Reddit reviews StarTech.com Dual Monitor DisplayPort KVM Switch - 2 Port - USB 2.0 Hub - Audio and Microphone - DP KVM Switch (SV231DPDDUA)

This is a bit different from what you described, but you might be able to achieve a similar workflow by passing GPUs through to your VMs and using a KVM switch to redirect your monitors & usb devices to different GPUs attached to different VMs.

Here's what you'd need:

- Pretty much any Linux distro

- More than one GPU

- At least two PCIe USB controllers

- A motherboard and CPU that support passing PCI devices to virtual machines

- A kvm switch like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Port-Dual-DisplayPort-Switch-Audio/dp/B003N3BU6E

- The awesome community at /r/VFIO

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It'll take a lot of setup, but once you're done you'll be able to toggle through your VMs just by pressing buttons on the KVM switch, plus you'll get full performance from the GPUs which is great if you plan on gaming.

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I hope this helps!

https://www.amazon.de/StarTech-com-Port-DisplayPort-Switch-Audio/dp/B003N3BU6E/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&keywords=kvm+switch+displayport+2+port&qid=1554886432&s=gateway&sr=8-3

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something like that right? So I will need 6 Displayport cables in total right?

I've had great luck with this dual monitor KVM switch.

Computer 1 is my home computer
Computer 2 is my work laptop in a docking station
I did have to upgrade my video card, but it's all Display port inputs and the switching is flawless

You can get a standalone for what you want. https://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Sharing-One-Button-Swapping-Computers/dp/B00JX3Q28Y. Same with audio

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But they do make all in one solutions that you may like: https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Port-DisplayPort-Switch-Audio/dp/B003N3BU6E

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> Anybody have any experience with startech twin monitor KVMs in gaming situations? I want to use my mac and my PC on the same monitors but I'm worried about input lag, something like this
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> https://smile.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Port-Switch-Audio-SV231DD2DUA/dp/B003N3BU6E/

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> Do you suggest me buying a Pcie slot m.2 adapter and move away the SSD?
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You'd be looking for something along the lines of this:
https://www.amazon.ca/StarTech-com-SV231DPDDUA-2-Port-DisplayPort-Switch/dp/B003N3BU6E?th=1

I haven't used it personally, but it should be fine. I use a regular single monitor KVM. My second monitor I just change inputs manually from the monitor itself. If you ever plan to use it with a 4k monitor or an ultrawide with higher refresh rates, you might want to consider a displayport 1.2 version. Keep in mind though, that a product like that is extremely niche, and will be priced accordingly.

You could just connect both computers to all 4 monitors, then just select the input from the monitors.

Or with a KVM you can get a quad display box and connect the top two monitors to channel 1 on two ports, and the bottom two monitors on the same channel on the other two ports. Then on channel 2, do the same but the bottom two monitors on the first two ports, with the top two monitors on the second two ports. Then connect one PC to the first two outputs and the second PC to the second two, that way when you switch between channels it simply flips the two PCs between the 4 displays.

Or if you don't want to spend $1,600, you can get two dual display port KVMs and do almost the same thing, but you'd have one KVM for the top two displays and one for the bottom two.

You can get KVM in 2/4/8 etc connections but the price goes up significantly for each - same with dual monitors. Combine them both and you end up with an ~$800 KVM. Ouch. Though this ioGear unit is a little more reasonable at about $500.

I would suggest sticking with laptop and desktop and doing the DVI input swap when you want the Pi. A standard KVM with dual displayport capability is more like $250 which is still expensive but very convenient if you switch systems regularly.

I don't know anything about this company but found the link while searching, it might be worth digging through here to see if you can find the best fit for you. https://www.kvm-switches-online.com/multi-monitor-displayport-kvm.html

I just deployed a two computer dual monitor DVI port replicator from StarTech, it worked great except for some business-type devices that didn't like switching on the built-in USB hub. the actual KVM part worked great.

Anybody have any experience with startech twin monitor KVMs in gaming situations? I want to use my mac and my PC on the same monitors but I'm worried about input lag, something like this

https://smile.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Port-Switch-Audio-SV231DD2DUA/dp/B003N3BU6E/

Dual Monitor option: https://www.amazon.com/Port-Dual-DisplayPort-Switch-Audio/dp/B003N3BU6E/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=dual+monitor+kvm&qid=1562354195&s=gateway&sr=8-7

Something like this sort of leads me to believe I could have one mdp from each pc into the switch, then out to two monitors (via the dp's)?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002S96MRQ?psc=1

edit: or would this ("option 2") be what I would need, as we have previously discussed (from my understanding):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003N3BU6E?psc=1

edit 2: This appears to be a "combo"? Although, connecting pcs via usb 3.0 would be a slower data/video transfer rate than actual video cables, or??

https://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Laptop-docking-stations/two-laptop-docking-station~USB3DDOCKFT