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    If you are only running 1080p you don't need a dual link DVI cable. They are only for resolutions above 1960 if I remember correctly. My Dell 27" needs one for its 2560x1440 resolution.

    As the 2 monitors are identical swap the connection over to see if its the connection or the new monitor.

    Don't you have any DVI or Displayport ports on your graphics card? Would give better output.

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    First time i did it i also had strange colors, but in my case, i was able to config each monitor.
    This weekend i bought a Samsung led fhd sf350fhu 24". I am happy with it.
    So now i have my main laptop screen at full hd my new Sansung 24" at Full HD via HDMI and an LCD TV Sansung via RGB at (1366x768)

    The LCD TV with HDMI can make fullhd but with VGA can only output 1366x768. Is this normal?

    Anyway i have a question now:
    My Laptop has a Nvidea GeForce 745M and a intel onboard card.
    So when i use HDMI and VGA is he using the Nvidea or the onboard card? I Guess if if is bu duplication is the Nvidia, but what about expantion screens? Is is all the Nvidea or does he uses the onboard card?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Harrison View Post
    As the 2 monitors are identical swap the connection over to see if its the connection or the new monitor.

    Don't you have any DVI or Displayport ports on your graphics card? Would give better output.
    I just swapped the cables now, same result. Swapped back again, but strangely enough the second shows now 1080p plus the YPbPr color, and the first is 1920*1080 and RGB??

    What do you mean? My GPU has 1 DVI and 1 HDMI, thus the 2 monitors are connected.

    The second one seems warmer, although I set them up completely identically. You know what I mean, the white is not pure white, like the LED light bulbs, warm white and more yellow, higher Kelvin values.

    EDIT: I noticed now in AMD Catalyst Control Center, that my 1st monitor has a Color Temperature Control setting under Display Color, and the new one hasn't. Because it's set t0 6500K, and when I slide it down a bit, like 500K, it looks like the new one.

    EDIT 2: I did it!!!

    After restarting the PC after a GPU driver update, I started AMD Catalyst Control Center again, and this time, like before, it swapped again both settings, so that this time I was able to change the temperature of my second monitor. The first one I left at 6500K, and the second one I just raised to 6700K, now they're both quite identical

    Also added a little bit of saturation to the second monitor.
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