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# 1 20-04-2004 , 01:12 PM
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dual monitors

Anyone know what I need if I wanted to setup 2 monitors on one pc?

# 2 20-04-2004 , 01:27 PM
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A craphics card (or two graphics cards) and OS that supports two monitors.


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# 3 20-04-2004 , 01:29 PM
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I've got a geforce 5900 ultra and I'm running xp

dont I need an adaptor or something to connect the two monitors?

# 4 20-04-2004 , 04:22 PM
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The card has to have 2 plugins or use 2 seperate vid cards.

# 5 20-04-2004 , 04:32 PM
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ok cheers

# 6 20-04-2004 , 09:25 PM
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I couldn't live without dual monitors after setting them up!
Good luck dude!

# 7 21-04-2004 , 12:50 PM
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my graphics card got a DVI slot and a normal monitor slot so I assume that should be ok to setup 2 monitors

# 8 24-04-2004 , 04:19 AM
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yes you should be cool.
If you nead to you can get a DVI to VGA adapter, but it should work fine. Once you try it you will never go back!


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# 9 03-05-2004 , 08:55 PM
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here's what you want
1) 2 monitors
2) and and adapter that supports two monitors or get another PCI card

if one of your monitors is DVI,, (since you seem to have a card that supports it)... you can go ahead and use dual monitors,
if you have 2 lcd's then you need to get a DVI to VGA adaptor.
or if both your monitors are normal VGA.. then you need to get a VGA to DVI adaptor... you dont need to be einstein to figure that out..

hope it helps ..
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