foxdie Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Hi, if i was to take advantage of my two DVI ports to duplicate my screen would it use up more GPU/CPU resources? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 It shouldn't.... not if it's displaying the same thing on two monitors. To be doubly-sure, get a splitter and use one port on the machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluliz Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 You might find that if you use both ports to clone that video playback will only happen on the primary screen. A DVI 1-2 is a better option as long as you want to run the same resolutions on both screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxdie Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 (edited) Well to be more precise im thinking of getting a new HTPC case which has a screen on the front. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/htpc-lcd-tou...ew-31503-4.html Thought it might be cool having a game duplicated on a small screen on the unit itself. But not at the expense of my FPS. http://media.bestofmicro.com/,9-A-176590-3.jpg http://media.bestofmicro.com/,9-7-176587-3.jpg Edited February 4, 2009 by foxdie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Well that'd most likely want to be at a different resolution.. i'm not sure how you'd control two displays at different resolutions.. probably be game-dependant and driver-dependant on how you could frig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxdie Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 Well that'd most likely want to be at a different resolution.. i'm not sure how you'd control two displays at different resolutions.. probably be game-dependant and driver-dependant on how you could frig it. Actually that case screent takes 1080p and down grade it to 800x444 apprantly. 1080p (1920x1080) is what i run my TV at anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezz Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 looks a nice bit of kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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