For now i am only using an analog cable on my PC. Its hard to find a dual-link DVI-D cable here, i have come to many computer shops and they only have the single-link DVI cable. Though its kinda cheap, i didn't buy it coz i dont know if it will work on my dual-link DVI-I video card (Nvidia) to my dual-link DVD-D LED monitor.|||WholeSwitch soft client (PC to Phone Dialer) enables users to make and receive quality VoIP calls from any computer to any phone internationally at ultra low rates. This great innovative VoIP service let you enjoy cheap international calls and using your PC as a phone by routing your call through your PC to your contact. Our VoIP Phone System is capable of giving great voice quality and cheapest international calls, getting the most out of your internet speed.
Offering the latest features in internet telephony technology, WholeSwitch PC to Phone Service will surprise you by delivering brand-new experience.|||yes you can i have a single link dvi cable on my dual link monitor it actually came with it haha but the socket on my monitor is duel link.
2012年5月4日金曜日
Dual vga out video card?
ok i have a imb 8215MUB (link at bottom), and i need to get dual display with extended monitor on the 2nd. i have figured out that i am going to have to install a video card, but i really don't know much about them. i have been looking at cards all day and i am still very confused.
1) i am finding vid cards that say dual vga but when i look at the picture i only see one vga port. is there something I'm missing here?
2) i'm seeing in a lot of cases the card will require 250w. my power supply only out puts 225w. but i have read in some places that people are using 225w to supply a 250w card. all i can say is "what?"
3) i think i have a free pci AND a free pci-e slot. is the only difference between these performance and speed?
if any of these questions can be answered you will be my best friend and i will send you a cookie in the mail ( +Shipping and handling ) but if you can make a valid suggestion for a card i will bow down and call you my guru along with a $50,000,000 check in the mail ( check will bounce ) i don't need a bad a$* card. I'm not playing games or anything. the most strenuous thing i will be doing on it is spread sheets ( and of coarse the hog of a windows desktop )
link to computer specks: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=8215-MUB-MAR-1B
thanks in advance,
lindsey|||"1) i am finding vid cards that say dual vga but when i look at the picture i only see one vga port. is there something I'm missing here?" - Some have a VGA + a DVI port. The DVI can be converted to VGA with an adapter.
"2) i'm seeing in a lot of cases the card will require 250w. my power supply only out puts 225w. but i have read in some places that people are using 225w to supply a 250w card. all i can say is "what?"" - Yep, and they wonder why they have poor video performance. Duh?
"3) i think i have a free pci AND a free pci-e slot. is the only difference between these performance and speed?" - Yes, just like the performance and speed of a wheelbarrow and a Porshe.
Now, on to your "problem". To add to the above problems, you also have a Small Form Factor (SFF) computer. This will require a half-height or low - profile card to fit in the case.
So you need a dual port, low-profile, PCI video card that will run in a computer that only has a 225w power supply! These are very scarce and expensive. I found one at Tiger Direct: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/… Sparkle RP95GT1024D2LHP GeForce 9500 GT Video Card (Refurbished)
1) i am finding vid cards that say dual vga but when i look at the picture i only see one vga port. is there something I'm missing here?
2) i'm seeing in a lot of cases the card will require 250w. my power supply only out puts 225w. but i have read in some places that people are using 225w to supply a 250w card. all i can say is "what?"
3) i think i have a free pci AND a free pci-e slot. is the only difference between these performance and speed?
if any of these questions can be answered you will be my best friend and i will send you a cookie in the mail ( +Shipping and handling ) but if you can make a valid suggestion for a card i will bow down and call you my guru along with a $50,000,000 check in the mail ( check will bounce ) i don't need a bad a$* card. I'm not playing games or anything. the most strenuous thing i will be doing on it is spread sheets ( and of coarse the hog of a windows desktop )
link to computer specks: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=8215-MUB-MAR-1B
thanks in advance,
lindsey|||"1) i am finding vid cards that say dual vga but when i look at the picture i only see one vga port. is there something I'm missing here?" - Some have a VGA + a DVI port. The DVI can be converted to VGA with an adapter.
"2) i'm seeing in a lot of cases the card will require 250w. my power supply only out puts 225w. but i have read in some places that people are using 225w to supply a 250w card. all i can say is "what?"" - Yep, and they wonder why they have poor video performance. Duh?
"3) i think i have a free pci AND a free pci-e slot. is the only difference between these performance and speed?" - Yes, just like the performance and speed of a wheelbarrow and a Porshe.
Now, on to your "problem". To add to the above problems, you also have a Small Form Factor (SFF) computer. This will require a half-height or low - profile card to fit in the case.
So you need a dual port, low-profile, PCI video card that will run in a computer that only has a 225w power supply! These are very scarce and expensive. I found one at Tiger Direct: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/… Sparkle RP95GT1024D2LHP GeForce 9500 GT Video Card (Refurbished)
Need drivers for dual monitor and wifi?
I'm running a thinkpad r51 by IBM with windows xp sp2, I need an update on drivers so i can have dual monitors and wireless internet access, and i believe i have an ati raedon 7500 video card.. I just need the sites where i could download the drivers for what i listed above.|||You will find all the drivers for your lap top here by model number and operating system.
http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/
http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/
Which video card should I buy for my situation?
I've got a Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz chip and I want to put together a dual display setup. I've already got onboard video and I'm wondering which card to get to run the other monitor (assuming one of my monitors CAN be onboard video with a dual setup?). I have PCI slots open as well as AGP. I'm looking to spend between $50-$100, and I want to purchase it from Newegg. I'll be using it for Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and other various desktop publishing tools. The card will be hooked up to either a 17" LCD or a 19" CRT.|||It's possible to do a dual-display setup with your computer but there are some things you should know.
* AGP cards are exclusive so it definitely won't share with your on-board video.
* Some systems are designed to disable on-board video when another video card is inserted (PCI or AGP). It's hard to tell if your system will do that.
No problem though, you just need to buy a video card with two video outputs. I'm familiar with nvidia cards and I know for certain that dual-display is supported in the software so any nvidia card would work as long as two VGA outputs are present on the card. If you plan to connect to one CRT and one LCD with DVI connector, you can use this card then (see picture):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
If you are doing two CRTs, however, you'll need something like this where they include a DVI-to-VGA adaptor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
You can also look for dual-VGA video cards like this one but I'm not familiar with ATI products and how easy it is to set it up:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…|||Check out this card - DirectX 9.0, OpenGL 2.0, DVI, S-Video and VGA connectors, 256 MB - all for $70.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
* AGP cards are exclusive so it definitely won't share with your on-board video.
* Some systems are designed to disable on-board video when another video card is inserted (PCI or AGP). It's hard to tell if your system will do that.
No problem though, you just need to buy a video card with two video outputs. I'm familiar with nvidia cards and I know for certain that dual-display is supported in the software so any nvidia card would work as long as two VGA outputs are present on the card. If you plan to connect to one CRT and one LCD with DVI connector, you can use this card then (see picture):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
If you are doing two CRTs, however, you'll need something like this where they include a DVI-to-VGA adaptor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
You can also look for dual-VGA video cards like this one but I'm not familiar with ATI products and how easy it is to set it up:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…|||Check out this card - DirectX 9.0, OpenGL 2.0, DVI, S-Video and VGA connectors, 256 MB - all for $70.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Did i need a video card for adding a dual monitor?
Do i need it? What worth it|||check if your current video card has 2 display outs. then u already have the ability, if not the other option unless u got an SLI board is PCI.
Dual Monitor is satisfying to have, as you can say play a game on one screen while monitoring your msn messenger, chat rooms, perhaps even yahoo answers page.. also u can watch dvd videos etc... if you work like a graphics designer you'll find its always good to have alot of spaces.. and also if u like to have alot of programs open its a plus as well.|||if your video card cannot handle dual video like the best answer said. there is also an option for a cheap VGA splitter. it will give you 2 video out ports for dual monitors. this unfortunately will give you two copies of the same screen, but there are uses for this.
|||Dual Monitors are excellent at increasing productivity on a "Work station" PC. Also there are a lot of things to be said for Dual monitors on both multi-media or gaming PC's. I have a network set-up that allows me to view one or more (up to 4 actually, in my case) desktops across my Dual monitor Set-up which really increases your multi-tasking capabilities( for example: I can download files onto PC 1 while simultaneously looking for info one the web, PC 2 and at the same time have a word processor open PC 3 and my estimating software PC 4, running all at the same time! This makes my whole set-up faster because none of my cpu's are maxed out while multi-tasking.)
This Link should walk you through your options Step-by-step.
http://www.ehow.com/video_13829_connect-…
Hope this Helps!
Dual Monitor is satisfying to have, as you can say play a game on one screen while monitoring your msn messenger, chat rooms, perhaps even yahoo answers page.. also u can watch dvd videos etc... if you work like a graphics designer you'll find its always good to have alot of spaces.. and also if u like to have alot of programs open its a plus as well.|||if your video card cannot handle dual video like the best answer said. there is also an option for a cheap VGA splitter. it will give you 2 video out ports for dual monitors. this unfortunately will give you two copies of the same screen, but there are uses for this.
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|||Dual Monitors are excellent at increasing productivity on a "Work station" PC. Also there are a lot of things to be said for Dual monitors on both multi-media or gaming PC's. I have a network set-up that allows me to view one or more (up to 4 actually, in my case) desktops across my Dual monitor Set-up which really increases your multi-tasking capabilities( for example: I can download files onto PC 1 while simultaneously looking for info one the web, PC 2 and at the same time have a word processor open PC 3 and my estimating software PC 4, running all at the same time! This makes my whole set-up faster because none of my cpu's are maxed out while multi-tasking.)
This Link should walk you through your options Step-by-step.
http://www.ehow.com/video_13829_connect-…
Hope this Helps!
What laptop should I buy for dual-monitor & photoshop/lightroom?
I'm looking to buy a laptop, but I'm concerned about the ability of it to handle such software as photoshop and lightroom - additionally dual-monitor use - at the same time in pretty good screen resolution size. I'm wanting to be able to edit photos on the spot and give to client moments after taking the pictures. What are the minimum hardware requirements I should look for that will be able to handle this demand? Will I need a non-mobo-based video card to handle dual monitors and higher screen res?|||I think u should get an HP cuz my laptop hasnt had any problems
My video card has 1 DVI and 1 VGA ports and I need to setup a dual monitor for my 2 LCDs, with DVI ports only.
Is that possible? Can I use the 1 DVI port on my card to have 2 monitors (extended display not cloned). How?|||no cause there are no dvi-splitters out there, but u can use a dvi to vga cable for one of the monitors|||Either get a different card.( dual DVI) ..or get a VGA monitor. if you go the monitor route..you may not like the how the monitor extends into the second screen.|||Cucusoft MPEG/AVI to DVD/VCD/SVCD Converter Pro (Converter + Embedded Burner) is easy to use and powerful for experts as well. It enables you to convert and burn any video file directly to VCD, DVD, SVCD, MPEG1 and MPEG2 format. Pro version included all the features of the lite version. In addition, it has embedded "DVD Author Express" and "DVD/VCD/SVCD Burner Engine". So it becomes an all-in-one VCD/SVCD/DVD Creator. And this program has been optimized for 64-bit CPU including Intel EM64T and AMD64. The video conversion speed is faster than most of our competitors. Now you can get this All-in-One video converter at a very competitive price!
Video card for dual monitors? Will nVidea GeForce GT 220 work?
I'm in the market for a new desktop and I want to set up a dual monitor setup. I will probably be using two 22 or 23 inch monitors, and I want to make sure I can use them to create an extended display, not just a cloned display on two screens. The pc will be running an Intel Core i7-920 with 6 GB tri-channel ram. I do not really do any gaming, but I watch a lot of video/multimedia/etc. Would an nVidia GeForce GT 220 (1024 MB) support this monitor config without any problems?|||yes but u might need a dvi to vga converter
I buying a new computer. dual monitors is a must for me. SLI? crossfire? or dual output video card?
i need 2 monitors for work, but i also enjoy games. i really want to be able to play starcraft II when that comes out, so some hardware aptitude in 3d gaming is preferable (im not interested in having bragging rights on resolution or fps, just enough power to enjoy a multiplayer game).
my question: should i be leaning toward dual graphics boards? if so, is there any significant performance difference between ATI's crossfire and Nvidia's SLI?
finally, as an alternative, is there a dual DVI output video card that is comparable in gaming ability to my old video card: the ATI Radeon X1600XT. i might consider just upgrading my old comp to support dual monitors... ty for all your help!|||Im pretty sure that Crossfire is better then SLI (not by much though), but you can get SLI capable cards for pretty cheap (the 8600gt, great card, is only like $80 or so). Im not really sure about crossfire capable cards. It depends on your motherboard though. You cant have both Crossfire and SLI on the same Motherboard.|||I agree with Johnny. I also use a 8600gt and it works great. Can't compare with ATI, haven't ever used ATI equipment.
8600gt comes with 512MB onbd memory an plugs into a PCI Express Slot|||For dual monitors i would go with the new 9000 series from Nvidia or just get a high end single card will still play games well, but SLI is better for dual monitor. And also make sure when you choose SLI or Crossfire you get the Motherboard that supports 2 PCI-E slots.
But dual graphics can be pricey, if it is going with a high end single card will still do the job.|||The Radeon X1600XT would run dual monitors. You just needed a VGA to DVI adapter like the one they sell at Radio Shack. I couldn't wait, so I shelled out $15 bucks!,(or was it $17.99?) at Radio Shack. It's cheaper online, but like I said, Chickster gotta' have it now! Gimme! Lol! I run a Trinitron 21" CRT monitor, and a Gateway 19" LCD. Coulda' run two LCD screens,(will in future, I'm usin' my money for motherboard/cpu combo's right now) I use a ATI Radeon X600XT graphics card. Will be going to a 8800 series card, probably the 8800GT, or GTS. I install 'em for people, just haven't upgraded mine! I'd recommend a 8800 series card. Just one. You can shell out another $300 bucks later. (well, almost $300.)|||Dual-cards just for two monitors seems a bit silly. A single better card will perform better, be cheaper and use less power than two cards. Pretty much all recent graphics cards have two monitor outputs on them as well as a TV-out.
Without knowing what spec starcraft 2 requires it's hard to suggest a card for it, but either an ATI 3850 or 3870 should be sufficient, choose the one that suits your budget best, you can always add another one later if you want. If money is a concern, you should be able to get away with a slightly lower model, but the savings aren't that big.
my question: should i be leaning toward dual graphics boards? if so, is there any significant performance difference between ATI's crossfire and Nvidia's SLI?
finally, as an alternative, is there a dual DVI output video card that is comparable in gaming ability to my old video card: the ATI Radeon X1600XT. i might consider just upgrading my old comp to support dual monitors... ty for all your help!|||Im pretty sure that Crossfire is better then SLI (not by much though), but you can get SLI capable cards for pretty cheap (the 8600gt, great card, is only like $80 or so). Im not really sure about crossfire capable cards. It depends on your motherboard though. You cant have both Crossfire and SLI on the same Motherboard.|||I agree with Johnny. I also use a 8600gt and it works great. Can't compare with ATI, haven't ever used ATI equipment.
8600gt comes with 512MB onbd memory an plugs into a PCI Express Slot|||For dual monitors i would go with the new 9000 series from Nvidia or just get a high end single card will still play games well, but SLI is better for dual monitor. And also make sure when you choose SLI or Crossfire you get the Motherboard that supports 2 PCI-E slots.
But dual graphics can be pricey, if it is going with a high end single card will still do the job.|||The Radeon X1600XT would run dual monitors. You just needed a VGA to DVI adapter like the one they sell at Radio Shack. I couldn't wait, so I shelled out $15 bucks!,(or was it $17.99?) at Radio Shack. It's cheaper online, but like I said, Chickster gotta' have it now! Gimme! Lol! I run a Trinitron 21" CRT monitor, and a Gateway 19" LCD. Coulda' run two LCD screens,(will in future, I'm usin' my money for motherboard/cpu combo's right now) I use a ATI Radeon X600XT graphics card. Will be going to a 8800 series card, probably the 8800GT, or GTS. I install 'em for people, just haven't upgraded mine! I'd recommend a 8800 series card. Just one. You can shell out another $300 bucks later. (well, almost $300.)|||Dual-cards just for two monitors seems a bit silly. A single better card will perform better, be cheaper and use less power than two cards. Pretty much all recent graphics cards have two monitor outputs on them as well as a TV-out.
Without knowing what spec starcraft 2 requires it's hard to suggest a card for it, but either an ATI 3850 or 3870 should be sufficient, choose the one that suits your budget best, you can always add another one later if you want. If money is a concern, you should be able to get away with a slightly lower model, but the savings aren't that big.
Dual monitor display...video card dilemma!?
I am trying to set up my HP Compaq DC5000 (Windows 7 32bit) to have multiple displays via 2 VGA ports. The first VGA is built into the computer and the second is an added video card (VGA). Both of the ports work and both of the monitors work.
-When I boot without the second card, the built in vga works fine.
-When I boot with the second card in and the monitor connected to it, the display works fine.
-When I boot with the second card in and the monitor plugged into the stock one, it doesn't detect!
-When I boot with both of the monitors plugged in, only the added VGA display detects..as if the built in port doesn't even exist.
I tried software downloads, different monitors, etc.
Does my motherboard not support dual VGA? ;(
Thanks for any help!|||You cannont run Onboard Video card and a PCI or PCI-E video card at the same time. if you want to get double displays you need a double display ready video card with 2 vga ports or 2 hdmi ports on the back. but you cannot. plug 1 vga into the video card and the other VGA into the Motherboard ( Onboard Video card) cause it will not ready any of them and it will confuse the OS on witch one to pick and it wont turn anyone of them on.
-When I boot without the second card, the built in vga works fine.
-When I boot with the second card in and the monitor connected to it, the display works fine.
-When I boot with the second card in and the monitor plugged into the stock one, it doesn't detect!
-When I boot with both of the monitors plugged in, only the added VGA display detects..as if the built in port doesn't even exist.
I tried software downloads, different monitors, etc.
Does my motherboard not support dual VGA? ;(
Thanks for any help!|||You cannont run Onboard Video card and a PCI or PCI-E video card at the same time. if you want to get double displays you need a double display ready video card with 2 vga ports or 2 hdmi ports on the back. but you cannot. plug 1 vga into the video card and the other VGA into the Motherboard ( Onboard Video card) cause it will not ready any of them and it will confuse the OS on witch one to pick and it wont turn anyone of them on.
Dual monitor video card ?
is there a way to install a dual monitor video card or 2 video cards and what is a good video card for what i want to do ?
what i want to do is to have both monitors on at the same time and move some files pages over the other screen when i am working
sometimes i have over 20 pages open and i seen people doing that with the mouse
I have 4gb of ram
thank you|||Yes, like the guy said above me it is possible to do that on one card...
If you are just wanting the card for dual monitoring purposes then you could pick up a card for about 50 bucks...
Here are some video cards that have that function...
I would recommend 2 DVI ports abose to VGA
LINKS:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…|||Yes. Almost all aftermarket video cards support this kind of feature. I'd personally recommend an nVidia video card with two DVI outputs.|||Most new video cards come with a VGA and a DVI output , or two DVI outputs. Either of these configurations will allow you to run a second screen.
Your second screen can then be set up in 3 different ways
Clone - both screens display the same
Extended - your desktop is stretched over the two screens
Dual - this is the option you will probably want. it allows the second screen to be a different resolution and have different settings etc.
what i want to do is to have both monitors on at the same time and move some files pages over the other screen when i am working
sometimes i have over 20 pages open and i seen people doing that with the mouse
I have 4gb of ram
thank you|||Yes, like the guy said above me it is possible to do that on one card...
If you are just wanting the card for dual monitoring purposes then you could pick up a card for about 50 bucks...
Here are some video cards that have that function...
I would recommend 2 DVI ports abose to VGA
LINKS:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…|||Yes. Almost all aftermarket video cards support this kind of feature. I'd personally recommend an nVidia video card with two DVI outputs.|||Most new video cards come with a VGA and a DVI output , or two DVI outputs. Either of these configurations will allow you to run a second screen.
Your second screen can then be set up in 3 different ways
Clone - both screens display the same
Extended - your desktop is stretched over the two screens
Dual - this is the option you will probably want. it allows the second screen to be a different resolution and have different settings etc.
2012年4月27日金曜日
Video card for dual monitors?
This computer: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/ho/WF06b/12132708-12133156-12133158-12133158-12133158-80230663-80443628.html
Using an HP monitor along with a DELL (HDMI connection cable for the Dell)
What video card could I get cheap (around $50) from Newegg for example that would allow me to run dual monitors?
Thanks!|||Annie1821 , I don't know if this is what you need, these Links should get you up to speed.
Asus / Toshiba / Sony / Apple / Acer >>>>>>>>>>> Gateway / HP
chart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5QdtEy-q…
Vid card chart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCRPWe2yU…
Low wattage PSU's and GPU's Guide ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTQoH-j5K…
These are good templates.
Good Build ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN0_-trt_…
Full Build ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB35fxqpO…
Intel first , AMD second.
Using an HP monitor along with a DELL (HDMI connection cable for the Dell)
What video card could I get cheap (around $50) from Newegg for example that would allow me to run dual monitors?
Thanks!|||Annie1821 , I don't know if this is what you need, these Links should get you up to speed.
Asus / Toshiba / Sony / Apple / Acer >>>>>>>>>>> Gateway / HP
chart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5QdtEy-q…
Vid card chart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCRPWe2yU…
Low wattage PSU's and GPU's Guide ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTQoH-j5K…
These are good templates.
Good Build ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN0_-trt_…
Full Build ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB35fxqpO…
Intel first , AMD second.
Dual Monitor setup- Graphics card quesiton?
Hi. I'm a newbie to graphics cards.
I'm looking to expand my current desktop system (Dell Studio 540s) so that I can have two 24" monitors (1920 x 1080 resolutions each).
I'm not planning on playing any games. But would like it to be fast enough while I'm doing some work in Photoshop.
[1] Is there a single graphics card that will allow me to do this? I've noticed that the specs of a graphics card often has "Maximum resolution", does this max resolution apply to 1 montior or the combined resolution of a dual monitor?
[2] or do I need to buy two cards that will support as least 1920 x 1080 resolution?
[3] Any suggestions for low cost, good performance video cards that will meet my needs?
Thanks!|||According to Dell, your 540S has one PCIExpress 16x slot for graphics cards: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy…
You can get a half-height "low-profile" PCIExpress 16x card that will fit in there, like a low-profile 9500GT, which can support two 1920x1080 monitors: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Hope this helps.|||all you need is 1 card with 2 outputs the resolution is up to you depending on your monitor size.
check here for some great prices on video cards, just be sure the card has 2 outputs on it, usualy a VGA and DVI one blue and one long white.
http://www.tkqlhce.com/qr114r09608OSUVQW…
I'm looking to expand my current desktop system (Dell Studio 540s) so that I can have two 24" monitors (1920 x 1080 resolutions each).
I'm not planning on playing any games. But would like it to be fast enough while I'm doing some work in Photoshop.
[1] Is there a single graphics card that will allow me to do this? I've noticed that the specs of a graphics card often has "Maximum resolution", does this max resolution apply to 1 montior or the combined resolution of a dual monitor?
[2] or do I need to buy two cards that will support as least 1920 x 1080 resolution?
[3] Any suggestions for low cost, good performance video cards that will meet my needs?
Thanks!|||According to Dell, your 540S has one PCIExpress 16x slot for graphics cards: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy…
You can get a half-height "low-profile" PCIExpress 16x card that will fit in there, like a low-profile 9500GT, which can support two 1920x1080 monitors: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Hope this helps.|||all you need is 1 card with 2 outputs the resolution is up to you depending on your monitor size.
check here for some great prices on video cards, just be sure the card has 2 outputs on it, usualy a VGA and DVI one blue and one long white.
http://www.tkqlhce.com/qr114r09608OSUVQW…
Graphics card dual monitor HELP! Nvidia people or Dell doesn't matter!?
i'm getting a Zotac GeForce 6200A Video Card - 512MB AGP graphics card an i have a Intel 82865g graphics controller. If i plug a monitor in the graphics card's VGA an another in the graphics controller VGA could i run two monitors?
specs
dell 4600i
p4 2.80 processor
3.50gb ram
40gb hard drive(x2)
also extreme graphics 2 allows for dual monitors(if that helps)|||Er, you should be able to run dual monitors by plugging *both* monitors into the graphics card. Most graphics cards I know now have two monitor slots.|||The problem with Dell is the power supply unit will not have enough power to support the extra graphic Card. You need a 600 watt power supply.
As for two monitors? The video card cannot be AGP as the on-board video is agp controlled. If you get a video card that is pci or pci Express, you will have better luck. With a video card. you have to disable onboard video and have the card as primary.without the card drivers loaded as most recent cards require you to load the drivers later, ie where VgaSafe.is the default video adapter.
When you restart, let it load go to desktop. shut down, Turn on go to bios and enable onboard video. You realise that onboard takes memory from the ram?
40gb hard drive is no good! you need to maintain 20% free space on the main drive at all times. Get a 250 gb HDD or at least a 160gb hdd. Costs only $80!
specs
dell 4600i
p4 2.80 processor
3.50gb ram
40gb hard drive(x2)
also extreme graphics 2 allows for dual monitors(if that helps)|||Er, you should be able to run dual monitors by plugging *both* monitors into the graphics card. Most graphics cards I know now have two monitor slots.|||The problem with Dell is the power supply unit will not have enough power to support the extra graphic Card. You need a 600 watt power supply.
As for two monitors? The video card cannot be AGP as the on-board video is agp controlled. If you get a video card that is pci or pci Express, you will have better luck. With a video card. you have to disable onboard video and have the card as primary.without the card drivers loaded as most recent cards require you to load the drivers later, ie where VgaSafe.is the default video adapter.
When you restart, let it load go to desktop. shut down, Turn on go to bios and enable onboard video. You realise that onboard takes memory from the ram?
40gb hard drive is no good! you need to maintain 20% free space on the main drive at all times. Get a 250 gb HDD or at least a 160gb hdd. Costs only $80!
Can i use an integrated video and a second video card for extended desktop monitors or do i need a dual head ?
Typically the moment you plugin the external card, the onboard video is disabled. Hence you end up needing two cards.
If you have an AGP system, you may have difficulty mixing/matching it with a PCI card (secondary display). If you have PCI Express, you may have better luck.
Dual-head cards maybe a better option.|||With an AGP system the video card will disable the onboard chipset.
With a PCI-e system I am not so sure.
However, I would recommend the dual head card because:
Onboard video tends to be cheap and crummy chips with little to no hardware acceleration. The GPU on the video card is going to be much better.
With different chipsets you will need two video drivers running at the same time. This is verboten under Vista and a bad idea under XP. You have no guarantee that the two drivers will play nicely with each other. A dual head card will eliminate this.
Dual head cards are the same price, or fractionally more than a single head card.|||wat u say?
If you have an AGP system, you may have difficulty mixing/matching it with a PCI card (secondary display). If you have PCI Express, you may have better luck.
Dual-head cards maybe a better option.|||With an AGP system the video card will disable the onboard chipset.
With a PCI-e system I am not so sure.
However, I would recommend the dual head card because:
Onboard video tends to be cheap and crummy chips with little to no hardware acceleration. The GPU on the video card is going to be much better.
With different chipsets you will need two video drivers running at the same time. This is verboten under Vista and a bad idea under XP. You have no guarantee that the two drivers will play nicely with each other. A dual head card will eliminate this.
Dual head cards are the same price, or fractionally more than a single head card.|||wat u say?
What video card would be the best for a 1027x768 monitor?
AMD ATHLON 2.7X2 DUAL CORE
4GB RAM
9500GT 1GB
WINDOWS XP X64
I WANT TO RUN THE LATEST GAMES. I DONT KNOW THE MONITOR SIZE I THINK 15INCE|||First, check to see that the caps lock light is not lit. Second, the way to measure your monitor is from a top corner to the opposite bottom corner on the inside or 'glass' of it. This will give you the number you seek for size. The numbers you have given would probably be 1024 by 768, not 1027x768. Monitors come in aspect ratios given as 4:3 or 16:10 or 16:9. All are divisible by these numbers and will give the resolution which is not dependent on size. I have seen a 21" CRT that would only display at 1280 by 1024, no higher and still own a 17" CRT IBM that will display happily at 1600 by 1200.
I think your specs indicate that you have a Nvidia 9500 GT video card. This should be able to drive just about any LCD monitor priced under $300. So will my ATI X1650XT. My will not play the latest games as it is outdated, too slow and under featured. The same goes for yours. You should consider a Nvidia 260GT or more expensive or preferably an ATI 4800 series card. You maty also want to upgrade your monitor to some thing a lot more recent.|||WINDOWS XP X64
4GB RAM
9500GT 1GB
WINDOWS XP X64
I WANT TO RUN THE LATEST GAMES. I DONT KNOW THE MONITOR SIZE I THINK 15INCE|||First, check to see that the caps lock light is not lit. Second, the way to measure your monitor is from a top corner to the opposite bottom corner on the inside or 'glass' of it. This will give you the number you seek for size. The numbers you have given would probably be 1024 by 768, not 1027x768. Monitors come in aspect ratios given as 4:3 or 16:10 or 16:9. All are divisible by these numbers and will give the resolution which is not dependent on size. I have seen a 21" CRT that would only display at 1280 by 1024, no higher and still own a 17" CRT IBM that will display happily at 1600 by 1200.
I think your specs indicate that you have a Nvidia 9500 GT video card. This should be able to drive just about any LCD monitor priced under $300. So will my ATI X1650XT. My will not play the latest games as it is outdated, too slow and under featured. The same goes for yours. You should consider a Nvidia 260GT or more expensive or preferably an ATI 4800 series card. You maty also want to upgrade your monitor to some thing a lot more recent.|||WINDOWS XP X64
On-board video card & dual monitors?
I have a Dimension 3000 and would like to get dual monitors. Currently I use the onboard video card for a single monitor. If I have a spare single head vga pci video card, can I add that and a second monitor so I have dual monitors? Or will the video card override the onboard and still limit me to one monitor?
Thanks for your help ahead of time!|||The onboard video would be disabled with the installation of a card. Simple way to get what you want is to buy a cheap dual output card|||Onboard video will usually be automatically disabled when a separate graphics card is added.
Every single Dell I've seen behaves in that manner.
In any case, the Dimension 3000 is 6 years old, horribly obsolete, and its graphics is not meant to be upgraded (which is why it has no AGP or PCIExpress 16x slot).
Your best option is to upgrade to a new computer with PCIExpress 16x. You will be able to run a new ATI HD5750 video card, which supports 3 monitors simultaneously.|||Yes, override will happen and cannot use both. A good option is simple software such as dualmon or UltraMon, or buy DualHeadToGo or TripleHeadToGo which is best.
Thanks for your help ahead of time!|||The onboard video would be disabled with the installation of a card. Simple way to get what you want is to buy a cheap dual output card|||Onboard video will usually be automatically disabled when a separate graphics card is added.
Every single Dell I've seen behaves in that manner.
In any case, the Dimension 3000 is 6 years old, horribly obsolete, and its graphics is not meant to be upgraded (which is why it has no AGP or PCIExpress 16x slot).
Your best option is to upgrade to a new computer with PCIExpress 16x. You will be able to run a new ATI HD5750 video card, which supports 3 monitors simultaneously.|||Yes, override will happen and cannot use both. A good option is simple software such as dualmon or UltraMon, or buy DualHeadToGo or TripleHeadToGo which is best.
I'm setting up a second monitor on my work pc. How do I install a video card without disabling the vga port?
I have a new Dell Vostro running Windows 7. When I connect the ATI video card into the PCI slot, only the monitor connected to the new video card works, the main VGA port is disabled. How can I enable the existing vga port to allow for dual monitors? I had it working on my last pc and now it is not.|||You can't.The BIOS will enable one or the other,your choice,but not both.
Your solution is to get a video card with dual monitor support.It will have 2 VGA or HDMI connections.|||Dual Monitor Graphics Cards are really cheap now a days. Normally motherboard disables online graphics board whenever you connect extranal graphics card.
Your solution is to get a video card with dual monitor support.It will have 2 VGA or HDMI connections.|||Dual Monitor Graphics Cards are really cheap now a days. Normally motherboard disables online graphics board whenever you connect extranal graphics card.
I need a recommendation for a video card capable of running 3 monitors at once. Any Suggestions?
I would like to run my computer computer as a media center pc but would still like to have a dual monitor desktop. I am looking for suggestions for a video card that can support 3 different screens, 2 are basic monitors and the 3rd is a 1080p lcd. I would like full resolution support for the tv. I would also like to try and keep the cost fairly reasonable ($150 max).|||triple SLI
and for 150$?
wont be a decent speed
shoot a little higher
:)
and for 150$?
wont be a decent speed
shoot a little higher
:)
Do I need a video card or can I use a dual monitor splitter? ?
My church has a projector that is ran from a laptop for our power point system. We recently purchased another monitor so we can work off of one and have the other to show on the projector. Our laptop is new and does give me the option to identify multiple screens, I was wondering if I can just get a splitter instead of a video card to be able to use the dual monitor. Thanks for all the help you may offer!|||No, unfortunately you cannot simply use a splitter because it will show the same image on both screens|||If both projectors support the same resolutions, and you want both to show the same thing, you can just use an active VGA splitter.
You may not like a passive VGA Y splitter.
The various dual screen modes in your laptop, pertain to its built in screen and one externally connected.
You may not like a passive VGA Y splitter.
The various dual screen modes in your laptop, pertain to its built in screen and one externally connected.
Can you put 2 video cards in a pc for dual monitor etc?
ok, my mother board comes with a vga out, but it shuts off when i put an agp video card in. why can't i use both? if I had a pci video card instead could I get dual monitor with my motherboard's output? or will I need to have both my agp card and pci card in for dual monitor? It seems foolish that since my motherboard has a video (processer?) output, and i also have a video card with an output, that I can't use both of these with 2 monitors. can't I change the fact that that port shuts off when an agp card is inserted?|||I'm not sure because I don't exactly know what you mean by dual monitor...
if you want to have like a monitor and a big screen showing what your monitor is showing then you can get a dongle, or a new video card. most newer ones support more than a single output.
But, If you want to have your moniter to work on and a tv to watch a movie on off your pc than you're gonna either need to buy an expensive video card to replace yours, or buy a pci video card for cheap and take out your AGP video card. having just a pci video card in shoudn't shut down your integrated one on your Mobo (i like that).
But as someone already stated, this could eat up more of your cpu. well i shouldn't say "could", it will.|||Sounds like your powersupply doesn't have enough oomph to run the card and the rest of the computer, check the instruction manual and documentation that came with the card. My ATI needed about 350 and it was an AGP card. Make sure your powersupply runs about 450 or more watts. Do you have an AGP card with a port for an LCD monitor? You can by a part that'll make it an analog for use with a CRT monitor, then you can have dual monitors that way :)|||well, some video cards come with two sets of outputs, so you could run two from one card, ATi has the crossfire system that uses two video cards together for better graphics performance where you could use two monitors. My ATi Radeon 200 built-in GPU chip supports two monitors, but has one VGA, the other is a composite output. It works. See if you have that.
I 'think' the reason why the VGA from the comp GPU shuts down is because the comp is sensing the AGP card and shutting down the internal GPU system since it is rather inefficient, and some are really using the CPU power.|||That depends. What type of computer is it? More specifically what kind of motherboard is it? Depending on the card, you can run a dual moniter setup with only one video card but without knowing what kind of processing power you've got and what kind of motherboard you have there is no way to know if your sytem is capable of running a dual montier setup. Also, I'm sure you know this but make sure you're plugging the moniter into the video card directly as opposed to the integrated vid off the mobo. One last thing, if you want to run dual moniters off of one card you will need to get a dongle. It's like a Y where the bottom goes into your video card and the top part that splits go into your two moniter cables.|||The motherboard would be unable to determine which video adapter to send video signals if there are 2 active video adapters.
When the motherboard senses a video card in the AGP slot, it automatically disables the built-in video adapter since the video card in the AGP slot would most probably be the better and more capable video adapter.
Having 2 active video adapter would also place a heavy processing load on the motherboard as the video signals may be unbalanced due to the video adapters' different capabilities. Although video processing is handled by chip on video adapters, the motherboard still has to transfer signals to and from different components.
For dual monitor display, a video card that can output to 2 monitors is required.|||Most new agp cards are dual head and have software that allow you to use both, Radeon are good, but you may need an adaptor for one of the sockets|||definitely not, but u can use videocards with dual outputs, which have 2 VGA or 1 VGA & 1 Composite outputs...
if you want to have like a monitor and a big screen showing what your monitor is showing then you can get a dongle, or a new video card. most newer ones support more than a single output.
But, If you want to have your moniter to work on and a tv to watch a movie on off your pc than you're gonna either need to buy an expensive video card to replace yours, or buy a pci video card for cheap and take out your AGP video card. having just a pci video card in shoudn't shut down your integrated one on your Mobo (i like that).
But as someone already stated, this could eat up more of your cpu. well i shouldn't say "could", it will.|||Sounds like your powersupply doesn't have enough oomph to run the card and the rest of the computer, check the instruction manual and documentation that came with the card. My ATI needed about 350 and it was an AGP card. Make sure your powersupply runs about 450 or more watts. Do you have an AGP card with a port for an LCD monitor? You can by a part that'll make it an analog for use with a CRT monitor, then you can have dual monitors that way :)|||well, some video cards come with two sets of outputs, so you could run two from one card, ATi has the crossfire system that uses two video cards together for better graphics performance where you could use two monitors. My ATi Radeon 200 built-in GPU chip supports two monitors, but has one VGA, the other is a composite output. It works. See if you have that.
I 'think' the reason why the VGA from the comp GPU shuts down is because the comp is sensing the AGP card and shutting down the internal GPU system since it is rather inefficient, and some are really using the CPU power.|||That depends. What type of computer is it? More specifically what kind of motherboard is it? Depending on the card, you can run a dual moniter setup with only one video card but without knowing what kind of processing power you've got and what kind of motherboard you have there is no way to know if your sytem is capable of running a dual montier setup. Also, I'm sure you know this but make sure you're plugging the moniter into the video card directly as opposed to the integrated vid off the mobo. One last thing, if you want to run dual moniters off of one card you will need to get a dongle. It's like a Y where the bottom goes into your video card and the top part that splits go into your two moniter cables.|||The motherboard would be unable to determine which video adapter to send video signals if there are 2 active video adapters.
When the motherboard senses a video card in the AGP slot, it automatically disables the built-in video adapter since the video card in the AGP slot would most probably be the better and more capable video adapter.
Having 2 active video adapter would also place a heavy processing load on the motherboard as the video signals may be unbalanced due to the video adapters' different capabilities. Although video processing is handled by chip on video adapters, the motherboard still has to transfer signals to and from different components.
For dual monitor display, a video card that can output to 2 monitors is required.|||Most new agp cards are dual head and have software that allow you to use both, Radeon are good, but you may need an adaptor for one of the sockets|||definitely not, but u can use videocards with dual outputs, which have 2 VGA or 1 VGA & 1 Composite outputs...
What kind of VIDEO CARD I need for a DUAL monitor?
I'm buying a new computer and want to use two monitors. The video card I'm getting with the computer is ATI Radeon X1300. If the video card has dual DVI transmitters, does that mean it will support two monitors?|||A video card with multiple VGA ports or DVi ports on a one card|||A video card with multiple VGA ports on the video card.
Video card for Gateway GT5692?
I want to run dual monitors (22" each) and am looking for a video card that fits my computer and will have two DVI spots. My main problem is I don't know what will fit in my computer. I am not really a gamer, but just watch lots of videos and stuff like that. Thanks for the help.|||PCI-express; but with only a 300 watt power supply, that might be asking for problems.
9800gtx nvidia vid card and dual monitor help?
ok, so recently upgraded mobo/proc/ram, kept the same video card. before the switch i had dual monitors set up, with the larger one on the left hand side and display 1 (main display) with smaller on right side and as secondary. with this setup, if i wanted to drag open windows to the other monitors (say from the main left monitor to the secondary right monitor) all i would do is drag the program from the left to the right. now after the upgrade (and downloading the newest drivers for win 7) the physical locations of the monitors are the same, the larger monitor on the left is still the main display (1) and the smaller on right, but when i want to drag items from one screen to the next, i have to drag the opposite way of the monitor i want it on (ie drag open program from left display to the right, i have to actually move the cursor to the left before it shows on the right monitor). i have no idea whats different, ive tried changing the main display back and forth, ive tried swapping the physical plugs on the video card (where they plug in) ut no matter i have to move the cursor the opposite way i want it to go, how can i get it back to how i had it??|||Right click on your desktop, select properties, then settings, then drag the monitors around to the way you want them.
Hope this helps, I f you need screen shots, etc, just ask. Daniel.
Hope this helps, I f you need screen shots, etc, just ask. Daniel.
For a HTPC AMD-64 XP-64 PCIe-16 need to pick nVidea card w/ dual DVI and SVHS outputs, which model?
want a quiet nVidea based PCIe video card with dual DVI and SVHS outputs putting into a homebrew XP-64 (maybe Vista Home Premium 64 soon) also need HDCP capability, mainly for watching DVD (soon Blu-Ray) on a large LCD display and also computer monitor, SVHS to feed whole house video distribution system.|||you don't need anything that powerful for a htpc
this is Perfect it is also dead silent.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/…
cant find one with dual dvi|||I would suggest a 9800gtx, but its not that quiet :p
this is Perfect it is also dead silent.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/…
cant find one with dual dvi|||I would suggest a 9800gtx, but its not that quiet :p
Does my video card support dual monitors?
Diamond Stealth S60 Radeon 7000 Video Card - 64MB DDR, PCI
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/…
This is the link to the exact card I have, since I bought it there a while back. I have a dvi-vga adapter being shipped to me now, so I can plug up the second monitor. So I have to wait. The site doesn't directly say if it supports dual monitors or not.. So should I be looking for another card?|||If it has 2 ports then it more than likely does.|||yes, since it has 2 ports, it does support 2 monitors|||No.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/…
This is the link to the exact card I have, since I bought it there a while back. I have a dvi-vga adapter being shipped to me now, so I can plug up the second monitor. So I have to wait. The site doesn't directly say if it supports dual monitors or not.. So should I be looking for another card?|||If it has 2 ports then it more than likely does.|||yes, since it has 2 ports, it does support 2 monitors|||No.
Using onboard and pci-e video card for dual monitors?
is it possible to use an on board video card and a pci-e video card together to extend my desktop? they both work fine by themselvs but i cant get them both to work together...what can i do??? THANKS
Comp: dell inspiron 545s
video card: ATI RADEON X600 Low Profile PCI-E Express Video Card
onboard video card:???|||No. Typically using an add-on video card causes the onboard to disable.
Comp: dell inspiron 545s
video card: ATI RADEON X600 Low Profile PCI-E Express Video Card
onboard video card:???|||No. Typically using an add-on video card causes the onboard to disable.
A question about dual monitor video card?
I have an nVidia GeForce FX 5200, and I haven't paid much attention to it. Recently, I noticed that it has a second port on it, a white one, which I found out can be used for dual displays. Does using the dual display thingy cut my video card power in half (it's 128Mb, so would each monitor have 64MB) or would it still stay the same?|||No. Your output does not have anything to do with the size of the memory on the card. The white connector is a DVI (Digital Video Interface) connector and the blue is a VGA (Video Graphics Array). Just a different way to view the graphics on our pc. You can use both for dual outputs, but you will need 2 monitors as well.|||It depends if it had shared memory, but no not really. You will still get the 128 on each display your card will just work twice as hard.
I looking for a Dual DVI Video Card?
I am looking for a basic video card. My only needs are:
DVI
Dual Monitor Compatibilities|||I suggest you have pci express in your motherboard so, buy ATI/AMD 4850 512 MB. Its the best Solution for ITS MONEY!!|||nvidia 8600gt, or any nvidia card higher than that,
it depends you wont get any dual DVI cards for an AGP socket computer,|||Saphire ATi Radeon 3450
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduc…
Its cheap, basic (by todays standards) and dual DVI!
DVI
Dual Monitor Compatibilities|||I suggest you have pci express in your motherboard so, buy ATI/AMD 4850 512 MB. Its the best Solution for ITS MONEY!!|||nvidia 8600gt, or any nvidia card higher than that,
it depends you wont get any dual DVI cards for an AGP socket computer,|||Saphire ATi Radeon 3450
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduc…
Its cheap, basic (by todays standards) and dual DVI!
How do I get a Dual Monitor set up on Optiplex GX520 with integrated video card?
I have two PCI slots on a low profile case. One PCI is a standard 5 volt slot. I do not know what the other slot is. It is cream like a normal PCI slot but has an extension of about 12 pins next to the normal 12 pin slot. The one VGA connection is integrated into the mother board and I have no AGP slot. If I get another video card for the PCI slot will I still be able to use the integrated VGA connection? Would I be better off getting a dual VGA slot PCI card? We do not use the computers for for gaming. Mostly word processing.|||if you have an integrated port for you monitor and you get a graphics card as well, you CAN have 2 monitors. or possibly up to 6. so what evers in your budget. even getting a card with 1 monitor out port will still get you a total of 2 monitors......|||No. If you put a PCI graphics card it will disable the onboard video automatically. I know Dells. You would have to get two PCI or PCIx cards to get dual output, or a single dual output video card. Is your system SLI capable?
Need to buy quality agp dual-monitor tv-in video card for Photoshop, MS Office. I do zero gaming. Advice?
I see a lot of recommendations for gaming cards...but I mainly use business productivity applications. I just want to get a new quality card for my needs, to hook into two Dell 19" LCD monitors for a dual display, and one to which I can connect a coaxial cable and watch/record cable tv shows if I'm so inclined. If the latter can't be done, that's okay. I mainly just want a quality display card that fits into my existing AGP slot, for dual display purposes. Thanks for your advice. If you'd like to recommend an online retailer that would likely have a great price, that would be awesome. Same with advice on the Dell 19" LCD monitors I want to purchase. I need to find out if those screens can be physically rotated to display vertically. Thanks in advance for your detailed feedback and advice.|||Check these out. I picked the first one because it has dual DVI but the second one will work with an adapter
cheaper
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161154
nicer (which supports the video in you wanted)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102492
Any questions about the ATI card just write back, I have one myself.|||Definitely recommend newegg. I recommend an NVIDIA brand card.
cheaper
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161154
nicer (which supports the video in you wanted)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102492
Any questions about the ATI card just write back, I have one myself.|||Definitely recommend newegg. I recommend an NVIDIA brand card.
2012年4月26日木曜日
Dual video cards for the mac?
Hey this is a question for the mac users
I was wondering if there is an advantage in having dual video cards and im not talking about dual monitors. 2 video cards inside the mac. is there a speed test out there on the net? Im asking because i want to know for a video/3d animation editor for a macpro is there an advantage in having dual video cards each one being nvidia geforce 7300gt 256mb or is it better to have one video card the ati radeon x1900 xt 512mb. I want to find out which one would make render time faster|||To get greater speed by coupling two video card together Windows computers have two choices. They can use either SLI mode with NVIDIA video cards or Crossfire mode with ATI Radeon video cards. In addition with either approach you need two PCI express X16 slots on the motherboard; two identical video cards that support either SLI or Crossfire; and a motherboard that supports either SLI or Crossfire.
The Mac does not support SLI and Crossfire technology with its motherboard; Macs don’t have the chipset. Therefore for the maximum speed use the fastest single video card your Mac supports.
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Graphics card gaming performance charts:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.h…
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=399…
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option…
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/08/06/t…
Integrated/Mobile Graphics - Benchmark List
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Grap…
The Integrated/Mobile Graphics Card Info Page
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthre…
I was wondering if there is an advantage in having dual video cards and im not talking about dual monitors. 2 video cards inside the mac. is there a speed test out there on the net? Im asking because i want to know for a video/3d animation editor for a macpro is there an advantage in having dual video cards each one being nvidia geforce 7300gt 256mb or is it better to have one video card the ati radeon x1900 xt 512mb. I want to find out which one would make render time faster|||To get greater speed by coupling two video card together Windows computers have two choices. They can use either SLI mode with NVIDIA video cards or Crossfire mode with ATI Radeon video cards. In addition with either approach you need two PCI express X16 slots on the motherboard; two identical video cards that support either SLI or Crossfire; and a motherboard that supports either SLI or Crossfire.
The Mac does not support SLI and Crossfire technology with its motherboard; Macs don’t have the chipset. Therefore for the maximum speed use the fastest single video card your Mac supports.
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Graphics card gaming performance charts:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.h…
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=399…
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option…
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/08/06/t…
Integrated/Mobile Graphics - Benchmark List
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Grap…
The Integrated/Mobile Graphics Card Info Page
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthre…
For a Dual LCD-Monitor set-up, what internal hardware (e.g. video cards x2 or graphics card x2) will I need?
There are several options, however the easiest is to purchase a SINGLE video card that suport dual-head display. They can be found for less than $100 US, probably for about $50 US if you do some real looking. It will provide you with creat performance and exactly what you are looking for.|||Graphics card x2 - that's usually it.
Dual Monitor on Lenovo 3000 H200 Desktop - what do i need? internal video card? pc internet internal graphics?
Hi,
I am trying to set up a DUAL MONITOR for my desktop.. Was wondering if you knew if I needed to buy a special "card" to enable Dual-Monitor capabilities? (To click and drag from one monitor to the other..) I have a Lenovo 3000 H200:
Lenovo 3000 H200 Desktop
1.6GHz - 1GB - - Windows XP Home - Tower
* Manufacturer: Lenovo Group Limited
* Manufacturer Part Number: 53571XU
* Manufacturer Website Address: www.lenovo.com/us/en/
* Product Line: 3000
* Product Series: H200
* Product Name: 3000 H200 Desktop
* Product Type: Desktop Computer
* Number of Processors Install: 1
* Processor Manufacturer: Intel
* Processor Type: Atom
* Processor Model: 230
* Processor Speed: 1.6GHz
* 64-bit Processing: Yes
* Hyper-Threading: Yes
* Bus Speed: 533MHz
* QuickPath Interconnect: Not Applicable
* HyperTransport Speed: Not Applicable
* Standard Memory: 1GB, 1GB
* Hard Drive: 160GB Serial ATA 7200 rpm
* Optical Drive Type: DVD-Writer
* Controller Type: Serial ATA
* Graphics Controller Manufacturer: Intel
* Graphics Controller Model: Graphics Media Accelerator 950
* Ethernet Technology: Fast Ethernet
* Operating System: Windows XP Home|||Okay. Let me make something very clear. Your computer is not built for dual-monitors, and every single component inside of it is wired to do only the most basic of tasks. If you do not have two display outs, then you only option is to get another graphics card. However, I don't recommend it because the onboard Atom is far too weak to sufficiently process much interaction between two monitors. If you are stuck on it, make sure you first verify what motherboard you are using and what video card will work. It's probably PCI, but check first.
I am trying to set up a DUAL MONITOR for my desktop.. Was wondering if you knew if I needed to buy a special "card" to enable Dual-Monitor capabilities? (To click and drag from one monitor to the other..) I have a Lenovo 3000 H200:
Lenovo 3000 H200 Desktop
1.6GHz - 1GB - - Windows XP Home - Tower
* Manufacturer: Lenovo Group Limited
* Manufacturer Part Number: 53571XU
* Manufacturer Website Address: www.lenovo.com/us/en/
* Product Line: 3000
* Product Series: H200
* Product Name: 3000 H200 Desktop
* Product Type: Desktop Computer
* Number of Processors Install: 1
* Processor Manufacturer: Intel
* Processor Type: Atom
* Processor Model: 230
* Processor Speed: 1.6GHz
* 64-bit Processing: Yes
* Hyper-Threading: Yes
* Bus Speed: 533MHz
* QuickPath Interconnect: Not Applicable
* HyperTransport Speed: Not Applicable
* Standard Memory: 1GB, 1GB
* Hard Drive: 160GB Serial ATA 7200 rpm
* Optical Drive Type: DVD-Writer
* Controller Type: Serial ATA
* Graphics Controller Manufacturer: Intel
* Graphics Controller Model: Graphics Media Accelerator 950
* Ethernet Technology: Fast Ethernet
* Operating System: Windows XP Home|||Okay. Let me make something very clear. Your computer is not built for dual-monitors, and every single component inside of it is wired to do only the most basic of tasks. If you do not have two display outs, then you only option is to get another graphics card. However, I don't recommend it because the onboard Atom is far too weak to sufficiently process much interaction between two monitors. If you are stuck on it, make sure you first verify what motherboard you are using and what video card will work. It's probably PCI, but check first.
How do I attach 3 monitors to a single computer. I can use the video card I have for Dual monitors.?
I don't want clones I just want 3 monitors for separate windows|||Your question is a bit vague - as you don't say what OS you are using.
It seems that you are saying that your current card is a dual head. Generally you can attach a second card - or use the on board video on your Mb.
Once you have set up the cards (the HW and the resolutions, etc) - you may have to set particular interrupts etc, unless the OS will set them up for you automatically.
Within the OS, there is usually a way to set one as the 'default' and there are ways to move various windows onto various monitors.|||Either replace your dual head card with a quad head card (Kind of expensive) or get another video card that will fit in your system.
If you get another video card then get one that has the same family chipset as your current dual head card. It means that the drivers will play nicely together. This is a requirement for Vista.|||Windows XP, Windows Vista, and OS X all allow you to install a second video card. The second card would let you run a third monitor, once you enable it through the display control panel (in Windows.) OS X should make it available automatically.|||If you using windows xp or 2000/2003
On Board Display card with add one Dual Display card like nvidia NVS 285 or matrox g450. Here you can get options for separate windows in single system.|||You cannot get 3 monitors out a of a duel card. Also it is ebst I have found to disable any on board video when using cards (don't mix).
You can use two dual cards (most systems have the PCI or PCIE slots to add 2 cards (check this); or get a quad card and use 3 leads; (this is more $ and you will find it cheaper to add just one card.)
Nvidia Ge Force is a good series of cards that start out economical to crazy depending on how much you want. Be carefull if you have Vista. Lots of cards out there are not certified for Vista and do not work or work very well.
Good luck|||Assuming that you are using Windows XP or Vista...
To attach a third monitor, you will of course need a third connector. If you do not have one on your PC, then you will need to purchase a second video card to add to the computer.
Once installed, you should be able to go into the Control Panel and the Display icon. Under the Settings tab you will be able to configure the three montiors. To get different displays on each, you need to "extend" the desktop across the other two monitors.
Depending on the brand(s) of your video card(s), you might have an extra icon in the Control Panel, or an extra tab in the Display settings for configuring your monitors.
It seems that you are saying that your current card is a dual head. Generally you can attach a second card - or use the on board video on your Mb.
Once you have set up the cards (the HW and the resolutions, etc) - you may have to set particular interrupts etc, unless the OS will set them up for you automatically.
Within the OS, there is usually a way to set one as the 'default' and there are ways to move various windows onto various monitors.|||Either replace your dual head card with a quad head card (Kind of expensive) or get another video card that will fit in your system.
If you get another video card then get one that has the same family chipset as your current dual head card. It means that the drivers will play nicely together. This is a requirement for Vista.|||Windows XP, Windows Vista, and OS X all allow you to install a second video card. The second card would let you run a third monitor, once you enable it through the display control panel (in Windows.) OS X should make it available automatically.|||If you using windows xp or 2000/2003
On Board Display card with add one Dual Display card like nvidia NVS 285 or matrox g450. Here you can get options for separate windows in single system.|||You cannot get 3 monitors out a of a duel card. Also it is ebst I have found to disable any on board video when using cards (don't mix).
You can use two dual cards (most systems have the PCI or PCIE slots to add 2 cards (check this); or get a quad card and use 3 leads; (this is more $ and you will find it cheaper to add just one card.)
Nvidia Ge Force is a good series of cards that start out economical to crazy depending on how much you want. Be carefull if you have Vista. Lots of cards out there are not certified for Vista and do not work or work very well.
Good luck|||Assuming that you are using Windows XP or Vista...
To attach a third monitor, you will of course need a third connector. If you do not have one on your PC, then you will need to purchase a second video card to add to the computer.
Once installed, you should be able to go into the Control Panel and the Display icon. Under the Settings tab you will be able to configure the three montiors. To get different displays on each, you need to "extend" the desktop across the other two monitors.
Depending on the brand(s) of your video card(s), you might have an extra icon in the Control Panel, or an extra tab in the Display settings for configuring your monitors.
Want to buy new HD Monitor for computer don't know if it will work with video card?
So I am thinking about buying a new flat screen monitor to go along with my old CRT computer so I would have a dual monitor view between the two of them. I just have one thing I am not to sure about. The monitor that I am looking at has and HDMI connectivity and my old CRT has VGA. I have a video card with 2 DVI ports and and onboard moterboard video card with 1 HDMI port and a VGA port(non onboard better) So my question is if I use my onboard-video card for the HDMI port will I still get the Video quality from my non onboard video card?|||No, you can use the discrete video card or the onboard integrated graphics not both.
If my properties shows 1 cpu, do I simply need a dual video card to run dual monitors?
Wanting two monitors and when I go to 'display' and 'settings' it only shows one monitor, and from what I've read I need two in order to run duals. Do I just need to get a dual video card? Is that ALL I need? What about memory, if I'm only using it for general surfing or watching an occasional tv show? Thanks in advance!|||Laptops have this built in already do do it on a desktop you will need a second video card|||you will need a video card with dual outputs|||You just need a video card that has dual ports, or you could get 2 separate video cards.|||Yes, you can run two monitors with two video cards.
No, you dont need anything else.
The number of cpus really have nothing to do with this.
(P.S. A lot of video cards have TWO video out ports. Then, the one video card will run both monitors.)
Good luck!
James
No, you dont need anything else.
The number of cpus really have nothing to do with this.
(P.S. A lot of video cards have TWO video out ports. Then, the one video card will run both monitors.)
Good luck!
James
What kind of video card do i need for my pc in order to have dual monitors for my recording studio?
What kind of video card do i need for my pc in order to have dual monitors for my recording studio?|||You just have to purchase a new video card if you have an extra PCI/PCI-Express or AGP slot. Then if your OS is Windows XP or Vista there is no problem with the software as these OS support Dual Monitor feature.
For a guide you can read this article:
http://freepctech.com/pc/001/guide_dual_…
It will teach you how to setup dual monitors.
If you wish you may also buy a Dual Monitor Video Card (Dual DVI or Dual VGA). Here is a link on what these cards are:
http://www.superwarehouse.com/Dual_Monit…
For a guide you can read this article:
http://freepctech.com/pc/001/guide_dual_…
It will teach you how to setup dual monitors.
If you wish you may also buy a Dual Monitor Video Card (Dual DVI or Dual VGA). Here is a link on what these cards are:
http://www.superwarehouse.com/Dual_Monit…
Monitor gets no signal from video card?
I know this is a video card related problem, i've sorted that much out, but i've yet to determine whether it might be a cable problem or the video card itself. Currently i'm in normal windows mode with video card disabled, my computer recognizes new hardware ( video card ) but when i install it and restart the machine, monitor just shuts down exactly the same way as if i was actually shutting down my machine. I've tried re-arranging the wires, but nothing helped, i tried to physically clean it, but that didnt make a difference either. Coincidence or not, this happened to me precisely after i got my monitor back from repairs, apparently the capacitator was broken. And this started happening exactly after i got the monitor back. Slim chance, but the monitor could be the problem aswell. Altho it works currently and works fine in safe mode. Please, i'm gravely concerned, since video cards aren't really that cheap. I'd appreciate any feedback or things to try, before taking it for a repair again.
PC Specs:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual core processor 4800+ 2,51 ghx
2,00 gb of ram ( 2x 1gb DDR2 ) [ I've also had this replaced, before the monitor issue, one of the DDR2's was broken ]
Radeon x1950 pro
LG 1753TR monitor
Windows xp professional SP 3|||Try going in to safe mode and updating your graphics drivers. Should fix it.
PC Specs:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual core processor 4800+ 2,51 ghx
2,00 gb of ram ( 2x 1gb DDR2 ) [ I've also had this replaced, before the monitor issue, one of the DDR2's was broken ]
Radeon x1950 pro
LG 1753TR monitor
Windows xp professional SP 3|||Try going in to safe mode and updating your graphics drivers. Should fix it.
Could you run triple monitors using video card AND integrated graphics?
It's been bothering for so long. I Have dual monitors connected to my video card (VGA + DVI)
If I plug another monitor, will it work if it's connected to the on-board video??|||That depends on your motherboard. Some boards allow you to use the integrated graphics when you have a graphics card installed, others automatically disable the integrated graphics. If it does work then although it'll be fine for extending the desktop it won't work well for 3D games across all three. You'd probably only be able to stretch 3D games across all three if you run them in a window.|||yep|||Depends. You didn't give your machines specs, so who knows.|||No you would need a third graphics card. It's basically 1 monitor per card. If look in your pc, check and see if there is a pci-e port available. if there is you can put a third graphics in and have triple monitors.
If I plug another monitor, will it work if it's connected to the on-board video??|||That depends on your motherboard. Some boards allow you to use the integrated graphics when you have a graphics card installed, others automatically disable the integrated graphics. If it does work then although it'll be fine for extending the desktop it won't work well for 3D games across all three. You'd probably only be able to stretch 3D games across all three if you run them in a window.|||yep|||Depends. You didn't give your machines specs, so who knows.|||No you would need a third graphics card. It's basically 1 monitor per card. If look in your pc, check and see if there is a pci-e port available. if there is you can put a third graphics in and have triple monitors.
Installed second vid card for dual monitors, now it hangs up upon startup. Power supply issue?
I recently installed a second video card in my HP dc5100 to support dual monitors. Now when i boot up the first time in the morning, it freezes when booting into windows (at the windows start up screen with the status bar). I hard shut off and then wait about 5 or 10 seconds, then turn it back on. I am thinking it might be a power supply issue, but am wondering if how i am doing it now is harmful to my computer.|||Sounds more like a driver conflict to me. Make sure you have the latest drivers for both the graphics cards. Seriously doubt power problems.|||i guess, its a driver conflict. try to reinstall driver for VGA(cideo card), or u can do one more thing, uninstall one video card, so u left, one videocard and one plugin for internal chipset, connect one monitor for video card and another monitor for chipset and then try.
DVI-I single link adapter on DVI-I dual link video card... will it work?
So I was thinking of buying a new video card for my computer that only has a DVI-I dual link port... however I only have a VGA monitor and a single link DVI-I to VGA converter. I do not have the money to spare for another monitor, so I wanted to know if it will work. Will a single link adapter work with a dual link port? Thanks in advance.|||Yes, it will work.
A DVI-I port can put out both a digital DVI-D signal and an analog VGA signal. That's what that "-I" stands for-- Integrated.
Hope this helps.
A DVI-I port can put out both a digital DVI-D signal and an analog VGA signal. That's what that "-I" stands for-- Integrated.
Hope this helps.
I need a dual video card to run a second monitor. Can someone recommend a decent one?
I have a need to run a second monitor for work. I don't really use my computer for gaming and I rarely watch DVD's. At work I'm using word and I often find it necessary to flip between windows because I'm constantly copying and pasting information between documents. Currently I am running XP on my computer with an Nvidia nForce card. I would like to spend less than $100 but if I have to go higher then I am willing to do so if it would help with speed. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!! Thanks!!|||perfect card this is the new 9600gt and its is well worth the money the 8600gt cost almost $800 and this is less than $200
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…|||You don't need a second card to run a dual screen pc. Any decent Video card will do it easily.An ATI X 1550 (under 50 $) is enough for office use(make sure to buy the version with 128 bit memory bus - better performance). To use 2 monitors:insert the video board in the pc> connect both monitors to it>boot into Bios, disable the embedded video chip> install driver>right click on the desktop>ATI Catalyst> click on each monitor and configure them.|||dont go getting the 9600 gt thats for high end gameing and playing the new blue ray crap post the model of you computer ind we can find a card compatible with your pc but if you do low end programs like word and internet and some dvd i would recomend one of these depending on what your pc takes
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
their both nice and quite cheap
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…|||You don't need a second card to run a dual screen pc. Any decent Video card will do it easily.An ATI X 1550 (under 50 $) is enough for office use(make sure to buy the version with 128 bit memory bus - better performance). To use 2 monitors:insert the video board in the pc> connect both monitors to it>boot into Bios, disable the embedded video chip> install driver>right click on the desktop>ATI Catalyst> click on each monitor and configure them.|||dont go getting the 9600 gt thats for high end gameing and playing the new blue ray crap post the model of you computer ind we can find a card compatible with your pc but if you do low end programs like word and internet and some dvd i would recomend one of these depending on what your pc takes
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
their both nice and quite cheap
Can a dual video card setup (2 pci express cards) output a quad-monitor display?
i am considering a quad monitor display for real-time stock monitoring and trading....just wondering whether 2 non-workstation cards (ie. ati x1650 pro) can be used in sli for a quad display or do i need to get a workstation card such as the FireMV 2400???|||yes. I think you should be able to do this.|||I am not sure, but another option you might want to consider (knowing that workstation cards are expensive) is buying a very large monitor (i have a 27 inch) it is actually a TV, and you can get very high resolutions, enough to where you can have four screens on one monitor and be fine.
What is a good video card for installing on my motherboard for adding another monitor to my desktop?
My Dell Inspiron Slim desktop 531s has only one monitor outpur on it's motherboard. I am shopping for a video card to put into one of the empty slots on my motherboard so I can have a dual monitor setup using software like multimon, displayfusion, or similar. I like having the extra real estate to view pages as I usally have more than one browser open at once.
I am seeing many different kinds of video cards ranging in price from a few dollars all the way up to several hundred. I am not a "Gamer" as of yet, but dont rule it out in the future. What is a good video card, check that, what is the best video card that I should buy for around $50 or so? Please advise. I do like the cards that have a processor on them,,,I dont know why, they just look cool . Also, I use 20 inch lcd monitors That come standard with dell computers. They have good resolution and I have it set on highest 32 bit and on 1440x900 pixels|||According to Dell's manual for your Inspiron 531S, it has one PCIExpress 16x slot: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy…
Keep in mind you need to buy a "low profile" or "half-height" video card because you got one of those slim cases that cannot fit a full-height normal video card.
For your particular machine, the nVidia 9500GT is probably your best bet. This one has two DVI outputs (for connecting to two monitors) and is available in half-height form with the right mounting brackets for your 531s: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
I am seeing many different kinds of video cards ranging in price from a few dollars all the way up to several hundred. I am not a "Gamer" as of yet, but dont rule it out in the future. What is a good video card, check that, what is the best video card that I should buy for around $50 or so? Please advise. I do like the cards that have a processor on them,,,I dont know why, they just look cool . Also, I use 20 inch lcd monitors That come standard with dell computers. They have good resolution and I have it set on highest 32 bit and on 1440x900 pixels|||According to Dell's manual for your Inspiron 531S, it has one PCIExpress 16x slot: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy…
Keep in mind you need to buy a "low profile" or "half-height" video card because you got one of those slim cases that cannot fit a full-height normal video card.
For your particular machine, the nVidia 9500GT is probably your best bet. This one has two DVI outputs (for connecting to two monitors) and is available in half-height form with the right mounting brackets for your 531s: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
What is required for monitors to run in portrait mode (vertical)? Do you need a special monitor or video card?
I want a dual monitor setup with 2 portrait mode monitors. what is required for that?
Also, is portrait mode good for business--like using outlook, bloomberg and excel?|||It all depends on your video card. Most cards out today already have that option, hold down ctrl and alt then press the arrow key in the direction you want the screen to face. pressing ctrl alt down will flip the screen. ctrl alt right will place it in a portrait mode. left will portrait in the opposite direction and up will flip it back to normal.|||A decent video card with muliple monitors support.
Also, is portrait mode good for business--like using outlook, bloomberg and excel?|||It all depends on your video card. Most cards out today already have that option, hold down ctrl and alt then press the arrow key in the direction you want the screen to face. pressing ctrl alt down will flip the screen. ctrl alt right will place it in a portrait mode. left will portrait in the opposite direction and up will flip it back to normal.|||A decent video card with muliple monitors support.
What video card supports dual monitors? 10 points for best!?
I am looking for a video card that supports 2 monitors and has 2 DVI spots. I do a little bit of gameplay so it has to be fast enough to support good graphics.|||Before you look for a graphics card, you need to find out what graphics card slot your computer has. There are two different slot types (AGP and PCIExpress 16x), and they are NOT interchangeable.
It would be a shame if you bought a card only to find out it's the wrong slot type and won't even fit in your computer.
So find out what slot you got first.|||There are many many cards that support dual monitors. Pretty much any dedicated video card will support it.|||My 4-year-old 64MB video card on my laptop supports dual monitors. Anything new you can find that is sufficient for your gaming should do the trick.
It would be a shame if you bought a card only to find out it's the wrong slot type and won't even fit in your computer.
So find out what slot you got first.|||There are many many cards that support dual monitors. Pretty much any dedicated video card will support it.|||My 4-year-old 64MB video card on my laptop supports dual monitors. Anything new you can find that is sufficient for your gaming should do the trick.
What is a good pci e video card for dual monitor setup?
I am building somewhat of a gaming rig and wanted to know what kind of directx 10 video card would be required to run high res games and dual dvi input monitors. Any information on the minimal amount of video card memory or memory interface needed to run such a setup would be appreciated.|||Jaton makes one of the most reasonable, I would get a 128MB minumun, 256 or 512 is better for games. My opinion, the better one is an ATI. nVidia next.
Video card makes monitor flash?
Ok major problem. first computer specs. My Board is an MSI Wind U100, with AMD athlon 64x2 Dual Core 3800+ My Video Card is a Geforce 7600GT 512mb AGP. 400wt power supply.
So my problem came out of no where.. I got this PC from a friend which always worked fine for him and when i got it i decided to "Update" my Video card drivers.. So i found the latest and installed and NOW when i log onto windows it just flashes, I can see my desktop fine but it constantly turns off and on, Odd part is the fact my Power light on monitor stays on as well. So i tried flipping out with a diff monitor Same results.. I actually don'tt have another vid card to test.. Another thing i did was uninstall my drivers for vid card and it does NOT flash anymore, But obviously i cant do much with the card just reading as default VGA adapter.. Oh here was another weird part.. the monitor does not flash unless i move my mouse, ive tried almost all i can think of.. also changed mouses.. PLZ HELP If u need more info ask away plz.. Thx|||It's your video drivers. Anytime you get artifacts/lines/odd colors on the screen it's usually the video drivers. Nvidia released some bad drivers recently and lots of problems along with the release. Try going to the nvidia website and download the drivers that were released last November or December and see if that corrects the problem.
Did you go into device manager and "rollback" the drivers. That is an older card and you don't need the latest drivers for it to work properly. You could go to nvidia and look in the archived drivers list and get one from the latter part of 2008 they would be just fine.
When you "updated the drivers did you uninstall the old ones per their instructions.Nvidia drivers don't like being installed over old drivers.
Also check your video card fan and make sure it's still spinning, if the card is getting hot that would cause it also.
Good luck.
So my problem came out of no where.. I got this PC from a friend which always worked fine for him and when i got it i decided to "Update" my Video card drivers.. So i found the latest and installed and NOW when i log onto windows it just flashes, I can see my desktop fine but it constantly turns off and on, Odd part is the fact my Power light on monitor stays on as well. So i tried flipping out with a diff monitor Same results.. I actually don'tt have another vid card to test.. Another thing i did was uninstall my drivers for vid card and it does NOT flash anymore, But obviously i cant do much with the card just reading as default VGA adapter.. Oh here was another weird part.. the monitor does not flash unless i move my mouse, ive tried almost all i can think of.. also changed mouses.. PLZ HELP If u need more info ask away plz.. Thx|||It's your video drivers. Anytime you get artifacts/lines/odd colors on the screen it's usually the video drivers. Nvidia released some bad drivers recently and lots of problems along with the release. Try going to the nvidia website and download the drivers that were released last November or December and see if that corrects the problem.
Did you go into device manager and "rollback" the drivers. That is an older card and you don't need the latest drivers for it to work properly. You could go to nvidia and look in the archived drivers list and get one from the latter part of 2008 they would be just fine.
When you "updated the drivers did you uninstall the old ones per their instructions.Nvidia drivers don't like being installed over old drivers.
Also check your video card fan and make sure it's still spinning, if the card is getting hot that would cause it also.
Good luck.
Dual monitors in Vista stopped working - new video card not solving the problem.?
This began yesterday. I have an Acer 21" monitor (primary) and a Dell 17" monitor as a secondary monitor. For the past 6 months I have had dual monitors (extended desktop) but suddenly my Acer in front of me displayed NO SIGNAL so only the Dell monitor to the left was getting anything. My Acer is plugged into the DVI port of my PCIEX video card and the Dell is in the VGA port. I thought maybe the video card had gone bad so I got a replacement. I also did a clean installation of Vista. At first I was getting Vista to install and could view it on my Acer (primary) display only. Vista installed a VGA driver for the card. During this time I was not getting anyting on my Dell (secondary VGA port) monitor. So Vista went to install GeForce drivers for the video card. After a reboot, my Primary says NO SIGNAL and my Secondary is now the main display. When I went to try to setup the dual extended monitors through the GeForce control panel it "sees" the VGA monitor as the primary (not the way I want it) and my Acer as the secondary yet it will NOT allow me to "activate" my Acer...it is just a blank screen. If I were to roll the video card driver back to VGA, my Acer would work and be the primary but my Dell would go blank and that would pretty much end my extended dual monitor days. Interestingly, when I use Vista to try to extend the monitor it see's 3 monitors. I think it is seeing the video card on my motherboard, which should be disable since I put the PCIEX video card in. I wonder if something "glitched" in the BIOS that is causing the whole conflict but I can assure you that I went through the BIOS and saw nothing to enable or disable the on-board video card.|||I think the conflict is when you do dual monitors you should do them through your video card and do absolutely nothing with the old onboard video. Try hooking up through your video card only with your primary monitor then install the nvidia drivers after that connect the secondary monitor to the video card not the onboard video.|||bad or loose cord from computer to Monitor
Dual Monitor display & Video Cards?
I own a P4 1.7GHZ PC with a single AGP slot and 5 PCI slots. Currently the system has a video card in the AGP slots and a Voodoo 2 PCI videocard to give a total of 2 monitors for my Win 2K3 desktop. I've tried adding a 3 videocard into the mix (into another PCI slot) but winodws refuses to install it complaining about error code 10. I am unable to adjust IRQ settings for any of the cards.
Would a solution be to find a newer PCI video card circa 1999+ ? Or are there dirt cheap dual monitor AGP cards available instead?
What is the cheapest (used is fine) solution into upgrading my Win2K3 system to use 3 monitors on my desktop. I dont care for 3D graphics abilities, only 32bit color display and 1280x1024 rez.
Tx|||you can not have 3 video cards installed in one system.....|||You cant have 3 monitors going at once unless you have a SLI capable motherboard which lets u have 2 graphics cards (higher end), meaning you can have 4 monitors going at once, you can also use 3 monitors if you wanted to. But to do this you need a new computer, or upgrade.|||yea basically you're screwed. if you were looking for a cheap answer its probably never gonna come. If i were you i would save up for a new computer build.|||You cant have 3 monitors going at once unless you have a SLI or Crossfire capable motherboard which lets u have 2 graphics cards
Would a solution be to find a newer PCI video card circa 1999+ ? Or are there dirt cheap dual monitor AGP cards available instead?
What is the cheapest (used is fine) solution into upgrading my Win2K3 system to use 3 monitors on my desktop. I dont care for 3D graphics abilities, only 32bit color display and 1280x1024 rez.
Tx|||you can not have 3 video cards installed in one system.....|||You cant have 3 monitors going at once unless you have a SLI capable motherboard which lets u have 2 graphics cards (higher end), meaning you can have 4 monitors going at once, you can also use 3 monitors if you wanted to. But to do this you need a new computer, or upgrade.|||yea basically you're screwed. if you were looking for a cheap answer its probably never gonna come. If i were you i would save up for a new computer build.|||You cant have 3 monitors going at once unless you have a SLI or Crossfire capable motherboard which lets u have 2 graphics cards
Do you have to have the same ( or close to the same ) monitor for dual monitors?
just wondering but would i be able to run dual monitors with a 19" lcd and a 17 crt monitor?
* my video card is capable of running dual monitors and ill have the 19" going through dvi and the 17 plugged into the vga port would that work?|||that will work ok!|||yes, that will work. all you need for multiple monitors is a card that can handle multiple monitors, or a pc that can handle multiple graphics cards|||It depends. Some cards only clone or extend (usually horizontally) the display. In these cases, the card and both monitors have to support the same resolution. If the cards supports dual desktops then you can have two desktops on each display, using two different resolutions. There can be a limit to the resolutions you can use on each display though (i.e. 1600x1200 on one means you can only reach 1024x768 on the other). Check your cards documentation.|||nope...doesnt maek a diffrence
itll look kinda wonky if u want to strech something across both moniters though|||well yes but it will be weird.
* my video card is capable of running dual monitors and ill have the 19" going through dvi and the 17 plugged into the vga port would that work?|||that will work ok!|||yes, that will work. all you need for multiple monitors is a card that can handle multiple monitors, or a pc that can handle multiple graphics cards|||It depends. Some cards only clone or extend (usually horizontally) the display. In these cases, the card and both monitors have to support the same resolution. If the cards supports dual desktops then you can have two desktops on each display, using two different resolutions. There can be a limit to the resolutions you can use on each display though (i.e. 1600x1200 on one means you can only reach 1024x768 on the other). Check your cards documentation.|||nope...doesnt maek a diffrence
itll look kinda wonky if u want to strech something across both moniters though|||well yes but it will be weird.
Need 1/2 Height/Lo Profile Dual VGA Video Card for Dell?
I'm new to the group here. I have a Dell Optiplex gx260 small form factor CPU with XP that I'd like to use with a projector for presentations. I bought a Nvidia FX5200 video card w/half height bracket and installed it via AGP slot, but it does not appear to have dual monitor capability. I was assuming it would work in conjunction with the factory installed video card. Instead it completely disabled the factory video card and functions as the sole video card.
I would appreciate any suggestions for a half height video card with dual monitor support for AGP or PCI? Slot. The thing about pci is I'm not sure what PCI will fit my small casing.
Thanks,
Todd|||Hay. Todd, just go to tigardirect.ca phone them, you'll be paying out the a_ _ at dell.
regards and good luck!
Runningincircles
I would appreciate any suggestions for a half height video card with dual monitor support for AGP or PCI? Slot. The thing about pci is I'm not sure what PCI will fit my small casing.
Thanks,
Todd|||Hay. Todd, just go to tigardirect.ca phone them, you'll be paying out the a_ _ at dell.
regards and good luck!
Runningincircles
Enable motherboard built in video adapter and additional video card for triple monitor vide?
Is it possible to enable the motherboard built-in video adapter and purchase an additional video card which supports dual monitor to create triple monitor view ?|||I dont think its possible to use the onboard video in conjunction with a video card. The motherboard bios is the one that controls where the power and signal goes....this is beyond the control of the OS. The OS will only see what the motherboard bios show it. As an example....you can disable on-board sound and Windows will not see any audio adapters.|||better idea to go for SLI configuration
Good dual-monitor video card?
im considering getting a new video card for christmas, most likely from NVIDIA but eventually [when i can afford it] id like to get a second monitor. whats a good card that can support dual monitors thats not extremely expensive [less than $300]. extra info: im getting a better card for CAD graphics and dual so that its much easier for CAD. i know that 256 mb is good, but 512 mb is better, can i get a cheap 512 with dual monitors?|||You can get a decent dual monitar card for WAY less than $300. Look at newegg.com.
Just make sure you get an AGP card and not a PCI Express card. Unless your computer is very very new, you almost surly have an AGP slot for your video card.
Also make sure it has the right conectors for your monitor. VGA is the older more common connector. DVI is the newer better quality connector.
Like I said though -- check out newegg -- not only do they have great prices, etc. -- but thier site is great to navigate and look for stuff -- you can narrow your search by ammount of ram - interface type, chipset manuf., and a lot of other stuff.
Here are some fairly cheap 512 cards I found as examples
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…|||it's probably harder to find a decent gfx card that DOESN'T have dual dvi outputs these days!
for CAD you're better off with the nvidia quadro series but they're quite expensive so you might need to compromise on the amount of onboard memory maybe.|||7900gt 7950gt
Just make sure you get an AGP card and not a PCI Express card. Unless your computer is very very new, you almost surly have an AGP slot for your video card.
Also make sure it has the right conectors for your monitor. VGA is the older more common connector. DVI is the newer better quality connector.
Like I said though -- check out newegg -- not only do they have great prices, etc. -- but thier site is great to navigate and look for stuff -- you can narrow your search by ammount of ram - interface type, chipset manuf., and a lot of other stuff.
Here are some fairly cheap 512 cards I found as examples
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…|||it's probably harder to find a decent gfx card that DOESN'T have dual dvi outputs these days!
for CAD you're better off with the nvidia quadro series but they're quite expensive so you might need to compromise on the amount of onboard memory maybe.|||7900gt 7950gt
What kind of DVI cable do I need for my video card and monitor?
I have a Samsung 906BW 19" flat screen monitor with DVI and VGA inputs. I recently got an XFX HD 4650 video card with dual DVI. The video card didn't come with a DVI cable. I have heard there are DVI-D and DVI-I single and dual cables. I saw some different cable on Amazon for a dollar, but I don't want to get the wrong one.|||Just buy a standard DVI monitor cable. (All standard DVI monitor cables are single-link DVI-D with two male ends). That is all you will need to hook up your HD4650 and your Samsung 906BW.|||The monitor should have came with cables, as for two different kinds of DVI cables I'm not sure. When I got my monitor it came with cables that worked with my ATI radeon 4650. Just look at the port on the video card and look at the dvi cables, you should be able to narrow it down.|||Are you looking for extending the dvi video signals? It means a dvi extender are dvi cables and dvi extenders something the same. If yes you can get some good dvi extenders.
What video card should I get for my PC (Dual monitor)?
I am looking to get a video card for my PC.
I have two monitors that I want to use similtaneously. One is a 19" widescreen, the other a 17" standard (both LCD, if that makes a difference).
PC has AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
I have 2 gigs of RAM with room for 2 more.
Hoping to spend less than $100, but not a huge issue.
Suggestions?|||Gaming or no gaming?
Do you have PCI Express - I would think so, with those specs, but maybe not. Check it out first.
Here is a great PCI-e card from newegg.com
8500GT, 512MB, Silent cooling
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
I have two monitors that I want to use similtaneously. One is a 19" widescreen, the other a 17" standard (both LCD, if that makes a difference).
PC has AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
I have 2 gigs of RAM with room for 2 more.
Hoping to spend less than $100, but not a huge issue.
Suggestions?|||Gaming or no gaming?
Do you have PCI Express - I would think so, with those specs, but maybe not. Check it out first.
Here is a great PCI-e card from newegg.com
8500GT, 512MB, Silent cooling
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Can you recommend a video card for dual VGA output on an oldish XP desktop?
My church is upgrading to a better presentation system that on the computer needs one output for the projectors (slides), and another for the operator's monitor (editing/ presenting interface).
The computers we have at hand are old-ish XP desktops. Neither offered accelerated graphics with PowerPoint, and I think someone is certain that their current graphics are integrated.
Furthermore, they may not have the proper slots for newer graphics cards (saying it's called PCIe) and apparently most new ones would require a greater power supply than those on ours.
We're on a tight budget, but any recommendation would be appreciated.
Thanks!|||the video card is depend on the motherboard. and there is many motherboard back then so be specific to me and i will help you out
The computers we have at hand are old-ish XP desktops. Neither offered accelerated graphics with PowerPoint, and I think someone is certain that their current graphics are integrated.
Furthermore, they may not have the proper slots for newer graphics cards (saying it's called PCIe) and apparently most new ones would require a greater power supply than those on ours.
We're on a tight budget, but any recommendation would be appreciated.
Thanks!|||the video card is depend on the motherboard. and there is many motherboard back then so be specific to me and i will help you out
Installing a dual monitor card - have you done this? How do you do it?
I have a card for my computer I got from a friend. It should allow me to use two monitors instead of one when I do video editing. I don't have any user manual with this card and need to install it.
Has anyone ever done something like this? Is there a site for dummies like me to learn how to do this?|||first you have to make sure that your motherboard has the proper interface either PCI, AGP or PCI express. if you dont know hold the card sideways to the slots and see if match the notches and length.
PCI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.…
AGP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.…
PCIe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.…
second look at the top right of the card, this is where the power connectors are. you will either have a really old card that uses a standard molex 4pin power connector, no connector, a 6pin PCIe or if its a newer card an 8pin. you must have a 400W power supply if it is a single power connector card, if it has 2 power connectors you must have at least a 500W.
if you can use the card, go on to the internet and go to the site of your current graphics card and download the most up to date drivers. then go and do the same with the new card. same both to your desktop.
go into control panel
double click the Add/Remove Programs
find and uninstall all the old video drivers.
power down
unplug the power cord
open the side of the case
TOUCH SOMETHING METAL- to remove any static
find the proper slot for your new card and remove the screw and expansion plate at the back of the case.
insert the new card with gentle pressure on both ends until it is fully seated.
connect any power connectors.
this is a great time to use a can of compressed air and blow off all the heat sinks and fans inside.
put the cover back on and plug in the machine.
connect the video cable to the new card and power on.
you will boot to windows and it will be running a generic VGA driver so everything will be 200% normal size. double click the NEW drivers and let them install.
reboot
reboot, yes again.
|||Try the Matrox site they did a two card (and may still) system.
First ID the card and get the driver for it.
Most I have seen are AGP so if you have a slot just fit it. boot up and install the driver. If you have two monitors it should detect them but in the properties is the set up, so just follow them
Has anyone ever done something like this? Is there a site for dummies like me to learn how to do this?|||first you have to make sure that your motherboard has the proper interface either PCI, AGP or PCI express. if you dont know hold the card sideways to the slots and see if match the notches and length.
PCI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.…
AGP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.…
PCIe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.…
second look at the top right of the card, this is where the power connectors are. you will either have a really old card that uses a standard molex 4pin power connector, no connector, a 6pin PCIe or if its a newer card an 8pin. you must have a 400W power supply if it is a single power connector card, if it has 2 power connectors you must have at least a 500W.
if you can use the card, go on to the internet and go to the site of your current graphics card and download the most up to date drivers. then go and do the same with the new card. same both to your desktop.
go into control panel
double click the Add/Remove Programs
find and uninstall all the old video drivers.
power down
unplug the power cord
open the side of the case
TOUCH SOMETHING METAL- to remove any static
find the proper slot for your new card and remove the screw and expansion plate at the back of the case.
insert the new card with gentle pressure on both ends until it is fully seated.
connect any power connectors.
this is a great time to use a can of compressed air and blow off all the heat sinks and fans inside.
put the cover back on and plug in the machine.
connect the video cable to the new card and power on.
you will boot to windows and it will be running a generic VGA driver so everything will be 200% normal size. double click the NEW drivers and let them install.
reboot
reboot, yes again.
|||Try the Matrox site they did a two card (and may still) system.
First ID the card and get the driver for it.
Most I have seen are AGP so if you have a slot just fit it. boot up and install the driver. If you have two monitors it should detect them but in the properties is the set up, so just follow them
Can i have a agp video card plug in and still use my onboard video for dual motoring...?
Im trying to run two monitor at the same time, I have a onboard video and want to install a agp into the slot and them both working....is this possible?|||You can only if your video card itself in question supports dual monitors. I have a DVI AGP card that runs one monitor and the onboard VGA runs another. Which most DVI video cards support this but, if you are using both are VGA out. It might not...thanks|||Most of the time this will work fine. You'll only know for sure by trying.|||Multiple graphical cards should work if your OS supports it (old windows versions have trouble with multiple graphical cards/monitors).
However, the on-board VGA should not be sharing the AGP slot's electronics, and that can be checked in the manual of the motherboard. [It's very likely that AGP based boards do share it, and need the on-board to be disabled before they allow a card in the AGP slot.|||It should work, but if not and it gets too complicated to figure out, just buy a video card with dual VGA jacks on it. A good place to look would be tigerdirect.com
However, the on-board VGA should not be sharing the AGP slot's electronics, and that can be checked in the manual of the motherboard. [It's very likely that AGP based boards do share it, and need the on-board to be disabled before they allow a card in the AGP slot.|||It should work, but if not and it gets too complicated to figure out, just buy a video card with dual VGA jacks on it. A good place to look would be tigerdirect.com
Ok, so can i dual-monitor with a ati card and my ordinary monitor output?
Both VGA ports but one is on the ATI card with a DVI and S-video. And another is the one i used before i bought the ATI card. Its the stock vga port. only thing i notice is when i plug my second monitor in the ordinary port, my monitor says going to sleep for like 3 seconds and goes black again.|||Yes, its possible. in windows, right click your desktop and look for graphics properties or something like that. usually ATI cards come with utilities. if not, click properties.
look for dual screen or extended desktop. choose the one you want. dual screen would create the same output on both monitors, and extended desktop would treat both monitors as if they were one. your mouse would travel from one monitor to the other.
hope this helps.|||You might have to go into you properties on your desktop and tell Windows to extend desktop to this monitor.
look for dual screen or extended desktop. choose the one you want. dual screen would create the same output on both monitors, and extended desktop would treat both monitors as if they were one. your mouse would travel from one monitor to the other.
hope this helps.|||You might have to go into you properties on your desktop and tell Windows to extend desktop to this monitor.
What is the Difference between single card and dual card(I'm Talking about Video cards).?
Excuse Me,, Uhmm... What is single card and dual card something?? Is that dual card something allows you to use two monitors while the single card allows you to use only one monitor?? And What is better for gaming... A dual card or a single card???? Can somebody please explain.. Thanks|||Most graphics cards are single cards. This means that the card has one circuit board with everything on it. A dual card is basically two cards sandwiched together, which allows you to get the performance of two cards in a system that has only one card slot. Dual cards are usually power hogs, and some of the new high end single cards can outperform and use less power than some of the older dual cards. Here's a couple of examples, the card on the left is a dual card and the one on the right is a single card. Look at the specs and the power draw.
http://www.upgraderguides.com/hwdb.php?t…
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?…
It all depends on how much you want to spend. Almost any decent graphics card will require that you upgrade your power supply in order to be able to use it. The more powerful the graphics card is, the more expensive it'll be, and the larger the power supply you'll need to buy in order to use it. Same thing with power supplies, the higher the rated output, the more it'll cost.
It can get expensive if you let it, so most people buy the moderately priced, upper mid range cards that don't require as much of a power supply upgrade as the high end cards.
Most cards that have two DVI ports support dual monitors, you don't need 2 cards or a dual card for that, just check the cards specs, it'll tell you if it supports dual monitors.|||Hi,
As was said, a dual card is literally two circuit boards -or two cards combined-. These combinations are sometimes only slightly better than a single graphics card yet they take up much more power! Google pc benchmarks and look for stuff like "card name"x2 that means it's dual. Benchmarks show how the cards perform on various resolutions on various new games. New graphics cards have technology like eyefinity that link multiple monitors and spread the image across, ofcourse this takes some power so dual cards or very high end single cards will do the trick. Nvidia has SLI and radeon has CROSSFIRE X, this is basically using a bridge to link two graphics cards -seperate- in the same computer case. The benefit is it shares the load and improves gaming performance greatly. Takes a big psu though. Hope this helping mate
http://www.upgraderguides.com/hwdb.php?t…
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?…
It all depends on how much you want to spend. Almost any decent graphics card will require that you upgrade your power supply in order to be able to use it. The more powerful the graphics card is, the more expensive it'll be, and the larger the power supply you'll need to buy in order to use it. Same thing with power supplies, the higher the rated output, the more it'll cost.
It can get expensive if you let it, so most people buy the moderately priced, upper mid range cards that don't require as much of a power supply upgrade as the high end cards.
Most cards that have two DVI ports support dual monitors, you don't need 2 cards or a dual card for that, just check the cards specs, it'll tell you if it supports dual monitors.|||Hi,
As was said, a dual card is literally two circuit boards -or two cards combined-. These combinations are sometimes only slightly better than a single graphics card yet they take up much more power! Google pc benchmarks and look for stuff like "card name"x2 that means it's dual. Benchmarks show how the cards perform on various resolutions on various new games. New graphics cards have technology like eyefinity that link multiple monitors and spread the image across, ofcourse this takes some power so dual cards or very high end single cards will do the trick. Nvidia has SLI and radeon has CROSSFIRE X, this is basically using a bridge to link two graphics cards -seperate- in the same computer case. The benefit is it shares the load and improves gaming performance greatly. Takes a big psu though. Hope this helping mate
Dual monitors what kind of video card and fan?
I have a Emachine EL1331G computer. I was wanting to install a video card with a vga output that would allow me to connect a dual monitor. Problem though I have with video cards is they tend to overheat on me so I need to find a fan that would cool that down for me also. I was thinking of going to Microcenter in a little while to look but would like to have an idea of what I need. I was looking on their website but wasn't real sure. My computer is slim line so I don't know if that poses a problem or not. Any suggestions? thank you|||As the chap above said.
I am using a Radeon HD 4550 and currently use two VGA monitors out. One from the VGA port and 1 with a DVI-I to VGA adaptor. I am using a fanless version, but they come with fans and different sized back plates to fit the VGA, DVI, HDMI ports onto one (Full sized) or two (DVI and HDMI on one, VGA on a separate plate.|||Slimlines are a pain to upgrade because they lack space and spare power capacity.
My solution would be to buy a Radeon HD 5450 card. It's low profile and low powered (19W max). If you really need 2 VGA outputs, however, you'll need to buy the version that comes with a Display Port and get a Displayport to VGA adapter. VGA is the oldest interface, and current cards come with three ports, typically 1 VGA, 1 DVI and 1 HDMI or DisplayPort
If you've somehow got more power to spare, the more powerful 5570 (43W) is a more powerful option.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcom…|||Just get a low powered one that doesn't need a fan
You can get a 8400GS for less then $50
I am using a Radeon HD 4550 and currently use two VGA monitors out. One from the VGA port and 1 with a DVI-I to VGA adaptor. I am using a fanless version, but they come with fans and different sized back plates to fit the VGA, DVI, HDMI ports onto one (Full sized) or two (DVI and HDMI on one, VGA on a separate plate.|||Slimlines are a pain to upgrade because they lack space and spare power capacity.
My solution would be to buy a Radeon HD 5450 card. It's low profile and low powered (19W max). If you really need 2 VGA outputs, however, you'll need to buy the version that comes with a Display Port and get a Displayport to VGA adapter. VGA is the oldest interface, and current cards come with three ports, typically 1 VGA, 1 DVI and 1 HDMI or DisplayPort
If you've somehow got more power to spare, the more powerful 5570 (43W) is a more powerful option.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcom…|||Just get a low powered one that doesn't need a fan
You can get a 8400GS for less then $50
Video Card(s) recommendations for running dual 22" lcd seup.?
I'm planning very soon to build a dual monitor setup. Im' going for (2) 22" lcd's. I'm not a gamer or a movie buff, this setup is going to be mainly for music production. I'm currently running XP, don't know if I'm going to upgrade to Vista yet. My motherboard is a MSI 975X Platinum and has 2 PCI-E 16X slots. My current PSU is 400W.
Is it better "in my case" to have 1 DVI dual link card or is it better to have 2 separate cards?
If I choose to go for 1 DVI dual link card, does it need to have at least double of the monitors native resolution?
Example:
22" Monitor Native Res: 1680X1050
Since I'm going dual, does the card needs to have at least 3360X2100 total res?
Any card(s) recommendations? Thanks in advance...|||a video card with two monitor outputs will have dual RAMDACs... in simple terms, no you dont need to double the resolution.
any video card with dual DVI outputs is fine. you dont need to worry about dual link, as thats only needed for larger than 1920x1200.
id suggest something with HDCP compliancy, while thats only needed for Blue Ray or HD-DVD, its a good thing to have for the future...its not a matter of getting a more expensive video card, just a new model.
something like this will do perfectly fine:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
and it indeed does have 2 dual link DVI ports so its all set for any future monitor upgrades.
and id reccomend purchasing Ultramon to manage the monitors as it offers a more flexibility and options over the basic video card drivers:
http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/
Is it better "in my case" to have 1 DVI dual link card or is it better to have 2 separate cards?
If I choose to go for 1 DVI dual link card, does it need to have at least double of the monitors native resolution?
Example:
22" Monitor Native Res: 1680X1050
Since I'm going dual, does the card needs to have at least 3360X2100 total res?
Any card(s) recommendations? Thanks in advance...|||a video card with two monitor outputs will have dual RAMDACs... in simple terms, no you dont need to double the resolution.
any video card with dual DVI outputs is fine. you dont need to worry about dual link, as thats only needed for larger than 1920x1200.
id suggest something with HDCP compliancy, while thats only needed for Blue Ray or HD-DVD, its a good thing to have for the future...its not a matter of getting a more expensive video card, just a new model.
something like this will do perfectly fine:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
and it indeed does have 2 dual link DVI ports so its all set for any future monitor upgrades.
and id reccomend purchasing Ultramon to manage the monitors as it offers a more flexibility and options over the basic video card drivers:
http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/
I can't seem to find a compatible dual monitor video card for my Gateway 505GR.?
There are three PCI slots and what looks like an AGP ... maybe shorter. HELP! Want dual screens badly.|||PCI Slots 2
PCI Express x1 Slots 1
PCI Express x16 Slots 1
Slots Notes 1 PCI Express x16, 1 PCI Express x1 and 1 PCI open
You need a PCI-E vid card. The 8600GT will work.
PCI Express x1 Slots 1
PCI Express x16 Slots 1
Slots Notes 1 PCI Express x16, 1 PCI Express x1 and 1 PCI open
You need a PCI-E vid card. The 8600GT will work.
Does any video card with 2 DVI ports support dual monitors?
What should I look for when trying to find a video card for a dual monitor system? |||There are some video card with 2 DVI ports.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NJL282/nextag78-21/ref=nosim
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NJL282/nextag78-21/ref=nosim
I have a Dell 8300 with a dual monitor AGP card. Can I add a dual PCI video card for a 3rd or 4th monitor?
unfortunatley this will conflict and you'll need to turn one of the video cards off
look for a multihead video card
they are rare but did support 4 monitors
or buy a video split box i believe the company name was kvr
kwr something like that
they make multiswitches and they have one that will hookup several monitors at the same time for mega desktop
just not 4 separate desktops
look for a multihead video card
they are rare but did support 4 monitors
or buy a video split box i believe the company name was kvr
kwr something like that
they make multiswitches and they have one that will hookup several monitors at the same time for mega desktop
just not 4 separate desktops
If I have dual video cards can I have 3 monitors for one screen and a seperate screen?
A seperate screen like to your tv, and still have triple monitors for gaming. and with triple monitors does one web page go across the entire screen? do you have to do special configuration?|||reinstall driver
How can I make or get an External Video Card for a laptop?
I know about the ASUS XG station for laptops, but I am wondering, if I can hotwire a graphics card to my laptop. Or is there another device to put a graphics card into a laptop either express or USB? I DO NOT want a dual monitor device. Is it possible to take an AGP port from an old computer and put it in place or combine it with my current chipset?|||You would have to take the laptop apart and find another graphics processor chip that is compatible with your motherboard's current BIO's and also compatible with the physical pin layout. If your not competent at soldering very small leads I wouldn't attempt this if the laptop is important.
Hotwiring an AGP would be more difficult then it's worth and you risk damage to both the laptop and the card. A high end AGP card can use up to 12 amps and 60-80 watts of power, you would need an external power supply to supplement a high end card, maybe even a mid-range card. The average laptop puts out between 90-120 watts, some specialty gaming laptops put out more. If it's a laptop made in the last several years it's also likely to be PCI-E bus interface now.
You would have a better chance of using a PCI video card, as most laptops unintended for the purpose of gaming did not incorporate an AGP bus, they would have had to give up some other "perks" in order to fit the extra wiring for the AGP bus.
I don't know of any USB or PCMCIA devices capable of doing what you want, it's simply not made for the reason that a video processor generally needs a very fast bus for direct access to the motherboard chipset.
Hotwiring an AGP would be more difficult then it's worth and you risk damage to both the laptop and the card. A high end AGP card can use up to 12 amps and 60-80 watts of power, you would need an external power supply to supplement a high end card, maybe even a mid-range card. The average laptop puts out between 90-120 watts, some specialty gaming laptops put out more. If it's a laptop made in the last several years it's also likely to be PCI-E bus interface now.
You would have a better chance of using a PCI video card, as most laptops unintended for the purpose of gaming did not incorporate an AGP bus, they would have had to give up some other "perks" in order to fit the extra wiring for the AGP bus.
I don't know of any USB or PCMCIA devices capable of doing what you want, it's simply not made for the reason that a video processor generally needs a very fast bus for direct access to the motherboard chipset.
What would be a good video card for my home-built pc?
I'm going to have an AMD 64 x2 processor 4400, and I want to be able to watch and record live television. I will also be doing some video editing, but nothing too major. I want dual monitor set up and would like some inputs for television if possible. Thanks!|||The ATi All-In-Wonder series cards would suit the needs listed. See the link below:|||buy "MSI" editing and TV Tunor card.|||ATI is a good graphics card|||You might need two cards, one video card and one tuner card. Try researching them both separately.|||by an ATI with Avivo and video in|||get ati radeon or geforce.....
that will solve your problem, if you dont want to believe me. conduct a research
that will solve your problem, if you dont want to believe me. conduct a research
Video card gurus, help! Dual monitors - max resolution?
I'm looking at building a dual-display setup with two widescreen 19" monitors, which have a native resolution of 1440x900. Does the maximum supported resolution of my video card (dual-head) need to simply exceed the monitor's native resolution, or double it?
If I really need 2x the desired resolution of each monitor, what cards are capable of this?
I the the Nvidia 7600GT states a maximum resolution of 2560x1600- that means two screens at 1280x800 but that's not high enough to even handle two regular 17" screens at 1280x1024, let alone dual widescreens...? Same with the ATI Radeon X1600XT.
Should I be looking at the Nvidia Quadro line? I noticed the FX1400 is discontinued- any idea what model has replaced it?
This is for business apps not gaming, so I'm not interested in super frame rates for 3D games- just sufficient resolution to drive a pair of 19" widescreen monitors. Ultimately I will have 4 monitors, so each card must drive 2 displays.
Thanks!|||hahaha, i dunno who lead you down the wrong path but not the way it works. just get a video card that supoorts dual monitors and your 1440 X 900 resolution.|||Hi. The native resolution of your monitors is the setting with the best sharpness. My card supports a higher resolution than my monitor but 1280x1024 is sharpest. Anything more or less wil not be as satisfactory, in my opinion. Hope this helps.
If I really need 2x the desired resolution of each monitor, what cards are capable of this?
I the the Nvidia 7600GT states a maximum resolution of 2560x1600- that means two screens at 1280x800 but that's not high enough to even handle two regular 17" screens at 1280x1024, let alone dual widescreens...? Same with the ATI Radeon X1600XT.
Should I be looking at the Nvidia Quadro line? I noticed the FX1400 is discontinued- any idea what model has replaced it?
This is for business apps not gaming, so I'm not interested in super frame rates for 3D games- just sufficient resolution to drive a pair of 19" widescreen monitors. Ultimately I will have 4 monitors, so each card must drive 2 displays.
Thanks!|||hahaha, i dunno who lead you down the wrong path but not the way it works. just get a video card that supoorts dual monitors and your 1440 X 900 resolution.|||Hi. The native resolution of your monitors is the setting with the best sharpness. My card supports a higher resolution than my monitor but 1280x1024 is sharpest. Anything more or less wil not be as satisfactory, in my opinion. Hope this helps.
Dual Video Card Vs. Single for dual screen gaming performance?
I am currently trying to run dual monitors from my ATI Radeon 3400 and I see significant quality restrictions while gaming. I primarily run Starcraft 2 and would like to try running with dual screen at the same quality or better as when I only had 1. There is an Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT available to me and I was wondering if running my second monitor from one would increase the gaming performance of the other. Also, which card would be considered "better" than the other?
My Dell Inspiron has 4gb ram and a 3+ GHZ dual core processor. My main screen is full 1080 with HDMI (no cable now though, just the DVI)
Please advise, thank you!|||There's no such thing as an ATi Radeon HD 3400. My guess is that you have a Radeon HD 3450. There's no comparison, the 8600 GT is far more powerful. I would just use it by itself and keep the HD 3450 as a backup card.|||Single is better
My Dell Inspiron has 4gb ram and a 3+ GHZ dual core processor. My main screen is full 1080 with HDMI (no cable now though, just the DVI)
Please advise, thank you!|||There's no such thing as an ATi Radeon HD 3400. My guess is that you have a Radeon HD 3450. There's no comparison, the 8600 GT is far more powerful. I would just use it by itself and keep the HD 3450 as a backup card.|||Single is better
Dual Monitor setup with mother board and video card. common question, i know, but this might be possible.?
i have the Radeon HD 6970 which does not have a vga port on it. only one dvi. one dvi-d, and one hdmi. (plus 2 mini hdmi's i think they are) not one store near me sells a dvi-d to vga adapter. i also have the Asus m4a78t-e mother board that has a Radeon HD 3300. my mother boar supports "quad crossfireX" ive never heard of quad crossfire before in the first place, so i know nothing about that unfortunately. also it says igp shared memory onboard. i also don't know what that is either. i thought i remembered my motherboard saying something about my graphics card having the ability to work together with my onboard, but i have no idea how to do so. i have one vga monitor with an adapter plugged into my 6970. and one vga plugged into the motherboards 3300. its obviously not recognizing it, but are there settings i may bypass to get the other monitor working? it wouldn't be for dual monitor gaming, just computing and browsing.|||Your HD6970 can work with a VGA monitor. It just needs the DVI-to-VGA adapter (the DVI port is a DVI-I port that can also send out an analog VGA signal).
Don't bother with the onboard. It's a piece of crap compared to the HD6970.|||screen resolution > detect > set settings n crap
Don't bother with the onboard. It's a piece of crap compared to the HD6970.|||screen resolution > detect > set settings n crap
What is the very best dual monitor video card for Windows XP?
Nvidia based 8 series. I would suggest the GTX 8800 card.|||2 8800 Ultras in sli.
Very expensive though.
Very expensive though.
Dual Monitor Question... What video card would be the most beneficial in my instance?
Ok so I want to set up a dual monitor display in my room.... I have 19inch samsung lcd with the 24 pin dvi slot and standard vga and I just got a 22 inch acer lcd with the 24 pin dvi slot and standard vga. What would be the Ideal video card for this set up... I know my samsung has analog and digital and my acer does to I believe... so to get the best picture would I need to get a video card with 2 DVI imputs? What would be the difference if I got one with 2 VGA imputs (picture quality?)
Also is there anything else my video card should have to stay with modern times like HDMI imput or S Video imput basically now that you know my situation what type of video card would you get... monies no object but I don't really want to spend more then 100-150 on a vid card since I don't game to much on my comp.
Thanks in advance for your replies,
Kyle|||I've always had the best luck with ATI for dual displays..|||The splitter is fine, you want to change your display settings from clone to extend the desktop
Also is there anything else my video card should have to stay with modern times like HDMI imput or S Video imput basically now that you know my situation what type of video card would you get... monies no object but I don't really want to spend more then 100-150 on a vid card since I don't game to much on my comp.
Thanks in advance for your replies,
Kyle|||I've always had the best luck with ATI for dual displays..|||The splitter is fine, you want to change your display settings from clone to extend the desktop
Which dual monitor video card should I use for a Thinkpad T43 on a Thinkpad Dock II?
I am trying to setup my computer with dual LCD monitors (Ideally be able to upgrade to 3 monitors if necessary). I have an IBM Thinkpad t43 on a Thinkpad Dock II. What all do I need to get this done and what are the best quality products out there?|||Hi,
Enter your search, video cards, and pick the merchant you want and either email them or call on their toll free phone number and tell them what you want.
Also there are over one million consumer written reviews.
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Enter your search, video cards, and pick the merchant you want and either email them or call on their toll free phone number and tell them what you want.
Also there are over one million consumer written reviews.
I hops this helps you.
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What's a good video card for dual monitor?
I currently am using a Radeon HD 5830 1GB 256-bit video card with my 2 monitors but when I go to play videos i.e. youtube and WMV, one of the screen always starts to flicker.
I was wondering what is a good video card that I can upgrade or change to that will prevent that from happening? Would like to keep the price to below $250 if possible. Thanks|||GTX 560 Ti or the Radeon equivalent 6950|||On the windows side, it really wouldn't matter between ATI or NVidia. Drivers offer about the same support for dual-monitor setups. The problem is with Ubuntu (not Ubuntu specific but Linux Distros in general). ATI has promised better open-source drivers but they are still in their infancy and from my reading, still semi-buggy. NVidia is still the easier choice with graphics cards in Linux.
Going back the the OP, what do you mean by better support? The driver packages will all be the same (except for maybe the quadro, I haven't had much dealings with them). If your setup is running great now, there is no need to change it. You might consider getting a newer card, because I assume these monitors run at a higher resolution than your previous ones. That would mean in gaming it will be more taxing on your video card.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+
4GB Corsair XMS
MSI K9A2 Platinum
ATI HD3870
Soundblaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
2x150GB WD Raptors RAID 0
2x1TB WD
Coolmaster 1300W Modular PSU
ThermalTake Armor 8000series
Windows (XP 32bit, Vista Ultimate 64bit) and Slackware 12.1|||gtx 560 ti
I was wondering what is a good video card that I can upgrade or change to that will prevent that from happening? Would like to keep the price to below $250 if possible. Thanks|||GTX 560 Ti or the Radeon equivalent 6950|||On the windows side, it really wouldn't matter between ATI or NVidia. Drivers offer about the same support for dual-monitor setups. The problem is with Ubuntu (not Ubuntu specific but Linux Distros in general). ATI has promised better open-source drivers but they are still in their infancy and from my reading, still semi-buggy. NVidia is still the easier choice with graphics cards in Linux.
Going back the the OP, what do you mean by better support? The driver packages will all be the same (except for maybe the quadro, I haven't had much dealings with them). If your setup is running great now, there is no need to change it. You might consider getting a newer card, because I assume these monitors run at a higher resolution than your previous ones. That would mean in gaming it will be more taxing on your video card.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+
4GB Corsair XMS
MSI K9A2 Platinum
ATI HD3870
Soundblaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
2x150GB WD Raptors RAID 0
2x1TB WD
Coolmaster 1300W Modular PSU
ThermalTake Armor 8000series
Windows (XP 32bit, Vista Ultimate 64bit) and Slackware 12.1|||gtx 560 ti
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What video card is compatible for a Hp Pavilion a1240n and also offers the option for dual monitors?
I am looking into adding two monitors to my desktop. I have searched google and eBay but I can't seem to find it. Can you help me me?
If you gave me a link to a page in eBay or where they sell it, it would also be thankfull, Thanks!|||Depending what you are looking for PCI, AGP? Here is one for PCI-http://cgi.ebay.com/nVIDIA-GeForce-7200-… And then here is one for AGP-http://cgi.ebay.com/512-MB-ATI-Radeon-x1… Hope that this helps
If you gave me a link to a page in eBay or where they sell it, it would also be thankfull, Thanks!|||Depending what you are looking for PCI, AGP? Here is one for PCI-http://cgi.ebay.com/nVIDIA-GeForce-7200-… And then here is one for AGP-http://cgi.ebay.com/512-MB-ATI-Radeon-x1… Hope that this helps
Looking for an dual monitor, HD graphics card. any suggestions, not the most $, just one that runs the best?
i'm not looking for the most expensive card, and if the most expensive is the best, fine then. i just want a good HD, dual monitor graphics card for a desktop pc.
wanting to do alot of gaming and HD video editing. probably will run with a quad core 3.0 or 3.3 Ghz processor|||first things first, what motherboard are you using? That will determine what kind of card you can get.
I assume that since you are going quad-core it is the LGA-775 socket. that means you have the option of either DDR2 or DDR3 ram. Depending on the board you can use a PCI express x 16 card or not.
I always use Nvidia graphic cards for every system I build.
If you are only using it for video editing, than it will be a different card than if you are going to play a game. Do not buy a workstation card, they will not play games well at all.
I recommend the 9800 GTX+. That is what I use on my own computer for my primary display. It has two DVI ports so both monitors will be very crisp at high resolutions. (D-sub will give a blurry image at high resolutions)
Of course, there is also the fact that most video editing programs use your CPU more than your GPU....
wanting to do alot of gaming and HD video editing. probably will run with a quad core 3.0 or 3.3 Ghz processor|||first things first, what motherboard are you using? That will determine what kind of card you can get.
I assume that since you are going quad-core it is the LGA-775 socket. that means you have the option of either DDR2 or DDR3 ram. Depending on the board you can use a PCI express x 16 card or not.
I always use Nvidia graphic cards for every system I build.
If you are only using it for video editing, than it will be a different card than if you are going to play a game. Do not buy a workstation card, they will not play games well at all.
I recommend the 9800 GTX+. That is what I use on my own computer for my primary display. It has two DVI ports so both monitors will be very crisp at high resolutions. (D-sub will give a blurry image at high resolutions)
Of course, there is also the fact that most video editing programs use your CPU more than your GPU....
Buying my First Dual DVI Video Card for Dual Monitor set up?
I want to buy a Dual DVI Video card, how do i know which are compatible
for my Motherboard? Memory support is DDR3, can the graphics card be DDR2?
or does the memory even matter? "I Do know the Video Card has to be PCI Express" Right?
i left some specifications of my motherboard down below can you guys maybe give me some
good Video Cards selection compatible for my MOBO? thanks a lot
Rough Motherboard Specs
MoBo: MSI 880GM-E43 "AMD"
Memory: 4 DIMMs supports for DDR3-133/1066/800 MHz up to 16gb max
Video: Ati Redeon HD 4250 on board graphic subsystem with
intergreated HDMI+DVI display port
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot
Support ATI Hybrid CrossFireX tm technology
Expansion Capabilities:
1 x PCI Express x1 slot
2 x PCI slots|||The system memory and the video memory do not have to be the same type. A GDDR5 video card will work in a system using DDR3 RAM. So will a DDR3 card, and a DDR2 card.
Pretty much any PCIe card will be compatible with your mobo. It's the power supply you need to worry about. Make sure your power supply can handle a GPU upgrade.
Modern cards usually come with some combination of DVI, HDMI, and VGA. You can use adapters to get dual DVI.
For a simple multi-monitor workspace setup, nearly any modern card will do. If you plan on increasing the dual-monitor setup to three or more in the future, you should get an AMD video card with Eyefinity. Eyefinity-enabled cards support up to, at least, 3 monitors, sometimes more.
For a gaming setup, it depends on your screen resolution. For a dual ~720p setup, you would want at least a Radeon HD 5850 / GTX 460 1GB for playability on decent settings. For a dual 1080p setup, you would need at least a Radeon HD 6970 / GTX 480/570. Higher settings will require more powerful cards.
When gaming in multi-monitor setups, graphics memory is very important. You will want to get the best memory in the largest capacity you can afford. 1GB should be the minimum. The more powerful cards regularly offer more memory than that.
One issue though. Gaming in dual-monitor is not usually recommended. Most games have very important things in the center, such as crosshairs, or message popups. Having an even number of monitors means that the center of your "screen" will be occupied by the plastic bezels of your monitors. Most multi-monitor gaming setups have 3 monitors for this reason.|||500W range PSU recommended. The Antec BP550 is good. So is the OCZ ModXStream 500 or 600. Also, the OCZ Fatal1ty 550. All retail around the $65 mark.
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alright i think ima go with the OCZ thanks a lot
sorry to bug...
for my Motherboard? Memory support is DDR3, can the graphics card be DDR2?
or does the memory even matter? "I Do know the Video Card has to be PCI Express" Right?
i left some specifications of my motherboard down below can you guys maybe give me some
good Video Cards selection compatible for my MOBO? thanks a lot
Rough Motherboard Specs
MoBo: MSI 880GM-E43 "AMD"
Memory: 4 DIMMs supports for DDR3-133/1066/800 MHz up to 16gb max
Video: Ati Redeon HD 4250 on board graphic subsystem with
intergreated HDMI+DVI display port
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot
Support ATI Hybrid CrossFireX tm technology
Expansion Capabilities:
1 x PCI Express x1 slot
2 x PCI slots|||The system memory and the video memory do not have to be the same type. A GDDR5 video card will work in a system using DDR3 RAM. So will a DDR3 card, and a DDR2 card.
Pretty much any PCIe card will be compatible with your mobo. It's the power supply you need to worry about. Make sure your power supply can handle a GPU upgrade.
Modern cards usually come with some combination of DVI, HDMI, and VGA. You can use adapters to get dual DVI.
For a simple multi-monitor workspace setup, nearly any modern card will do. If you plan on increasing the dual-monitor setup to three or more in the future, you should get an AMD video card with Eyefinity. Eyefinity-enabled cards support up to, at least, 3 monitors, sometimes more.
For a gaming setup, it depends on your screen resolution. For a dual ~720p setup, you would want at least a Radeon HD 5850 / GTX 460 1GB for playability on decent settings. For a dual 1080p setup, you would need at least a Radeon HD 6970 / GTX 480/570. Higher settings will require more powerful cards.
When gaming in multi-monitor setups, graphics memory is very important. You will want to get the best memory in the largest capacity you can afford. 1GB should be the minimum. The more powerful cards regularly offer more memory than that.
One issue though. Gaming in dual-monitor is not usually recommended. Most games have very important things in the center, such as crosshairs, or message popups. Having an even number of monitors means that the center of your "screen" will be occupied by the plastic bezels of your monitors. Most multi-monitor gaming setups have 3 monitors for this reason.|||500W range PSU recommended. The Antec BP550 is good. So is the OCZ ModXStream 500 or 600. Also, the OCZ Fatal1ty 550. All retail around the $65 mark.
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alright i think ima go with the OCZ thanks a lot
sorry to bug...
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