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2 monitors for 1 computer
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Name: akac00l
Date: May 27, 2007 at 07:10:02 Pacific
Subject: 2 monitors for 1 computerOS: XP SP2CPU/Ram: 512mb |
Comment: Hi All, Thanks in advance for all replies :) Ive got 2 17" tft monitors that I want to use on 1 computer as dual screens. The computer currently just has a vga port built in to the motherboard, do I need a vga card that has 2 ports on it or can I just use a basic one with 1 port and software that splits the screen onto the built in vga and the vga card? Either way can someone recomend the cheapest option for cards to use please. This is purely for office multitasking use to show more stuff on screen at once as I have a spare screen, not games etc so I dont need anything special graphics wise. homepage is where you hang your @
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Response Number 1
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Name: IVO
Date: May 27, 2007 at 07:28:19 Pacific
Subject: 2 monitors for 1 computer |
Reply: (edit)As far as I know, but other guys can be more specific, you need to install a video card wih two video adapters and have to disable the built in one. The driver of the video card gives you the software functions required to achieve the dual screen performances that you can control via the properties panel. To day there is no problem to afford the card that fits your needs as price/performance.
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Response Number 2
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Name: OtheHill
Date: May 27, 2007 at 07:38:27 Pacific
Subject: 2 monitors for 1 computer |
Reply: (edit)How you proceed depends somewhat on what type of integrated graphics are currently on the MBoard and what type of expansion slot is available.
The dualhead card might be your easiest choice. Be aware that you need to get a dualhead that supports two monitors as opposed to one monitor and tv out.
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Response Number 3
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Name: akac00l
Date: May 28, 2007 at 00:47:12 Pacific
Subject: 2 monitors for 1 computer |
Reply: (edit)Hi Thanks for the replies, that dualhead looks interesting, but a bit expensive, does anyone no where to get a dual VGA card for under £30? homepage is where you hang your @
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Response Number 5
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Name: Night
Date: May 29, 2007 at 16:07:53 Pacific
Subject: 2 monitors for 1 computer |
Reply: (edit)I know for a fact that my computer was able to use the onboard video and my PCI card to use two monitors at once. I've done it several times of several different computers. Some on one card with dual VGA sockets, others with two PCI cards. Either way, you'll have to change the onboard VGA in the BIOS from (perhaps) AGP to PCI or Onboard to AGP/PCI (all depending) and make sure Windows has both cards enabled in the Device Manager then go into the Desktop Propertis un the menu for display (sorry, i'm at work and it doesn't allow me to right click, heh) it's the last tab anyways. You should then see two pictures of monitors, that's when you'll know it's woring. Web Site
this gives you an idea what "picture" i was talking about the two monitors.
Abit AN8 Socket 939
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Response Number 6
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Name: Night
Date: May 29, 2007 at 16:09:22 Pacific
Subject: 2 monitors for 1 computer |
Reply: (edit)Side Note: The site i posted is in reference to WindowsME so some things might be different in XP Abit AN8 Socket 939
AMD64 3000+ -2.0Ghz
Corsair 1Gig Dual-Channel 2x512
MSI Radeon x800 PCI-E
Seagate 160Gig SATA
WD 80Gig SATA
WD 160Gig SATA
Antec TrueControl 2 550
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Response Number 7
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Name: OtheHill
Date: May 29, 2007 at 21:17:46 Pacific
Subject: 2 monitors for 1 computer |
Reply: (edit)Night
I don't think anyone said that a PCI card wouldn't work. They will work but can sometimes be a pain to configure and some simply refuse to play together with onboard. A dualhead card is a better solution. nVidia and ATI both have software that will make it easy to use both screens in a variety of ways. There ARE inexpensive cards available. As I stated earlier, be aware that not all dualhead cards support TWO monitors. You also need to watch for what kinds of monitors are supported. CRT or LCD or both. Check the details.
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Response Number 8
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Name: akac00l
Date: May 30, 2007 at 05:33:45 Pacific
Subject: 2 monitors for 1 computer |
Reply: (edit)tyhanks for all the help guys, eventually plumped for one of those vga grafic cards from evbay for £9.00 paid for it this morning eta a couople days so Ill close this off if the card works! homepage is where you hang your @
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Response Number 9
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Name: Night
Date: May 30, 2007 at 06:05:11 Pacific
Subject: 2 monitors for 1 computer |
Reply: (edit)I'm aware OtheHill. I meant nothing by it. I was simply stating that it's a working and cheap posibility. But yes, you're right, dual vga is much simpler and both nVidia and ATI to make it simple. Abit AN8 Socket 939
AMD64 3000+ -2.0Ghz
Corsair 1Gig Dual-Channel 2x512
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Seagate 160Gig SATA
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Antec TrueControl 2.0 550
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Response Number 10
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Name: OtheHill
Date: May 30, 2007 at 10:38:12 Pacific
Subject: 2 monitors for 1 computer |
Reply: (edit)Night
I really don't know much about Matrox anymore. I had the first version of the 400 Millilium Max. At the time it was the only card to deliver high resolutions I needed for my CAD program to run on my $1800 Hitachi 21" CRT. I paid over $400 for that card. Think it has 8MB memory on it.
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