Dual Screen Help

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  1. KinXiom

    KinXiom Well-Known Member

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    I have two screens and i was wondering what i need to do to make it a dual screen
     
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    xlink GR's Tech Enthusiast

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    plug both screens into the computer, right click desktop far right tab and mess around.

    there is a possibility of needing a 2nd GFX card.
     
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    how do i plug in the second monitor there is no extra plug
     
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    If you only have one input you will need a new GFX card that supports dual monitors.
     
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    Or you can get a splitter thingy, I believe.
     
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    If it doesn't come with a combination of two VGA//DVI ports, I would assume is does not support dual-monitoring.
     
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    can anyone show mewhat type of gfx card would support this?
     
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    What type of gfx card do you have? I have almost never seen a gfx card with only 1 port. I have a geforce 4 4200 ti in my closet and even that supports dual-monitoring.
     
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    i dunno some ----ty one i gues...

    LOL how do i find out, i think it has naother port... let e check

    yup it dsonly one, im having a fear its an integrated gfx card :eek:
     
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    xlink GR's Tech Enthusiast

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    just go to some local computer store and pickup the cheapest video card with 8 or 16mb vram(basic 2d output needs around this amount just to fill the screen[this is where the mb mythe began since in the early day of vga adapters, cards had 1 or perhaps 2 mb vram and doubling your vram was very profound], whereas 3d is optimal at around 128 or perhaps 256[just barely beginning to necessitate such and only barely]) you can find and it should work fine.
     

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