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Query about setting up dual monitors

  • 17-06-2012 12:19pm
    #1
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭


    Looking to set up dual monitors atm and running into a bit of trouble, hoping you guys can help.

    I have two monitors, one of which is currently connected via VGA cable.
    I am looking to connect my second monitor to the same card.
    There is a HDMI slot and DVI slot available.
    I have a spare VGA cable.

    Can I connect my second monitor to the free slot using the spare VGA cable and buy a VGA->DVI converter? Or would I need to buy the DVI cable?

    I asked about this in the local PC world, and was adamantly told this was not possible as one input would cancel out the other, and that I would need a professional splitter available online.
    So I tested this at home with my HD TV and the HDMI slot. Currently I have dual screens running on the HDMI slot and VGA slot, so that worked fine but my tv is way too big for the desk.

    So what should I be doing next?


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  • #2
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    Hi there,

    a few months ago I set up a dual monitor system for a guy, and I'm pretty sure that he used the VGA connection for one monitor and the DVI for the second...

    What model of graphics card do you have?


  • #3
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6770

    Atm the HDMI port and VGA port are working at the same time, so I am assuming dual monitors are supported.

    Bunch of forum posts online saying it should work fine too.

    I would just rather spend €20 on a VGA->DVI converter than €50 on a DVI cable.


  • #4
    Lu Tze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,498 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    Unlikely i know, but if you are in dublin any time soon i have a spare DVI cable, and VGA-DVI adaptor that you can take away for free if you can collect?


  • #5
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    Ah I'll be in Waterford for a while now :( Thanks anyway!


  • #6
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    Just to confirm what I'm asking.

    Should I buy the DVI cable?
    or
    Can I just buy the VGA to DVI adapter, because I already have a VGA cable?


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  • #7
    Lu Tze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,498 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    MitchKoobski wrote: »
    Just to confirm what I'm asking.

    Should I buy the DVI cable?
    or
    Can I just buy the VGA to DVI adapter, because I already have a VGA cable?

    It should be fine, though you will get a slightly better picture with the DVI cable.

    What monitors are they?


  • #8
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    Both AOC LCD monitors. Main one is currently hooked up with VGA cable.


  • #9
    jayteecork
    Site Banned Posts: 5,676 ✭✭✭jayteecork


    I used two DVI cables on mine.


  • #10
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    Got it sorted.

    Went back to PC world, picked up the €15 adaptor, told a different guy my plan and asked would the adaptor suit me. He said "Yeah, I can't think of why it wouldn't".

    Depends on who you get I suppose!


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