Hey everyone,
I’m looking at getting a triple monitor dual PC KVM switch, and am wondering if I’ll need to run three HDMI/ DP cables from each computer to the switch since the switch itself has three “IN” ports, or if just one cable from each would be ok. I wasn’t sure if a singular signal cable would be enough to run to the KVM, and then have that break off into the three signal cables to each monitor.
All three monitors are basic 1080p 60hz, so nothing crazy, but but they would be extended displays and not just duplicated. I don’t have a ton of experience with KVM switches. Any help with this would be appreciated!
No one knows the answer to my question above?
As long as DisplayPort is of a recent enogh version, you can daisy chain monitors. How many exactly and at which resolution/refresh rate depends on the video card.
I can’t figure out how to edit the original post, but I have a 4070 super.
I think , at 1080p 60hz, it should let you daisy chain the maximum alowed by the driver number of monitors, which is four. There is enogh bandwidth in DisplayPort 1.4 standard for that. Experimentation is required. I would try it without KVM first, to make sure it works.
Everything in the chain has to be 1.4 compatible, except the last monitor. The last one can be an earlier version.
the kvm is always 1:1 so you can’t have any be in port activate 3 out ports. only if your monitors do mst “daisy chain” on their own would that work. and macs don’t do daisy chain