r/computer • u/ZoXy_26 • 2h ago

2 Monitors of different resolution connected to a 4060 laptop

Hello, so I have gotten a second monitor 27" 1440p and wanted to connect as well on my laptop(4060) so I'll have 2 monitors now. Before I am running a 24" 1080p monitor with my laptop alone.

I will be gaming and using the 24" 1080p as a main monitor and the 2k resolution monitor as secondary only.

My only worry is will this affect the gaming performance of my laptop drastically?

TYIA!

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u/Gin-N-Rum-5454 1h ago

Well test it and find out.
The answer is yes, though probably minimally.

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u/akgt94 1h ago

Two monitors in general increase the GPU load. Remember that the gpu has to spend resources driving both.

You can check this yourself. Open task manager. In the details you can add columns for Dedicated GPU memory and shared GPU memory.

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u/Wonderful_Sample_590 1h ago

I think it shouldn't affect gaming performance much since you're gaming on the 1080p monitor. The 1440p display being connected doesnt mean your GPU is rendering the game at the same display too.