Connecting two monitors?

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Please help.

I need to connect a second monitor to my pc. Both are old crt's and have the old connector, problem is that my graphics card only has one port for this connector. How can I connect the other monitor?:confused::confused:
 
Does the graphics card have both a VGA (Blue) and a DVI output? (usually a white plug, but sometimes red or green for AMD or Nvidia)
 
I have a spare one of those floating around, I'll see if I can find it.

Edit: ok found it.

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you can have it if you are on the east rand (or are willing to travel :p)
 
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Thanks guys.

@Brackish, thanks. Yeah, something that's a resource hog is not an option. Going to use the second monitor for games and hyperspin.

@MM88, cool, but I live in the south and travelling is a problem so it would not be an option. Thanks for the kind offer, though. I'm sure a little do-hicky like that can't cost much? I should find this thingy at Matrix?
 
Ronjay said:
Thanks guys.

@Brackish, thanks. Yeah, something that's a resource hog is not an option. Going to use the second monitor for games and hyperspin.

@MM88, cool, but I live in the south and travelling is a problem so it would not be an option. Thanks for the kind offer, though. I'm sure a little do-hicky like that can't cost much? I should find this thingy at Matrix?
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The do-hickey shouldn't cost you more than R60, honestly. Get a passive DVI-VGA converter and plug the second monitor into that - problem solved. \

Looks like this:

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VGA on the one end, DVI on the other. There are no performance drops either.
 
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Yea R60 sounds like a good price tho I have seen them going for up to R150. Matrix is about the best bet.


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Thanks for the help everyone. I will go to Matrix on Saturday, if they don't have it I'll get it from the place Mier suggests.
 
Ronjay said:
Thanks for the help everyone. I will go to Matrix on Saturday, if they don't have it I'll get it from the place Mier suggests.
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Why not just call them before driving there to find out they don't have them?
 
LOL, I went to buy the adaptor at Matrix today. Only R20. Got home now to install it and the pins are different.:cry: The DVI port on my GFX card does not have the 4 little pin holes where the flat pin is and the adapter has 4 pins there. So have to wait till tommorow to get another one. It's kinda dumb to have different types of ports like that, I thought they are all standard.
 
Ronjay said:
LOL, I went to buy the adaptor at Matrix today. Only R20. Got home now to install it and the pins are different.:cry: The DVI port on my GFX card does not have the 4 little pin holes where the flat pin is and the adapter has 4 pins there. So have to wait till tommorow to get another one. It's kinda dumb to have different types of ports like that, I thought they are all standard.
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In that case, you won't be able to convert to VGA. Those converters rely on those little 4 pins - they carry the analogue signal. Sorry to be the bringer of bad news.
 
Close to Alberton. If I cant do the two crt monitors then I guess it's time for me to get an lcd. I was wanting to use the money for a new MB with crossfire support and another GFX but I really need two monitors to do what I want to do so......

I guess I can wait a few more months for the MB/extra GFX and get a decent LCD now.

PS, if I get a new LCD which one should I go for, budget R2,500 (can go up to R2,800 but would rather not). My GFX has HDMI so Iwouldn't mind if the LCD had on-board sound, and as big as possible.
 
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For that budget go at least 27". Or high quality 24" - MVA or IPS if you care.
 
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For that budget go at least 27". Or high quality 24" - MVA or IPS if you care.
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Dude, wouldn't even know what that is. I was looking at a 27" Samsung today, but R4000 is not possible, unfortunately. Wouldn't mind a 27" monster though.
 
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