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    Question 2x GTX 980 SC Multi Monitor Setup- 1 card dedicated to each monitor possible ? no SLI

    Is it possible to have a multi monitor setup (2 separate monitors) with two GTX 980's, where each monitor is connected to a separate card ? So basically each card is driving one monitor. Obviously SLI would be disabled.

    But when SLI is active both cards can then drive the display on the primary monitor, and the second monitor connected to the slave card then obviuosly just no longer receives any output. Is an adaptive output like this possible with a Nvidia platform ?

    The reason I ask, is the above described scenario is exactly what I have up and running on my existing AMD cards. But i'm thinking of switching to camp Nvidia, and was wondering if my existing kinda quirky display setup would work with Nvidia drivers/cards ?

    Just to be clear:

    SLI Turned Off = Each card becomes independent, and each card detects it's connected to one monitor, and drives the display on their respective monitor.

    SLI Turned On = The primary card becomes a master card and the second card becomes a slave card to the master card, and the SLI array as a whole detects it's connected to ONE monitor, namely the monitor connected to the master card, and then both cards then drive the display (eg playing a game) on that one monitor. At which point I can just power down the second monitor.

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    Last edited by Dave_07; 15-12-2014 at 05:05 AM.
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