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- Nov 15, 2011
- Messages
- 25
- Motherboard
- GA-Z87-D3HP
- CPU
- Ivy i5 4600
- Graphics
- Integrated
Is it possible to use the HD3000 through the motherboard to drive one monitor and a PCIe graphics card to run a second monitor?
I have a Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 (using MacMini system definition) which has an HDMI output on the motherboard only (comes with an HDMI to DVI adapter). I also have a GeForce GT210 video card with HDMI, DVI, and VGA. (I know I can't use the VGA.)
I can use one graphics source or the other, but not both at the same time. When I set the BIOS to use the PCIe as the primary an Onboard always on, the system doesn't even see the HD3000 in the System profiler. If I set the BIOS to use the Onboard as the primary, right between Chimera loading and the grey Apple loading screen, I get a flash of
Is this even possible to use both simultaneously? Seems like it should be, but I'm newish at Hackintosh and haven't tried this before.
NOTE - I do realize that I can use the DVI and HDMI on the nVidia at the same time to drive two monitors (which I am currently doing), but I just don't like the way the HDMI signal looks on my monitor, which has a native HDMI input. Smaller text is very pixely. I would use that HDMI to DVI adapter so as to send it via DVI, but there isn't enough room on the card to plug both in at the same time. If I had a short HDMI pigtail extender I could probably pull it off, which I might explore.
I have a Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 (using MacMini system definition) which has an HDMI output on the motherboard only (comes with an HDMI to DVI adapter). I also have a GeForce GT210 video card with HDMI, DVI, and VGA. (I know I can't use the VGA.)
I can use one graphics source or the other, but not both at the same time. When I set the BIOS to use the PCIe as the primary an Onboard always on, the system doesn't even see the HD3000 in the System profiler. If I set the BIOS to use the Onboard as the primary, right between Chimera loading and the grey Apple loading screen, I get a flash of
The system boots fine after that, and in System Profiler it sees both graphics sources, but when you click on the nVidia the specs aren't correct and it isn't even trying to use the card.
Is this even possible to use both simultaneously? Seems like it should be, but I'm newish at Hackintosh and haven't tried this before.
NOTE - I do realize that I can use the DVI and HDMI on the nVidia at the same time to drive two monitors (which I am currently doing), but I just don't like the way the HDMI signal looks on my monitor, which has a native HDMI input. Smaller text is very pixely. I would use that HDMI to DVI adapter so as to send it via DVI, but there isn't enough room on the card to plug both in at the same time. If I had a short HDMI pigtail extender I could probably pull it off, which I might explore.
