How to Run a Gaming/Simracing/VR/Workstation Setup with Only One PC 

I recently got a full on sim rig after falling in love with racing and loving my g920 so i upgraded. I have been searching high and low for ways to solve the issues ive been having and you my friend have FINALLY helped me with the solution after i kid you not hundreds of hours of searching and testing. thank you so, so much and what phenomenal explanations and details and great quality!

Mate you are a lifesaver. I've been looking for a way to do this for years and exactly as you'd said I'd hardly been using my sim recently due to seeming like too much effort to switch between. I now have triple 32" for my sim and a simple button click to jump over to my single 27" desk monitor. Can not thankyou enough ❤️❤️❤️

Thanks for this! Works flawlessly for switching between my desktop setup and sim rig both running off my 4090 (3x DP and 1x HDMI). Sim rig - 3x LG 48" OLED's running 4k@120hz through DP - two to GPU and one to switch box. Desktop - 1x Alienware 34" Ultrawide OLED (main) running 3440x1440@165hz through DP to switch box and 1x Gigabyte 27" (secondary) running 2560x1440@144hz through HDMI 2.0 to GPU. I run a 3 ft cable between switch box and GPU, a 10 ft cable between one of my 48" OLED's and GPU, and 6 ft cables for the other two OLED's and both desktop monitors.

Thanks for the tip! The DP switch works great for switching to from my desktop to the triple screen rig not sure I would have thought of doing it that way.

Good to know about this issue and the easy solution. I don't have triples but never thought about this scenario.

Thank you so much for this video man. This is exactly what I was looking for as I didn't want to get another PC just for the new sim rig. I ended up getting the 16K version since it works with Displayport 2.1. At first after pushing the button the montiors were not switching correctly but I didn't pay attention to the part of the video where you describe what to do in disabling the certain monitors when you need to. Again man thank you so much!!!!! You're a LEGEND!!!!

Thanks a lot for the video. This is what I was looking for. I’m using 2 monitors on mi desk and 2 on mi sim rig so this is exactly what I need. 👍

First of all, THANK YOU! Great video, very informative, a lot of information that will come in handy in the future. I've been searching for some solution like this for like over a month now - in preparation for my new setup that I wanna build by the end of next year. Moving to a new house, which has a lot of renovations and stuff to be done first, but eventually I'll get to my setup. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to make it work the way I want it to (1 or 2 monitors, not sure yet, for desktop use, and then a triple set for anything that includes a wheel). You've definitely already helped me before I even started working on it, thanks so much in advance :D Gonna save this one as reference vid for sure. Subbed as well :)

This man is doing God’s work. Keep grinding, AV. The world will catch up eventually.

Thanks for this video. I can finally make full use of my rig.

This was exactly what i was looking for. Incredible that this issue isn’t more common

wow, somehow I found this video and it saved my $800. I was about to build a dedicated pc for my new rig but you proved it can be done. I'm using a separate usb soundcard to further separate the outputs but this is great! Thank you for making this video.

So I've looked for months to sort this problem and I find someone using an ultrawide and triples on their rig I couldn't ask for better as this is my configuration also lol amazing work bro thank you sub well earned.

dude your setup is goated wtf

Thank you for this! I was linked to your other video about those monitors so now I'm looking at those for my sim rig. My gaming desk is using a 42" LG C2 OLED and it can be a little finicky already even with me currently using just one ultrawide on my racing rig. I use Win+P to switch from the LG to the ultrawide and it works most of the time without issue but I know going to triples will probably make that cause issues. I have a 4090 FE and it has the same outputs as your 3090.

I have a 38" UW and 16:9 4k for my main desk then a triple setup for my sim rig (working on adding a 4th info monitor to the sim rig). Every time I want to swap I have to disconnect my DP cables and plug in the other set. Its not ideal and I thought I had to build a second PC to have a proper work around. I am so glad I stumbled across your vid. I am going to see if I can get this working on my setup. Thank you so much! Fingers crossed.

WHOS THAT CUTIE

This was incredibly informative, thank you! You've earned another sub. Just to make sure I've understood it, if I want a dual screen setup at my desk, VR using DP and triple screen I'd need two DP switches? Would that be any different apart from hitting two buttons instead of one? Apologies if this is a stupid question.

ty so much, i didn't keep in mind that this switch exist i'll buy few of them ty

My PC is just for sim racing, I have a founders Nvidia 3080 card and 1 trillion GB storage. I run a Asus tuf 32" 1800 curved monitor 1440p, 165hz, 1m and my FPS is 230fps most of the time and 135fps to 185+ on road racing multi class starts.

For those that need to go longer on cables you could try a unidirectional active display port cable. This would help with signal issues. I have a 25Ft one I use. I also happen to have a 8K switch laying around so I plan to test this out over the weekend. Great video

Great video mate thanks it was very helpful. Do you happen to know the amount of room space this monitor setup needs? I am viewing a house in a couple days & want to know whether I could fit it when I go.

Great setup and a clever solution. I purchased 2 of these. Having a weird issue I wanted to share inc ase anyone has experience the same and maybe found a solution. 2x PCI-E monitors on my desk (not used for sim-racing) 3x PCI-E monitors in sim rig. All the exact same monitor (LG 27GL83A-B) I have the 2 desktop monitors sharing the switch with 2 of the sim rig monitors. The 3rd monitor I turn on when I sit down to race. The weird problem I'm experiencing is I can switch to the monitors no problem, but when I'm done racing and try to switch back it just sits at a black screen for all of my monitors and I can't see anything. Spent a few hours troubleshooting trying ever possible setup configuration checking for things like displayport 1.4 cables, different USB ports, isolate the switches themselves in case one is faulty, no cables over 3.5 feet, etc. Absolutely baffled at what is causing this. Great experience besides that, I just wish they would switch back. I have to reboot after I try to switch back everytime so that the monitors come back to life lol Thinking about getting rid of the switches altogether and using the 2 HDMI 2.1 on my gpu for the left and right sim racing monitor, and then the middle monitor on display port. The 2 monitors on my desk can use the remaining 2 displayport cables and then all would be well....I think xD

I took a bit of a different approach. I was previously using a HDMI 2.1 switcher on my 3080 very similar to the one you showcased. That said, I use 2x 48" displays at my desk, and 3x 32" monitors for my rig so that make this switch setup a little jank. I use fiber optic cables for a long run to the rig from my desk 10m and they dont cause any issues at all like the longer copper ones do (specially with the switch). Now I have an Asus Tuf 4090 which has 2 HDMI 2.1 ports and 3 DP1.4 ports. I can now run all 5 displays with no switches. My current VR headset uses USB so no concern there but if that changes I can reinstall a switch for that.

How big is your room? Excellent video and very informative

I use a docking station when I use my pc for work stuff, this way I can also connect my company notebook to the monitors. When I switch the docking station off it auto switches on the triple screens of my sim rig. Can also use Nvidia surround this way.

1:30 💯 me. I still can’t decide and I’ve went back and forth so many times.

Man we chatted the other day on your other video and you gave me the info for the switches. I got 2 of them and I want to thank you. I'm just switching 1 at the moment between one of the triple 32s on the Sim and my Alienware oled ultra wide and works perfectly. The other was you g to be to switch a second 32 wit the index but your saying is doesn't work with the valve? I ran 3x vesa certified display port cables and 2 days of wiring so everything is perfectly hidden zero cables in site. Haha you think I'll have to change one to HDMI for the index to work? Normally I ran the index at 170% SS on the 3090 would dropping as maybe help or no go? Thanks again. Almost all identical gear apart from the stunning oled triples which I couldn't fit. Lol lucky bastard

What are you using to split the monitor cable after the direction switch?

Hi bro! First of all thanks alot for the informative video, you got yourself a new subscriber! I had almost the same setup as yours but instead of VR, I have a small screen for my desktop setup thats using HDMI for my 4090s (1 Desktop monitor, 3 Sim Rig monitor and 1 small Desktop monitor). You solved my first problem by introducing the Switcher, I’m very grateful for that but I ran into some issues, where if I switch back to my Desktop from using my Sim Rig, I cant get out of Nvidia Surround. And my Desktop Monitor becomes Triple Surround Screen (1 Monitor from Sim Rig turned off). Any tips on how to get this right? I heard you talk about SRWE in the video but its not that clear, will SRWE solve my issues? If yes can you elaborate more? If not can you give me tips on how to get this right?

Great video I was wondering on how I would go from a triple monitor desk to a triple monitor sim rig would I just use 3 switchers?

Awesome .. I have a question : do you activate nvidia surround , on the triple screen setup? Cauz unless I disable surround before I switch to the desktop monitor , my main monitor has a terrible resolution . Do u have the same issue ? Thanks

I know you mentioned that you don't use nVidia Surround because one of the rig monitors is using HDMI..... If I have 3 montiors on my rig(all Displayport) and the 2 monitors for my PC has 1 with hdmi and 1 with displayport can I use surround just for the rig? And when I hit the button to change from the rig to the PC monitors will it transition perfectly without surround? I stopped using surround when I only had 3 monitors because it was always a pain in the ass to get out of surround and have all of my monitors turn back on.

Thanks for the video! My setup is a little different and I am hoping for your opinion. 1 x LG C2 (desktop single) - HDMI 2.1 3 x 1440p triples - DisplayPort 1x Reverb G2 VR - DisplayPort Could I use a switch to go between the Reverb G2 and one of the 1440p triples? These do not have HDMI 2.1 and the LG does not have DisplayPort. I also would like to be able to use the screens (understanding there’s now only 2 active) in the sim rig to navigate windows to set up the race before I put on the headset without having to jump in and out of the seat as I can’t see my desktop monitor while in the rig. Wondering how this will impact the windows display profiles and how to set this up. Is what I’m looking for possible? I have always used nvidia surround but it breaks when I take our one monitor to plug in VR and as a result I barely use VR. Thanks!

Man I so wanted this to work for me but I kept getting flicker in my monitors. Using a quality DP rated cable too. My setup is a little different than yours as I dont have VR. I plugged the ultrawide to switch, one of my triples to the switch and two of the triples went to the GPU and then I plugged in the quality DP cable from the switch to the last DP in the GPU. They wouldn't switch unless the monitors were turned off manually. This worked but it would have been nice to not have to turn them off myself and for the flicker and the monitor going black for a second or two. Did I do something wrong with my configuration? Or does one of the triple monitors need to go to an HDMI input? I thought that was because you had VR additionally.

if you custom set the other two monitors refresh rate to 119.999 hz in Nvidia control panel , will you be able to use surround?

AMD are rumoured to be using DP 2.0 Its a bit of a joke the 4090 doesnt support it. Liking your videos though and the down to earth approach you have.

Great video, thnx a lot, maybe a solution to my double pc (expensive) setup here. Did I understand well you can't use Nvidia surround when you are using the switch? Thnx again

Question….you have all this equipment setup in a room, what do you have for a breaker in your panel? Is it a 15amp or 20amp breaker bc ever since I setup my sim system and triple monitors I keep tripping my breaker…very frustrating

Dude, you have a badass set but I’m more confused now then before watching your video! Hahaha 🤪

Finally how are you getting different wallpapers between the triples and the ultra wide. mine throws one of the wallpapers from the triples to the ultra wide. You get a 4th image?

Great video! I have a scenario for you, wanted to know your thoughts. I am using a single ultrawide monitor for sim racing, but I am also running a pinball/arcade cabinet, which utilizes (3) 1080p TVs, the ultrawide is mounted to the back of the pinball cabinet to save space. I am currently using Display Fusion to change what monitors are active depending on what I am doing with hotkeys, which works very well. What I want to do is add two 24 inch monitors to each side of the ultrawide for a triple set up in addition to what I have. I have never seen anyone add smaller screens to an ultrawide for racing, and I am not sure why. Maybe you know the answer to that. Would a switch work for this situation?

Hey quick question, getting ready to do a similar setup as to this, I have two monitors at my desk and will be setting up triples. In the video it looks like you only press one button, do you not have a switch per monitor? or how does that work? Trying to figure out how many I need.

Anyone know why I can’t use nvidia surround once I swap to my sim rig? Well I can set it up and it works but once I swap back to my desk monitor it stays in nvidia surround? So I still have to disable surround each time I want to swap back?

So with the switch and the windows settings Nvidia surround doesn’t need to be configured all the time? That would be such a relieve man, this switching Displays and always reconfig surround is such a pain!

I have a serious question. If your monitors from the sim rig have different resolutions and sizes to the one on the desk it has no problems swapping between them? Because I got the switch and currently my monitor has different size and resolution and I ran into some issues

Do you have the switch hooked up to your main central monitor for your sim rig, or which monitor do you have it hooked up to exactly? Trying to figure out the right way how to set it all up so that itll switch main monitors but still be recognized correctly.

I guess the easiest an the cheapest solution might be connecting 3 monitors of the sim rig to 3 Display ports and use single netowork filter with power button for them. Connect 2 workstation displays with HDMI to gpu and motherboard also with one separate network filter. Place network filters as close to each other as possible. Now I have two buttons as a switcher between setups for free.

Hello. I just recently got my monitors for sim racing. Even though the switch box is doing what it’s supposed to, watching your video I think I may not be correct in my setup. I have the 3 monitors connected to a splitter with one line going to the switch box. The PC sees whatever the switch is on but I’m not seeing any settings in Nvidia to enable the triples to all be used in a game. Thoughts?

Could someone tell me how to connect three 4k 144hz monitors at the same time to a 4090? On RU-vid there are many videos where they show setups with 4k triples at 144hz, so there must be some way to do it, but no one says how to connect them. There is a limitation on the 4090 and only two monitors can be activated with DSC at a time. I'm trying triple 4k for simracing, but I'm about to give up. I have got 4090 zotac and tripple Asus rog pg27uqr. Does the 4090 ROG strix allow these 3 monitors to be connected?

So basically with one or two of those box switchers, I could have 3 monitors on my desk and have 3 monitors for my sim rig? Because that's been my whole dilemma for a long time. I have 3 monitors on my desk that I use to game and multitask like have discord on one monitor and game on another. But I want triple monitors for my sim rig (currently using a single TV) that I just disable when not using and then go into display settings and enable and set it as my main screen. So I'm fully capable of using 4 screens at once but I'm missing the ability to have the other 2

Hi, this video did leave me with more questions but it did make me think that what I need to do is possible, but I could really use your help. The set up that I need is not quite as complicated as yours is. I have a triple monitor set up for my racing Sim and they are 3x 32” 1800R curved 1440p monitors and I want to run a separate 800R or 1000R curved 1440 P monitor for a bed desk that is in the next room but still very close. I haven’t purchased the fourth monitor yet, but I’m looking at an ultra wide. I have an Asus Strix 3080. So technically I have all the ports. I need to run all four monitors but I’ve tried and it just gets too confusing.. I’d like to do something where I can run either. The triple monitor set it up OR the desktop…. But I simply want to switch from one set up to the other never using all four monitors at the same time, so it would be either the single monitor or the triple monitor…. I’m guessing it would still be best to use a switch…. so that windows is not trying to run all four monitors at once.? I would like to be able to game on both set ups, obviously driving and flight Sim games on the triple monitor and pretty much everything else on the single monitor if that makes sense. can you please help me figure out what I need to purchase to make this work Mr. Veloce?

My sim rig uses a single 49” G9 monitor plugged into the display port on my GPU. My desktop monitor is a 34” UW that uses hdmi. Would I use the same adapter? Should I just plug the desktop monitor directly into an hdmi port on my GPU?

Hey great content. Quick question. I’m trying to setup triple sumsung 55" QLED 4K Q70B 4K 120hz to the PC below CPU I5 GEN13 13400F MAINBOARD B760 M-A WIFI DDR4 RAM 32 GB BUS 3600 M.2 1 TB GEFORCE RTX 4070 TI POWER 850 W H510 FLOW WHITE COLOR COOLER MASTER L240 WHITE 1 monitor is connected to HDMI2.1 port and another 2 to the DisplayPort. For some reason, I couldn’t get the 2 that connected to display port to work. Sometimes 2 and rarely 3 screens would display at the same time but most of the time only 1 or 2. PC can’t seem to detect there were 3 monitors connected to it. I’m not sure if this problem caused by the adapter(hdmi to display port) or the length of hdmi cable. Sometimes all 3 would come on when I switch the cables between 3 display ports if I’m lucky. How can I fix this ? Thx in advance.

Question for you- if 2x of your racing monitors are always connected to your GPU, do you just power them down when not in use so that stuff doesn't open on them automatically?

Is there any way to make nvidia surround turn on when I swap to the racing monitors and disable surround again once I swap back to my triple monitor desktop setup? Right now I have to manually enable and disable nvidia surround and it's starting to annoy me.

So if I have 4x monitors for my simrig and two monitors for me desk I should have two switches? And still use nvidia suround?

Would 3 x 3440-1440p screens ultrawide run with a 4080 16gb card on a ryzen 5600 platform for acc? Wat refresh rates are you getting with your setup current? In high or ultra settings?

I have a question, so right now I have one ultrawide monitor, I am going to be completely redoing my whole setup, I am planning on having a quad sim setup and a single monitor setup. But the problem is I don't wanna use my curved ultrawide in my sim rig and it isn't great for FPS games. Neither is it easily sellable, so I thought my only option is to use it as a vertical monitor on my desk. That would mean I have a 6 monitor setup. I was wondering if this setup is able to have it setup like yours but instead of using a splitter with 2 exit ports, I use 3. I need your help to confirm wether this is possible

hi, I have a few questions and would like to ask for your help. my graphic card is also rtx 4090 with 1 hdmi 2.1& 3 dp ports.. and I also have samsung neo g9... I am planning to setup sim rig with 3 LG 55c1. Would it work with hdmi to dp cable?(not a converter. cable with hdmi and dp on each side?) So I was thinking to connect the TVs with dp port and connect G9 with hdmi..... would I still need the switch? Thanks!!

How are you connecting three displayports coming from the sim into a bidirectional switch with only one dp port per side?

I have almost all of the same setup now--but can't get the same switches to work. I got some "8K @ 60Hz or 4K @ 120Hz" cables that actually work for all 3 of the main displays (same displays you're using, the Aorus FO48U's). But my desk setup has a Samsung G9 Odyssey 49" Ultrawide, and no matter what I try--nothing will show on that screen when I connect the same cable that works on the Aorus displays. I was originally going ot use the 49" Ultra and an Asus ROG PG348Q on my desktop setup, but I can't get the switches to show anything properly. I know you said the cables mattered--could I possibly bother you to find out which actual cables you used? I did keep the runs short--even used the DP cable that came with the Aorus display on one test, but nothing longer than 6 foot on the other tests.

Do you use Nvidia surround in triples?

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I have one monitor on my desk, a 27' 2560 x 1440 and I am building a cockpit now that I will have on a 34' 3440×1440 monitor, I will want this new one only to work for my Sim Rig, will I need this Display Switch or there is any other way for me to switch between the two monitors? Since it's only two monitors, there is any settings on Windows that I can mess with or will I need tiis?

So, I have a question for the setup. I noticed that only one of the sim rig monitors are on the switch. So, when you hit the button, you are only switching one display port signal from the desktop monitor to one of the sim rig monitors, correct? But if I understand correctly, the way you set it up, windows is automatically changing to the other two sim rig monitor even though you are only switching one signal. Is that all correct? How exactly to you set that up to work properly? I have a 49" g9 1440p on the desk, and 3 32 inch 1440p's on the sim rig. I am currently using software to switch between them, but it can be a pain with updates and such. I've also noticed some games being weird and not recognizing my g9 properly and giving me fps issues. Usually getting the monitors where I want them then restarting the pc fixes it. I think it's because the software is tricking the pc to thinking things are being unplugged and such. I'm not sure, but it's becoming a pain. If I can just use this switch and the pc actually switch the monitors, then I think that will take out all the trickery and manipulation from the software that I think is causing me problems. Sorry for the long post, but back to my question, how exactly did you do the setup to make this work so smoothly. I've very interested. Also, do you have any display port/hdmi cable recommendations for 1440p?

I am a little confused on this. I have 2x monitors for my desktop plugged into DP. I have a VR plugged into HDMI. And I now am getting a widescreen that will use DP for my sim rig. Would I just need one switch connected to one of the monitors desktop monitors and the sim monitor? And if this is the case, would I just click the button and my pc would turn off both desktop monitors and switch to the wide screen? And if I click it again it would turn off the widescreen and start up both monitors again? If not, how could I combat this

I just ordered a PC with an RX7900 xtx.. which has one display port less.. Am I screwed if I want to switch like you do?..

Ok I'm messing with this and I'm confused on something. How are your monitors turning on/off when you hit the toggle? This is not working for me.

Hey, how can i do the same thing, with only 1 desktop monitor and triple screens on my sim rig? is it possible to set that up like you did, but without the switch? i would like to have it that way, if i turn on my desktop monitor i want to auto turn off my simrig triple monitors.. i cant find a solution.. thanks

Hello :) I have exactly the same triple with same monitors and 4090 but... You run with or without g-sync ??? Block the frame to 120 without g-sync or any v-sync.?.. What's your settings? I have stuttering but the g-sync don't work and make artefact on rf2...Do you enable or disable adaptive sync on monitors ???

So am I to understand you only plug in say the center monitor of the triples into the switcher and the sides are attached to the GPU permanently? So the switch box is swapping between the desk Ultrawide and the center screen on the rig? Oh nevermind. I see the diagram near the end if the video with vr in the mix.

Ok I’m not understanding. So all my stuff comes today. Here is what I got - Desktop monitor is HDMI All 3 sim racing are either or hdmi / DP My GPU has 3 hdmi and one DP I want to be able to press a button and swap between my rig and my desktop screen. I don’t see how what you linked will do that for me ? I see switches but they all seem to be one monitor on at a time switches. Do I need to get 3 boxes that all 3 switch to one of the rig screens ? Yes I am going pretty far and I know I’ll need stuff to boost signals etc but for now I just want to get this stuff figured out

How would you go about doing this if the desktop had 2 monitors and the rig just has a VR headset?

How did you get 3 monitors to only need a single display port cable?

So just to confirm how to set this up. Only one bidirectional switch needed? Video card DP1 -> Switch (output to Desktop Monitor / Sim Monitor 1 ) Video card DP2 -> Plug directly into Sim Monitor 2 Video card DP3 -> Plug directly into Sim Monitor 3 Then do the screen setup as shown on video ..... ? Appreciate if someone can confirm :) just getting everything setup....just want to know what I need to purchase

Hi there i got s similar problem however i got 2x3440x1440 as desktop they will NOT run at 144hz with hdmi 2.0b output from fgx card >((( and i got 3x2560x1440 at 144hz as simulator rig and 1xValve Idex How do i set this up?? i simply cant find a valid way to make this work with one computer.

Hey thanks for the insight on this. I am thinking of ordering. Just wanted your opinion before pulling the trigger. SIM SETUP: x3 32in 165hz 2K Monitors (DisplayPort 1.2) PC SETUP: 27in 144hz 2K Monitor (Display Port) /// 24in 1080p Side Monitor (HDMI) So overall I would have x4 Display Port cables and x1 HDMI. The HDMI I would always have plugged in for the side monitor. My plan would be to use this splitter for one of the ports to bounce back and forth between my main Desktops 2k screen, and one of the Sims screens. If this looks viable to you lmk. The one thing in your vid that seemed to go fast was the windows setting up portion. Is is really as simple as set one side up, press the button, set the other side up. And windows just remembers and takes care of the rest when switching? Like it will know what monitors to shut off on one "profile" so-to-speak, and later turn on when switched back? Lmk ty! BTW: Using 3080TI which has x3 DP & x1 HDMI

It kinda worked for me. 😔 I have 3 monitors for the SIM and 2 for desktop. My GPU had 4 DP and 2 HDMI . So I have my 2 main screens connected to the Switch, other 2 sim monitors to individual DP and the second desktop monitor to HDMI. Everything works fine except when I activate the surround on my triple sim monitors, then when I switch over to desktop it mess all up 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

Triple screen size and resolution?

well if you have money to spend on high end rig with high end monitors just built a second pc ..i don’t get people who try to over use the pc ..i do work from home and have to very high end pc with different specs for different needs the one is clearly for the sim and the other one is web applications sevrer stuff and design work

You put way too much work for these videos not to have way more views.

You have too much nice stuff you should donate that stuff to me

Really painful to say this: as long as you are driving gt3 with a Fanatec formula steering wheel you have absolutely no claim to teach anyone about what is right about simracing. And if you don't understand why i write this then you really have no clue about what is going on and should care about your credibility in the first place.

At that point just do the real thing

If i wanted to use 1 main monitor, 1 side monitor, and 2 TVs for the racing sim (which do not have DP cable), is it safe to go ahead and get this switch?