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Two different video cards for 2 different monitors

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Florin22xxl

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Hello guys,
I have 2 monitors : Benq XL2411Z(1080 144hz) and Apple Cinema Display(2560x1600).My video card is a GTX 1060.
My problem is i need 2xDVI conections on my video card to connect both displays,but the card only has one.On top of that the DVI on the card is DVI-D dual link digital and i can only run the benq monitor,the apple monitor needs DVI-I digital/analog (wich the card doesnt have) to run at native resolution.When i connect it it just goes on low res,and splits the screen in many sections....
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Before the 1060 i had GTX 780 and that had 1XDVI-D and 1xDVI-I connections,so i could run both displays.The apple monitor was runing native resolution on the DVI-I conection,DVI-D produced exactly the same results as the dvi conection on my GTX 1060.
This is the ports i had on GTX 780 , i was connecting the apple monitor on the DVI-I the bottom connection.
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My question is can i get a cheap video card,the cheaper ones all have DVI-I digital/analog conections.I want to run the benq monitor on the gtx 1060 and the Apple display on the cheap graphics card.
Will the apple display run native resolution of 2560x1600?Will the second graphics card run on the drivers from the GTX 1060?
I want to make sure before i go buying one...
I was thinking to get an adapter from DVI-I to DP.This one says DVI-D but the conections look like DVI-I,its really confusing.On supported resolutions it says 4k/30 fps and backwards compatible to 1080,but i hope it can do 2560x1600/60 fps.
Adaptor Displayport la DVI T-M 1.2 4K Activ Alb, Delock 62600 - eMAG.ro
What do you guys think?
THANKS!
 
You don't need DVI-i for your Apple display (see my reply to your other thread). I can't find any information on if your Benq monitor supports newer versions of HDMI (1.4a or later) that would allow you to run it at 144hz or not.

Te displayport to DVI adapter you're looking at almost certainly won't work. At that price I'm skeptical about the adapter working, I suspect it is only capable of converting to single link DVI and just has dual link pins for cable comparability. (The cheapest DL-DVI to DP adapter I can find is $30; but those have almost universally bad reviews due to garbage workmanship making them not consistently functional.)
 
Either sell the 1060 you have and buy custom one with 2x DVI-DL (recommended) or buy a DP to DVI-DL converter. Or just connect your Benq via HDMI and stick to 60Hz. Your ACD30 needs DVI-DL, it doesn't need DVI-I - you fucked something up, it has to work.
 
i am 200% sure that the old ACD 30" does come with a DL DVI-D male cable. But it is very hard to find a VGA in 2016 with 2x DL-DVI.
 
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