does hooking up 2 monitors lower the efficiency of GTX980...

[Chum]

I have never done more than 1 monitor...so I just don't know, so I guess its kind of a noob question to some.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

It's all about what you're rendering, not the number of monitors.

 

[Chum]

so it does not "work harder" for more than 1 display...that's sweet! Thank you!

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Not in any amount noticeable for a 980, unless you're running games or something else strenuous on the second monitor.

 

[Chum]

was planning to use 1 monitor for desktop only and 1 for gaming...will this work?

 

[Mjolnir]

Yes it will work. You could have 4 hooked up and only use one for gaming if you really wanted.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

was planning to use 1 monitor for desktop only and 1 for gaming...will this work?

Your GPU load will be just like your normal gaming on one monitor plus less than 1% load.

 

[Chum]

Thanks to all!!!

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Any time!

(P.S. Just noticed you don't have your Decennial badge, gonna go fix that!!)

 

[Chum]

did not know that either, or what it was...but WOW, I now have a badge Thank You again

 

[JrClocker]

You'll only notice a difference when you do benchmarking.

You won't be able to tell when gaming!

 

[caddi daddi]

I game multi monitor @1080p, the 980, non ti is great for it.

 

[deathman20]

Saw this and was interested. I know at least my card in the past when I had 2 monitors hooked up it idled at a higher voltage/clock speed (mines an AMD card though). Curious if nVidia did the same? The GPU clock wouldn't nessisarly increase but I'd always notice the Memory going to full gaming clock speeds and voltage would bump up a few ticks.

Otherwise I personally didn't see any other effects of having 2 monitors or more hooked up. I run 3 montiors at work (2 discrete GPU + 1 Laptop with onboard GPU) works out very well but its a professional card in it.