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-
