How do I know which monitor is connected to which graphics card? (c++ or c#)

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2021-03-30T19:49:48.713+00:00

I can use Win32_DesktopMonitor to query all monitors, and use Win32_VideoController to query all graphics cards, but how do I know which monitor is connected to which graphics card?

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  1. Strive Sun-MSFT 421 Reputation points
    2021-04-01T03:26:30.333+00:00

    How could I know that Dell is connected to Display1 and VE is connected to Display2?

    If you only need to know this information, you can try the EnumDisplayMonitors function.

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  1. Castorix31 71,626 Reputation points
    2021-03-31T11:14:04.32+00:00

    Maybe you can use IDXGIAdapter
    I have only 1 Monitor, so I cannot check if it works

    I did this test on my OS => 

    IDXGIFactory* pdxFactory;  
HRESULT hr = CreateDXGIFactory(IID_PPV_ARGS(&pdxFactory));  
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))  
{  
	int nAdapter = 0;  
	while (1)  
	{  
		IDXGIAdapter* pdxAdapter;  
		hr = pdxFactory->EnumAdapters(nAdapter, &pdxAdapter);  
		if (FAILED(hr))  
			break;  
		else  
		{  
			WCHAR wsText[255] = L"";  
			swprintf(wsText, L"Adapter n°%d\n", nAdapter);  
			OutputDebugString(wsText);				  
		}  
		DXGI_ADAPTER_DESC dxAdapterDesc;  
		hr = pdxAdapter->GetDesc(&dxAdapterDesc);  
		if (SUCCEEDED(hr))  
		{  
			WCHAR wsText[255] = L"";  
			swprintf(wsText, L"ID : %d - Description : %s\n", dxAdapterDesc.DeviceId, dxAdapterDesc.Description);  
			OutputDebugString(wsText);  
		}  
		int nOutput = 0;  
		while (1)  
		{  
			IDXGIOutput* pdxOutput;  
			if (FAILED(pdxAdapter->EnumOutputs(nOutput, &pdxOutput)))  
				break;  
			else  
			{  
				WCHAR wsText[255] = L"";  
				swprintf(wsText, L"\tOutput n°%d\n", nOutput);  
				OutputDebugString(wsText);  
			}  
			DXGI_OUTPUT_DESC dxOutputDesc;  
			hr = pdxOutput->GetDesc(&dxOutputDesc);  
			MONITORINFO mi = { sizeof(mi) };  
			GetMonitorInfo(dxOutputDesc.Monitor, &mi);  
			WCHAR wsText[255] = L"";  
			swprintf(wsText, L"\tDeviceName : %s - rc = {%d, %d, %d, %d}\n", dxOutputDesc.DeviceName, mi.rcMonitor.left, mi.rcMonitor.top, mi.rcMonitor.right, mi.rcMonitor.bottom);  
			OutputDebugString(wsText);  
			  
			pdxOutput->Release();  
			nOutput++;				  
		}  
		pdxAdapter->Release();  
		nAdapter++;  
	}		  
	pdxFactory->Release();  
}