So in a while from now I'm going to be getting together my first gaming PC and what I really want is a dual monitor setup, I want to be running games on one monitor and be able to have facebook, skype, or itunes open on the other monitor. The CPU I'm getting is an Intel Core i7 37770, 8GB of ram, and the video card I'm using is an nVidia GeForce GTX 650 2GB.
I heard that graphics cards with only 2GB in them aren't very good for dual monitor setups. Is this correct? Also, if it is, could I fix the problem by getting some cheap graphics card and plugging the second monitor that won't be used for gaming into that one?
Also the monitors I'm using are a Dick Smith brand 19 inch LED LCD tv and a fairly old looking Medion flatscreen monitor if that makes any difference.
My work computer is a dual monitor setup with a Core 2 Quad CPU, 4GB of ram, and a 512MB graphics card; no lag or issues on there even with the remote control application running full-screen on one and all the other tools on the other. The graphics card you've chosen for this setup is actually somewhat overpowered for the uses you've mentioned, especially if one of the monitors is a LCD TV running at 720p or lower resolution & you're not running games on both monitors.
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For gaming, you're probably better off getting a Core i5 3570k or 3450 and using the savings from that to buy a better graphics card (Radeon 7870, GeForce 760, Radeon 7950). The second monitor with just skype and your internet browser will basically cost nothing in terms of graphics - I used to game and run a second monitor for that purpose with a GeForce 8600 with...256?mb of vram.
But the 650 isn't a very powerful graphics card, and the i7 is a touch overkill for gaming.
My pc has around the same video card you have and runs dual monitors fine. One is my PC screen 27 inches (main with games) and my second screen is my 32 inches Television (for the multimedia purposes).
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For gaming, you're probably better off getting a Core i5 3570k or 3450 and using the savings from that to buy a better graphics card (Radeon 7870, GeForce 760, Radeon 7950). The second monitor with just skype and your internet browser will basically cost nothing in terms of graphics - I used to game and run a second monitor for that purpose with a GeForce 8600 with...256?mb of vram.
But the 650 isn't a very powerful graphics card, and the i7 is a touch overkill for gaming.
This. Some great advice here. Save the money for the GPU, and you're going to get a lot more performance for your money.
Nowadays, video cards come with plenty of outputs, so multimonitor is not a problem. I'm running a 27" with two 19" flanking it. I'm running an R9 280X I just purchased two weeks ago, and it is sweet. Crank up all details in every game, and it just flies.
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I heard that graphics cards with only 2GB in them aren't very good for dual monitor setups. Is this correct? Also, if it is, could I fix the problem by getting some cheap graphics card and plugging the second monitor that won't be used for gaming into that one?
Also the monitors I'm using are a Dick Smith brand 19 inch LED LCD tv and a fairly old looking Medion flatscreen monitor if that makes any difference.
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But the 650 isn't a very powerful graphics card, and the i7 is a touch overkill for gaming.
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This. Some great advice here. Save the money for the GPU, and you're going to get a lot more performance for your money.
Nowadays, video cards come with plenty of outputs, so multimonitor is not a problem. I'm running a 27" with two 19" flanking it. I'm running an R9 280X I just purchased two weeks ago, and it is sweet. Crank up all details in every game, and it just flies.