I am helping a friend out, on how to attach a second monitor to his PC.
Here is a link to his computer:
Based upon the back picture (I am not really sure this is “his” computer), but it appears it has an Intel GPU on the motherboard section. It is not listed on his specs, but the one HDMI port it does list may just be the MB-GPU and does not include the ports of the 2080 Super.
If that is correct, he is not seeing the MB-GPU in Task Manager. All he sees is his 2080 Super.
Questions:
If the Intel GPU exists can/should he enable it in his bios?
Does Intel software have something in its software that can enable the MB-GPU if in fact it is currently turned off?
I think you would agree with me that if he can use his second monitor on his MB-GPU that will help his fps out while running 2020.
He should only use the ports on the GPU. There is one HDMI and three displayport. My suggestion is to get a displayport to HDMI adapter or cable from Amazon.
On my setup, I am using the MB-GPU for my second monitor and it appears to be taking some of the workload off the GPU? I have no issues running this setup.
Sorry, hardware is “not” my forte.
Thanks for the quick reply!
Edit: (He is buying the second monitor later on this week)
The GPU port in the motherboard is using the CPU’s integrated graphics. You can’t play MSFS with that. If you want to use the full graphics horsepower of your PC, you need to connect to the component which powers the entire graphics, the GPU.
The motherboard may have a HDMI socket but the i9-89900kf does not have a functioning internal GPU… I think
In that case, a monitor connected to that socket will not work.
I do not know that answer to that as well, VOP. I have an i9-9900K.
I think the bottom line for him this weekend, is get a monitor that has an HDMI & DP and start plugging in and optimize it.
He is getting ready to do some YT live streaming and I want to help him out in anyway I can; so that when he goes live he doesn’t fail miserable. Nothing worse! Come, watch me fly! At 480p-30fps…
Well, he can easily check the CPU type using the Windows ‘System’ feature or connect his current monitor to the MB HDMI socket (and check the enable/disable setting in Bios).
Once he knows that the CPU does not have an internal GPU, he can choose a monitor for connection to the external GPU. I would however not make ‘both HDMI and DP interface’ a monitor requirement as that restricts the choice at the lower price end and makes the price higher. As my GPU has only one HDMI and three DP sockets, I connect my 4K TV (HDMI) to the HDMI socket and my 1080p HDMI monitor to the DP socket using a DP to HDMI adapter (about 10 euro). Works fine for me.
The 9900kf (the cpu) does not have integrated graphics, so you have one working HDMI port on the GPU. Get some displayport to hdmi adapters if your monitor doesn’t support displayport. The motherboard HDMI will never work with that processor installed.
Running multiple monitors off different GPUs seems to be a risky endeavor unless you absolutely have no other choice. Modern graphics cards handle multiple monitors quite well with little to no performance impact.
