Dual monitors

kokzn

kokzn

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Please help.

I want to start using 2 lcd monitors but i don't know what exactly i need. What type of graphics card do i need? How do i find out if my current motherboard support dual monitors?

Thank you in advance.
 
Thanks Datura, and sorry for not using google first. I was just lazy.
 
Hehe it's cool. Work is slow today so I don't mind.
Besides I find the question interesting and also wanted to know a bit more. Saw a tripple screen set up in PCMag. Quite cool.
 
if you dont have an agp or pci-e slot/card. buy your self a cheap pci card and add it to your on board graphics card :)
 
sup sup

ive been using 2 17" screens for sumfin lyk 2 years nw... its so e.z to do it should be illegal!

and odds are your graphics card can do it

I have and 128mb 64bit ATI Radion 9250...

The Main screen gos into the normal 15pin D socet, the secondary screen gos into the DVI socet using a D Socet to DVI adapter.

When u boot up like this both screens show the same thing (CLONE VIEW)... then you right click the desktop...Click Properties...go to the settings tab at te top. You should see two squares numberd one and two next to each other with a border around screen number one (This means screen one is selected). select screen two and tick the "extend my windows desktop onto this monitor" button. dont forget to set the resolotion the same as screen one! click ok and ur done!

if ur gona be using LCD's odds are ther alredy hav DVI plugs so the adapter wont be needed...

for a 3rd and 4th screen a dual pci express card will be needed

hope this helps... if you have any questions about this E-mail me at [email protected] because i wont look at this forum again... i just kinda stumbeld on the question and thaught id help out

HaRvEy SaaYmaN :)
 
oh sorry... forgot to mention i hav tried using my onboard card and an secondary agp card to do this but cudnt get it working like that
 
Chances are your motherboard is preventing you from using onboard + AGP. There should be a setting in your BIOS about onboard or AGP graphics; unfortunately you (normally) cannot use both, so you'll have to get a graphics card with 2 video connectors.

Most AGP & PCI-e (and I guess PCI) cards sold in the last couple of years have 2 connectors on them. Usually there's a DSUB (the normal 15-pin blue connector) and a DVI connector (white connector); lately the high-end cards come with 2 DVI connectors (and s-video / RCA.) Don't worry about not having a DVI monitor - the cards usually ship with converters to use a DSUB monitor on a DVI connector.
 
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