Where do monitor outputs 5 and 6 come from to power 2 Cougar MFD mini displays with HDMI monitor?

[StinkyWizard]

Hi.

My GeForce 2070 has 4 outputs, all being used to push 4 monitors for DCS world (3 for 3D, 1 for Helios Interface), so all of my PCIe card outputs are used atm.   I recently purchased a 2 pack of TM Cougar button boxes and they are great.  The slide in templates are fine, but I'd love to attach a mini monitor behind each.  My question is... how and where would I get 2 additional video outputs?  My Intel PC has some Intel DP and HDMI outs, is that how this is achieved?  Pop a second VGA card into the 2nd PCIe slot?   Would this cause issues?  Please advise, thank you!

 

[MAXsenna]

Some screens can be driven by USB alone, and I think you can find adapters from HDMI to USB. 

[Buzzkillington]

I’ve got a 3 way hdmi splitter on my onboard motherboard display and 4 projectors on my nvidia card, windows 10 is fine with it.

[Gordy]

I use three of these, which are driven just by USB. - they're a little bit bigger than the MFD button box, but they still work great.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003LS95SG

Pair with these stands, which are nice and solid, if you're just putting them on your desk.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07633JHLX

I think you *can* add a second video card, just know that all of the work will be done by one of your two cards in DCS - make sure it's the better card.    (I tried it). 

[Gierasimov]

On 8/22/2022 at 12:56 PM, StinkyWizard said:

Hi.

My GeForce 2070 has 4 outputs, all being used to push 4 monitors for DCS world (3 for 3D, 1 for Helios Interface), so all of my PCIe card outputs are used atm.   I recently purchased a 2 pack of TM Cougar button boxes and they are great.  The slide in templates are fine, but I'd love to attach a mini monitor behind each.  My question is... how and where would I get 2 additional video outputs?  My Intel PC has some Intel DP and HDMI outs, is that how this is achieved?  Pop a second VGA card into the 2nd PCIe slot?   Would this cause issues?  Please advise, thank you!

 

Go with HDMI > USB adapters I would say.

[jubuttib]

There are small USB "GPUs" (people often call them adapters, but really they're small GPUs) that you can get, which is what I did. I managed to snag 2x J5 Create JUA330s for the price of one, then two DVI -> HDMI cables and some USB to barrel plug adapters to power the cheap LCD modules I got from AliExpress. Works a treat.

Be careful though, trying to google for those you'll run into many "USB -> HDMI adapters" that are using the "DisplayPort over USB" method/standard, and these (afaik) only work when used with a suitable Type-C port, you can't plug them into any old USB-A port with an adapter. I'm not even sure how many desktop motherboards support this feature over their USB Type-C ports, or if it's mostly a laptop thing...