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Dual Monitor - Video Card

  • 12-12-2008 9:56am
    #1
    Cameraman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 480 ✭✭


    Hi,

    can anyone offer advice on this.

    Currently I have a dual monitor setup working with a good newish screen (on DVI), and a tiny old one (on VGA). The video card just has 1 DVI and 1 VGA output - it's an 256MB ATI Radeon X1300PRO

    I now want to replace the second screen and ideally get it working via DVI.

    Should I buy a new card with dual DVI ports and dump the old one, or just add a second card with a single DVI port ?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    You can do either. I run two screens off a dual dvi card. And in work we have a number of pcs with two video cards.

    But you're not going to gain a lot really with a new card. I'd just run the second screen off the vga port on the card you have.


  • #3
    Cameraman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 480 ✭✭Cameraman


    OK - I'll try it with the VGA port first.

    Was just worried that the new screen mightn't work so well, as it'll be at a higher resolution than the current one.

    Thanks.


  • #4
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    I had a 19" on a VGA port and a 21" on DVI at one stage. Worked grand. With movies you might notice a slight difference but for normal use - nothing.


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