Running TV from computer questions?

[Nocandu]

Hi

I'm using Windows 7 64 and have a ATI Radeon 5870 video card.

I just hooked up my computer to my 42" HD TV.
Every thing works great but I have a couple of questions.

Does it stress my video card more to have it displaying on both my TV and my computer monitor at the same time?

I don't see any difference in frame rates between running both and only having one of them turned on when I play Age of Conan.

If it does make a difference does my computer know when I turn off my monitor or do I have to go into the video setting and tell it to only send the signal to one or the other?

Mike

 

[Dinkytoy]

I would say yes, it would make the card work harder. However, I doubt you're pushing that card hard enough to see much of a difference in the frame rate.

 

[kjv1611]

In order to push any modern graphics card hard, I'd think you would have to be pushing some really high-end gaming graphics or some sort of 3d graphics editing/rendering on each... but the rendering would be mostly CPU intensive.. Maybe if you had hardware-assisted 1080p running to both screens, but even then I doubt it.

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"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me

 

[Nocandu]

Thanks for the information.
How about my other question?

When I turn off my monitor does my computer stop trying to send the information to it or does it not know the difference and still work just as hard?

I know it detects when most things are turned on and off but I don't know if it treats the monitor that way.

Mike

 

[kjv1611]

Not sure, but if you're concerned about that, you can just adjust your settings each time. You can set it to only display on one output device.

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"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me

 

[PRPhx]

I would say that even if your monitor or tv were turned off a signal is still being sent to each. If you have power setting set to turn off your monitor after X number of minutes of inactivity, moving your mouse, pressing a key on your keyboard, etc will bring your monitor back to life. Your pc would have to know that a condition has been met to turn on (bring back to life) your monitor or tv. I would aslo think that IF the pc killed a signal to you tv/monitor, you would see a "No Signal" message displayed on the monitor/tv.

Just my thoughts.

 

[Nocandu]

Thanks for the info.

For now I guess I'll leave it alone as it is.

I don't see any sign that it is slowing performance in anyway.

I have tried a number of 3D games and don't see any difference in performance as far as I can tell.


Mike