Tech Advisor - UK (2020-07)

58 TECH ADVISOR • JULY 2020

WORKING FROM HOME TIPS

Most modern graphics cards, like this

EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 KO, can

power several displays simultaneously

additionalgraphicscardtogetthemulti-monitor

supportyou’relookingfor.

Before you buy an extra graphics card, you’ll need

to make sure you have enough space in your tower (and

openPCIeslots),aswellasa powersupplyunitthatcan

handletheextrastrain.

If you buy a graphics card solely for the purpose of

havingmultiplemonitors,it’sbesttogetbuya cheaper

modernoption,ascurrentGPUscanpowerseveral

displayswithoutissue.

Alternatively,newermonitorswithDisplayPort

multi-streamingsupportcanbedaisy-chainedtogether

fromasingleDisplayPort1.2connectiononyour

graphicscard,usingadditionalDisplayPortcablesto

connecttheadditionalmonitorstooneanother.The

various displaysdon’tevenneedtobethesamesizeor

resolution.ViewSonic’sVP2468isonesuchexample.At