| Xingke United States. July 02 2012 13:00. Posts 78 | Profile # |
I have no idea how I have went as long as I have on a single monitor, especially since I am studying computer science, but I am just about fed up with the inefficiency of only using one.
I figured I would get a 1080p, since my current is only 1600x900, but had some questions regarding dual screening with 2 different resolutions. In particular, with the 570. I only looked into it a little but heard many reports on that sky rocketing the temps on this card. Is this true? And if so what would be the best way to combat it?
I am honestly perfectly fine with using a 1600x900 resolution and if it would be better to just grab a 2nd matching monitor, I would do it. If having a 1080p is worth the extra trouble if it will jump my temps up a bunch, thats fine too, I just need convincing I guess.
I don't really have the money to upgrade to 2x 1080p monitors. Basically looking on thoughts and suggestions as to what route I should take. |
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| Hammer442 Australia. July 02 2012 14:27. Posts 671 | Profile # |
I am using dual monitors on a GTX 570, temps do jump up about 10 degrees with the second monitor being used.
30 degrees idle on the card, goes up to about 40 ish with the second monitor, i have never had any problems with it.
Monitors are 1920x1080 and 1680x1050.
So it is true that you will probably see a jump in temps, if you are ok with that i don't see an issue with it.Last edit: 2012-07-02 14:30:44 |
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 Womwomwom July 02 2012 14:48. Posts 5514 | Profile Blog # |
The temperatures rise because nVidia's multi-monitor support is trash. The differing resolutions, for whatever reason, puts the GPUs into 3D mode.
You can fix this problem with nVidia Inspector. |
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| Strafe578 Canada. July 03 2012 02:46. Posts 66 | Profile # |
Hey, Im using a similar set-up to what you may be getting. My laptop has a 1080p monitor and I am also using an external 1600x900 monitor. The laptop has a GT650M 2GB. I've been using it for a while now and it is fine.  |
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| Myrmidon United States. July 03 2012 03:10. Posts 8487 | Profile Blog # |
Note that this is pretty much just increasing general-use power draw and thus temperatures. Power draw and temperatures during intensive use, like when gaming, shouldn't change. It's not like the higher idle temperatures are really much of a concern.
For GTX 570 and other upper-shelf Fermi graphics cards, the differences can be pretty gross though, from an ideological perspective—25W at idle vs. 81W running multiple monitors for the 570, according to TPU on reference card:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_GT_640/26.htmlLast edit: 2012-07-03 03:10:54 |
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| Mattes Germany. July 03 2012 03:17. Posts 973 | Profile # |
Like Womwomwom saig, nvidia gpus tend to switch into 3d mode with multiple monitors with different resolutions.
Download nVidia Inspector and activate Multi Display Power Saver and your card will clock down automatically.
For me its been a change in temperature of nearly 12°C. |
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| Amalaxi United States. July 03 2012 08:51. Posts 180 | Profile # |
| I just downloaded nVidia Inspector and can't find Multi Display Power Saver option o_O |
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| Mattes Germany. July 03 2012 09:13. Posts 973 | Profile # |
On July 03 2012 08:51 Amalaxi wrote:
I just downloaded nVidia Inspector and can't find Multi Display Power Saver option o_O
Rightclick on "Show overclocking".
Here a little "How to" - especially if you want to add programs (games, other gpu-intensive programs) that you want to run while the power-save-option is enabled.
http://www.overclock.net/t/964370/howto-dual-monitor-downclocking-fix-for-nvidia-cardsLast edit: 2012-07-03 09:19:22 |
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