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Do computer stores sell an attachment to turn the single monitor plug from a vid card into two for the purpose of dual monitors or do you have to get 2 vid cards? I'm talking extra desktop space, not the same image on 2 monitors.
PostPosted:Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:20 pm
by Flip
<div style='font: 12pt "Cooper Black"; text-align: left; '>In addition, if i do have to buy a PCI video card can i just pick up a 'decent' one, since i dont want to use that one to game? Which one will the computer use for a game? Ideally, i'd have it use the AGP one, because its a great card (Radeon 9600 pro), while leaving the other one at the desktop so i can still surf (like while dead in CS). Do games do this in a dual monitor setting?
If everyone is as dumb as i am on this topic, know any good sites that can answer these questions? Thanks!</div>
PostPosted:Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:29 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>As far as I know, dual monitors require two video cards.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:37 am
by Derithian
<div style='font: italic bold 14pt ; text-align: center; '>Not true. I run 2 monitors on my new card....</div>
PostPosted:Tue Apr 20, 2004 1:41 am
by Ishamael
<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>There are dual VGA adapters, but most of the newer cards have dual monitor capability anyway. For example, I have an Nvidia 5950 (I think that's what it is) that runs dual monitors from the same card.</div>
so it has 2 DB 15 connectors right out of the card? Or do you have something that makes the one connector 2? I'm pretty sure my card has the capability to handle 2 monitors...
PostPosted:Tue Apr 20, 2004 8:54 am
by Flip
<div style='font: 12pt "Cooper Black"; text-align: left; '>While looking at the properties of it i noticed that there is a 'secondary monitor' setting that obviously isnt being used at the moment with all sorts of check boxes that say 'extend desktop to this monitor' and stuff like that. Before i ran out to compUSA or MicroCenter i was just making sure something like what i was looking for existed.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:28 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Well, I stand corrected. Do most new cards allow that?</div>
PostPosted:Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:35 pm
by Tessian
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>my GF4 Ti4400 (xmas '02) allows one analog and one digital output, and the sofware easily lets me use them together</div>
PostPosted:Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:48 am
by Ishamael
<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>It has two connectors right on the card.</div>