Dual Screens

srdb20

Lads im looking to set up a dual screen system with my current monitor and my tv

Monitor has a DVI and VGA connection
TV has a vga and HDMI connection

Graphics card on Computer has two DVI connections its a XFX 7800gt.

What cables would i need lads?

Where is the best place to buy them?

blorg

DVI and HDMI are compatible and will give you the best picture quality. You can get cables from Komplett.ie

srdb20

Heres a pic of my card, can i just connect the tv to one DVI slot and my regular monitor to the other DVI connection.

7800gt DVI.JPG

Will this allow for dual monitor display???

8T8

Yes just use DVI cable for the monitor and a DVI->HDMI cable for the TV (you can also use VGA if you get a DVI-VGA adapter).

Just be aware that if the displays aren't of the same form factor e.g widescreen you will need to find a common resolution to work with if for instance you wanted to use the clone display mode.

blorg

What 8T8 said although you can get a much cheaper cable than that. As he says you will need a common resolution if using a clone display mode (e.g. same thing on both screens) but this isn't necessary if you want different things on each screen, in that case best run each at it's own native resolution (I suspect your TV is probably 1366x768.)

srdb20

Ye its resolution is 1366x768. Ill probably be running video or something to take advantage of the TV's size. Monitor ill be using for all the web browsing etc.

Cheers for the replys lads...