purpose and connect the monitor #2 to that GPU since nothing that would require the capabilities of the Quadro happens on screen #2. Just a thought, but would prefer to ask the more experienced if that might invoke some other problems...
So, the question is, should I keep two monitors on one GPU or to connect them to separate GPUs?
Since the main reason to get two of them was to avoid the Alt+Tab to get to some other app (like transferring drawings from Corel files to SW, calculator etc,) I thought to enable the integrated ATI Radeon for the purpose and connect the monitor #2 to that GPU since nothing that would require the capabilities of the Quadro happens on screen #2. Just a thought, but would prefer to ask the more experienced if that might invoke some other problems...
So, the question is, should I keep two monitors on one GPU or to connect them to separate GPUs?






RE: Second monitor to which GPU suggestions
Anna Wood
Core i7 EE965, FirePro V8700, 12 Gb RAM, OCZ Vertex 120 Gb SSD, Dell 3008WFP 30" Monitor
SW2010 SP2.1, Windows 7 x64
http://www.solidmuse.com
http://www.phxswug.com
RE: Second monitor to which GPU suggestions
RE: Second monitor to which GPU suggestions
I was trying to avoid this, but I'm that much smarter now.
My MB does not allow the internal GPU to become active as long as the PCIE slot is occupied, that is, as long as the Quadro card is in the slot and gets it's PS, the internal doesn't want to get active, regardless of the fact that no monitor is attached to it's outlets. Connecting any of the two monitors (only one) to the VGA output on the internal GPU and none of the outputs on the quadro results with black screen and yellow indicator light on the monitor, meaning no signal gets to the monitor. There are no separate GPU drivers on the support CD that came with the MB, so I guess the Catalyst drivers are installed during the chipset install process.
So, with ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO MB and Quadro GPU, there is no option to use both GPUs at the same time. Well, I'll have to live with that. At least I tried.
RE: Second monitor to which GPU suggestions
RE: Second monitor to which GPU suggestions
Anna Wood
Core i7 EE965, FirePro V8700, 12 Gb RAM, OCZ Vertex 120 Gb SSD, Dell 3008WFP 30" Monitor
SW2010 SP2.1, Windows 7 x64
http://www.solidmuse.com
http://www.phxswug.com