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Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

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On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 11:30:11PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 09:37:00AM -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On 01/01/2017 04:03 PM, jurek wrote:
> > >How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have
> > >Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card.
> > >
> > 
> > I agree with the comment that you can use just one video card for two
> > monitors. I run two IDENTICAL nvidia cards with 4 monitors, using the nvidia
> > driver and it works a charm. But I am not tasking a video driver with the
> > disparities of two different cards. Try using just the 650 card. Ric
> > 
> > 
> 
> I've seen several people say or imply this in the past. But I have an 
> ignorant question I am almost too embarrassed to ask (almost). Most 
> normal cards have only one connector of each type. So how are you 
> plugging in 2 monitors -- one into the HDMI and one into the DisplayPort 
> / DVI / whatever connector??? Or do you use a special cable that plugs 
> into one connector at the card end and splits into 2 at the monitor end? 
> Would that even work? (I would have expected not)

You can order all sorts of cards. 2 DVI, 6 DisplayPorts,
whatever.

DisplayPort, incidentally, can be split to carry several
monitor's signals, if they fit within the allowed bandwidth.
You'll need a smart adapter for that, though -- $20-80.

And many monitors have multiple inputs of different types.

-dsr-

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two graphics cards and two monitors jurek <jurek.mlynarczyk@o2.pl> - 2017-01-01 22:20 +0100
  Re: two graphics cards and two monitors Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2017-01-01 22:30 +0100
  Re: two graphics cards and two monitors Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2017-01-01 22:40 +0100
  Re: two graphics cards and two monitors Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2017-01-02 07:20 +0100
  Re: two graphics cards and two monitors Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-01-03 15:40 +0100
    Re: two graphics cards and two monitors Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-01-04 15:40 +0100
    Re: two graphics cards and two monitors Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-01-04 15:40 +0100
      Re: two graphics cards and two monitors kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> - 2017-01-05 04:10 +0100
      Re: two graphics cards and two monitors Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-01-05 04:50 +0100
        Re: two graphics cards and two monitors Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 16:50 +0100
          Re: two graphics cards and two monitors Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-01-10 17:00 +0100
            Re: two graphics cards and two monitors Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2017-01-10 17:30 +0100
              Re: two graphics cards and two monitors Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 18:10 +0100

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