Intel boards with integrated, simultaneous DVI + HDMI?

[jrichrds]

Does anyone know of an Intel motherboard (either nVidia or Intel chipset) with integrated graphics and DVI + HDMI onboard that can actually do simultaneous DVI + HDMI output? It seems on many boards, the DVI and HDMI ports are shared so that you can only use one or the other. And that VGA+DVI or VGA+HDMI are the only ways to get dual-monitor.

 

[bigsnyder]

Here is some possibilities based on their instruction manuals (not very clear):
Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2H

Gigabyte GA-EG41M-US2H

This one says its supported (more clear):
Asus P5QPL-VM

Asus P5Q-EM

I'm sure there are more, these are all I had time to find. Do note, even though these support DVI and HDMI dual configs, the POST and BIOS screens will only work on the DVI-D or VGA for most of these, at least is the case for the Asus boards.

Please double-check these findings in case I am in error.

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

You could just buy a cheap graphics card.

This 4350 is $20 AR. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814127436

 

[tcsenter]

Originally posted by: bigsnyder
This one says its supported (more clear):
Asus P5QPL-VM

Asus P5Q-EM

No, they don't say that. All current Intel IGP products that I'm aware of have the same limitation unless you use one of those ADD2 SDVO add-in boards: one analog + one digital only.

 

[bigsnyder]

Check the manuals for yourself. For the Asus P5QPL-VM: section 1-23. P5Q-EM: section 1-31.

 

[tcsenter]

Originally posted by: bigsnyder
Check the manuals for yourself. For the Asus P5QPL-VM: section 1-23. P5Q-EM: section 1-31.

Thanks, that seems to contradict ASUS own marketing page for P5QPL-VM, which states:

"Dual-VGA Output: HDMI & RGB or DVI & RGB"

i.e. one analog + one digital

This is consistent with the limitation of all 3-series and prior Intel IGPs. I'm still not convinced the output is fully independent on 4-series IGP as opposed to clone mode only in Windows.

 

[bigsnyder]

Originally posted by: tcsenter
I'm still not convinced the output is fully independent on 4-series IGP as opposed to clone mode only in Windows.

That certainly is a valid question not clarified in the manuals. It does say that the use of DVI + HDMI must be OS supported and driven. Whether or not that helps I can't say. By some of the other verbiage I saw in one of the manuals (The P5Q-EM maybe), I am leaning toward thinking that it will drive each one independently.