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fusionx · 11-22-2003, 07:41 AM

Hye - if you've never worked with two monitors before, you'll love it! It only takes a few minutes to get used to it.

Check the back of your card - if it has two video outs you are good to go. With LCDs, you could have one standard 15 pin connecter and a digital video out - check your docs or go online, because on some cards you can't use both at the same time (digital and standard). If you ahve two standard outputs, it will definately work.

If you don't have two usable outputs, you can easily add a second, cheap video card. If your current video card is AGP (it almost has to be nowdays) you'll need to pick up a PCI bus card.

The PCI card can be a real cheapie; you will only be able to use the primary card for 3D intensive applications like games, etc, so you don't need a high-end card for secondary. You can still do photoshop, video editing, whatever on the secondary - it just doesn't do "direct to video" stuff..

I have an old 4-meg S3 Savage card in a PCI slot for my second monitor and it's great!

At work I have a Matrox 450 dual-head card that is fair for gaming and great for everything else - it's a good deal.

11-22-2003, 07:41 AM
fusionx Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Olongapo City, Philippines Posts: 4,618	Hye - if you've never worked with two monitors before, you'll love it! It only takes a few minutes to get used to it. Check the back of your card - if it has two video outs you are good to go. With LCDs, you could have one standard 15 pin connecter and a digital video out - check your docs or go online, because on some cards you can't use both at the same time (digital and standard). If you ahve two standard outputs, it will definately work. If you don't have two usable outputs, you can easily add a second, cheap video card. If your current video card is AGP (it almost has to be nowdays) you'll need to pick up a PCI bus card. The PCI card can be a real cheapie; you will only be able to use the primary card for 3D intensive applications like games, etc, so you don't need a high-end card for secondary. You can still do photoshop, video editing, whatever on the secondary - it just doesn't do "direct to video" stuff.. I have an old 4-meg S3 Savage card in a PCI slot for my second monitor and it's great! At work I have a Matrox 450 dual-head card that is fair for gaming and great for everything else - it's a good deal.