Two cables from one card to one monitor for pseudo-dual display?

[Mushu]

This is a bit of an odd request but I hope someone can help me out with a solution or an explanation...

I've bought an LG 34um95 monitor (34", 21:9 aspect-ratio) but also bought a Palit GTX 750Ti graphics card that has no displayport. It does, however, have DVI-DL and HDMI 1.4 something.

The monitor is beautiful, but I'd like to know if there's any way to use it at its maximum resolution, at 60Hz and 60FPS, without using nvidia's chroma subsampling trick.

The monitor supports (don't ask me how) a display mode where it acts as two smaller and lower-res monitors with a 5:4 aspect-ratio.

Might it be possible to use an HDMI cable to "drive" one of those virtual screens and a DVI cable to drive the other?

In other words, is there some way to connect a graphics card to this monitor with two different cables, each providing the data for one half of the image displayed, at the monitor's maximum resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate, without relying on chroma subsampling?

Any and all thoughts appreciated. Thanks in advance

 

[bystander36]

Yes, some of the earlier 4K monitors have done this as well, and often used 2 HDMI ports for it. When the monitor basically 2 monitors stitched together, each half can be driven by a single HDMI or DVI cable.

 

[96Firebird]

Since the monitor doesn't have any DVI inputs, you'll have to use a DVI-->DP cable or adapter.

 

[bystander36]

I'd think using DVI->HDMI and HDMI would work and be cheaper. I'm not even sure you can get a DVI->DP cable.

 

[Mushu]

Thanks for the swift reply!

Is this something that can easily be accomplished using built-in windows features or is it v. specific to each manufacturer/model?

 

[bystander36]

I believe you enable it from within the Nvidia control panel. I believe it is a Surround option.

 

[JeffMD]

sooo.. you spent a grand on your monitor.. but you're going to cobble together cables and different connection types for your basic gaming 750ti? A 750ti that isn't going to game at the resolutions the monitor supports unless your playing counter strike? I think your priorities are a little mixed here.

 

[MrTeal]

sooo.. you spent a grand on your monitor.. but you're going to cobble together cables and different connection types for your basic gaming 750ti? A 750ti that isn't going to game at the resolutions the monitor supports unless your playing counter strike? I think your priorities are a little mixed here.

Where did he say he wants to game on it?

 

[96Firebird]

I'd think using DVI->HDMI and HDMI would work and be cheaper. I'm not even sure you can get a DVI->DP cable.

Yeah that would be a better option... I was reading TFTCentral's review and they say it only has 1x HDMI, but LG says it has 2...

 

[OlyAR15]

Wouldn't it be easier to return the graphic card and get something with displayport?

 

[Gunbuster]

Don't half ass it, get a video card with Displayport...