Hey peeps, I've always wanted to get a secondary screen but not for gaming. My main purpose of my build now is for gaming, entertainment needs and surfing. Well now, i feel like getting another monitor just to watch movie or surf while i game, purely for surfing and movies. Since im not usIng that monitor to game, is it okay that i connect it to my CPU? Because connecting it to my GPU would affect the performance big time i guess. And will connecting it to the CPU affects my game?

This post has been edited by dante42: Aug 17 2014, 01:22 AM

hello

u need to plug in all your display to ur gpu.. yeah its true multiple display will make ur gpu work harder.. but its just wont work that way bro.. ull probably will get black screen from the display connected to the mobo.. dont worry la if u only using the 2nd display just for surfing etc but not gaming, it wont affect ur gpu performance so bad.. in fact u cant even notice the performance drop..

Really? Woww haha thanks a lot )

If you do not want your game to be affected (while running the game) then just get another non-gaming desktop PC together with another monitor. This way, you do not have to worry about any game slowdowns and/or hiccups (freeze, accidentally switch back to desktop when notifications pops up, etc). Myself have two machines (one for surfing and another for gaming), but I used a KVM switch so that I can control both machines from a single monitor, keyboard and mouse...

I've considered that before. It's still a little bit pricey for me haha although some cheap specs will do for the other machine. But im still looking to upgrade my current specs so probably not gonna happen :/ thanks anyway haha.