Monitor to graphics card connection

Dik64

Member
Hi Guys, Sorry if this is a bit long winded but I'll give as much info as I can as I'm not too sure on these things. I recently asked advice in the desktop forum on a new PC. Moderator Oussebon was kind enough to reply and suggested the following PCS PC would be OK for my needs, General home use & occasional sim gaming. Enigma-X02. https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/configure-reviews/251. I have received a email from PCS stating " You have ordered a graphics card with your PC and your motherboard comes supplied with integrated graphics. When connecting your monitor it is important that you connect your monitor cable to the output on the graphics card and NOT the output on the motherboard, because by doing so your monitor will not display anything on the screen" The only extras I ordered were speakers, keyboard & external hard drive. How can I be sure the monitor cable is connected to the graphics card and not the motherboard ?. The monitor is a Asus VS248 HR 24" (I MS, 1920X1080, HDMI, DVI-D, 250 CD/M2). Again, Sorry if I sound stupid. Thanks.
 

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
It means this:
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Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
On most PCs the motherboard has video outputs - as well as any video outputs on the graphics card.

If you plug the monitor into an output on the motherboard rather than the graphics card, the monitor will only be using the CPU's onboard graphics.

So a person gets their new PC, plugs the monitor into the wrong port inadvertently, launches a game, and finds the performance is atrocious - because the game is only using the CPU's graphics and not the beefy GPU they've just bought.

It's really common for people to do this, quite understandably too, so I assume PCS's email was just to help guard against that :)
 
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