Potentially dumb question about dual monitors

[JughedJones 220]

Actually I'm sure it's dumb but perhaps you'll bear with me. 

Is it possible to run my 1440p monitor for the Sim and all the main stuff, but have a smaller 1080p monitor I can use for checklists, Navigraph, etc? 

 

 

Thanks!   

 

[kiwikat 529]

Yep- I got a 4K for my main and 1440p in vertical orientation for my second. It works awesome.

[JughedJones 220]

fantastic!    do you know where there's a little guide for how to set it up? 

 

Sorry for asking you to feed me.  

[kiwikat 529]

there's no setup required just make sure you have "extend" in the windows monitor option rather than "duplicate". The sim should choose your primary monitor as the main screen. You're then free to do whatever with your second one.

[JughedJones 220]

You sir...   are the man. 

 

What great news.   Thanks!  

[regis9 4,038]

All good yes, i use 4K for my main monitor and a little 1080p on for charts etc.  A second monitor is a really nice thing to have in MSFS.

Edited February 16, 2023 by regis9

[B777ER 2,492]

Same 4k 55in tv for main and a 29in wide screen for Volanta and Navigraph charts

[Gazzareth 824]

Same here, always over thought it (back in p3d days) - then just tried plugging an old one in and hey presto !

 

Couldn't go back now !!

 

G

[rickjake 247]

Using two or more monitors is easy. Just plug them into your video card and set up in Display settings. (right click on an empty area on your desktop.

Set up second monitor as extended. Then move the 2nd monitor around in the display setting so it represents your actual layout. That way your mouse will flow easily from one screen to the next. 

 

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,799]

There are also apps that will display data on an external device like an ipad or phone.

This one is popular:

https://github.com/mracko/MSFS-Mobile-Companion-App

 

 

[c912039 112]

I've got a total of 5 monitors connected directly to my MSFS PC.
Having said that, only 2 (4K 50" and a small integrated screen as part of my RealSimGear GNS530) have any MSFS windows on them (the more windows you break out of MSFS main window, the slower performance gets 😞 .
I have one 1080p touchscreen (which I used to use with P3D for breakout MCDU/FMC) but touchscreens and MSFS dont seem to work nicely (compared to P3D), so this screen is unused until Asobo fix multiscreen interactivity.

The other screens are used for AirManager instruments and a separate screen for system monitoring tools/volanta/LNM etc

One problem with using many monitors is that I had to add a second GPU into my system to have enough HDMI/DP ports to connect up all the monitors.
The downside of that (due to the limited number of PCI channels available) is that instead of 1 GPU running at 16x, having 2 GPUs means each only run at 8x.

[jarmstro 2,405]

1 hour ago, rickjake said:

Using two or more monitors is easy. Just plug them into your video card and set up in Display settings. (right click on an empty area on your desktop.

Set up second monitor as extended. Then move the 2nd monitor around in the display setting so it represents your actual layout. That way your mouse will flow easily from one screen to the next. 

 

Or if you have a processor with integrated graphics you can plug the second monitor into the MB and use the CPU. Whether or not this helps the GPU I don't know because I can't notice any difference but it makes me feel good.😀

[simtech209 25]

This is odd. I tried that and as long as a discrete GPU is plugged in, I can not enable the integrated graphics chip on the CPU. I wanted the GPU to power the main screen and the integrated chip to power a small 1080 14" monitor plugged directly into the MB. No Joy. On my Gigabyte setup it's either/or.  Glad yours works fine. When I plug the second monitor into the video card, naturally the FPS drops a few. Luck of the draw, I guess.. 

[pmplayer 9,609]

I have three of them ( all 4K ) and this works beautiful since, wouldn't want to be without it..

To much windows are open for using with MSFS so a wonderful setting for me !

cheers 😉