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KVM switch and dual monitors

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I have two systems both of which are capable of using two monitors on a single nvidia card. I am using the dual monitors on my primary system and I wanted to know if I could use a KVM switch to switch the displays. I only need to use the dual monitors on my primary system - the other one I could settle for just using one monitor. The problem is that most KVM switches seem to have a maximum resolution wich is less that the 2560x1024 that I am running now. I could disable the second monitor in nView, but that would be a hassle to do all the time. Any sugestions?
 
I have triple monitors on my main system, and a secondary system (file server) that shares my left most monitor. It all works the same, just when I want access to the file server, I flip the KVM switch and the left monitor changes to the monitor for the file server, don't have to disable anything or anything. When I'm done, I just flip the switch back so it is the 3rd monitor for my main system again. Simple as that.

A KVM switch will only work with one monitor. The max resolution is for the monitor that it has running on it, not both of them together. Since a KVM only works with one monitor, you'd only have to worry about your resolution being 1280x1024, it's not considered 2560x1024.

If you want to switch both monitors between both systems, you'll need two KVM switchs, one for each monitor.
 
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