how y'll doing...i currently have one monitor install on my PC...and i would like to add another one...so i want to have 2 monitors on single PC...i know that i need another video card for installing the monitors..what else do i need to do to install the monitor? does it have to be specific motherboard/processer/ and how much memory do i have? thanks for your help ill really appreciated..many thanks in advance leave it, or u gonna f--- it

This can be a crap shoot. First, what about your system, is it a Dell as you show in the header? Does it have a built-in video adaptor? (on the motherboard) You should check the Microsoft "hardware compatability list" as well as any documentation you can find for what you are thinking of buying. There are several gotcha's One is that sometimes onboard video adaptors just plain "don't like" other adaptors. Sometimes these onboard adaptors can be disabled, and sometimes not--in the bios. You can also adapt them in the hardware profile, but you have to be careful--you can end up with NO video Many newer video cards come with two outputs If you get a pair that like each other, setup is usually pretty simple. You install the adaptor, then bring up vido properties--which varies depending on whether you are administrator, or for what system. After you get properties for the display "up" there should be a "settings" tab, and there should be a box showing the two displays. click on which one you want as "primary" and make sure the appropriate box is checked. Then click the "2" monitor, and check the box "extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor. I've got three computers set up this way. All my stuff is a little behind the times, and I've picked up some used 17" CRT monitors used/ thrift stores. While they are bulky, using a pair of 17" monitors is one HECK of a lot cheaper than springing for great big LCD displays.

Hope you dont mind my asking..why do you need two monitors? If its to secretly watch what your kids are doing, I can understand that. But beyond that I don't see any advantage... i_XpUser

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first of all thanks for ur reply...i just build up new computer so its not dell...i dunno if i have build-in video adaptor..where do i have to look at to find if i have build-in video adaptor? i went to system information but i couldnt find anythin like that..i know you said that i have to check hard compatability list..i dunno where that is...if u dont mind telling me where i can find that list at. thanks leave it, or u gonna f--- it

for xpuser..i dont have kids..the reason is my current monitor is also a TV..and i have cable on it so i want to have TV and computer at the same time :) leave it, or u gonna f--- it

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