Dual Monitor query
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- jevad
So I'm getting a 19" monitor this weekend. I've had my 17" for about 2 years now and the color and brightness are quite dark - but I got to thinking - instead of throwing it out, why not rock the Dual Monitor thing!
So question - should I just get another PCI Graphics card - or replace my current graphics card with one that supports dual screen? And what are the best cards for both?
Ta! : )
- thirdcircle0
are you running mac or pc?
if you are running pc then it's POSSIBLE that if you use the second pci card then it'll go buggy and freeze up. I'm using the matrox G450 it's pci and supports dual on one card. I like it. But the matrox parhelia is pretty damn amazing if you have the money.
- protoculture0
I'd buy a card with built in dual monitor support. Going with two cards can be buggy depending on what cards you have.
The GeForce Ti line of cards are very nice! I currently have a Matrox, but it doesn't have the 3D gaming capabilities the Ti's do.
- Venice0
If you're tight on budget, get a cheap PCI graphics card, otherwise go for a decent dual-display capable graphics card.
I bought a cheap PCI card last year bringing my old dusted 15" monitor back to its usefuless though the image quality is an abortion (so I am using a 17" and a 15" at the moment).
But I am getting a Sony VAIO V505P notebook soon (it has dual display as well), so I will forsake the 15" when I get the notebook.In the end I'd suggest a new dual-display graphics card.
- unformatted0
i have a ti4600, if money ain't a thang, go with something along that line. it runs pretty smooth for me and have had no problems running dual monitors.
not to mention the games looking f*n awesome.
- neeko0
I have dual monitors at the office, and aquired one of our old 17 inch monitors the other day, so i wanted to set er up at home too.
picked up a 128MB ATI Radeon 9000 Pro for about 160CDN (thats what about 20bucks US), and its working beautifully... far better than the matrox at work, although i havent used it enough yet to really verify that.
the single video card set up is a lot hassle.
- quik0
I've had the matrox g550 and now I'm using the geforce4ti 4200, and the monitors seem to have a colour difference, even though I've used the colour thing provided by nVidia I can't get them the same.. any ideas?
- jevad0
thankf ro teh comments guys - very useful.
I'm running a PC on win2k - think I'll just get a new card that supports dual....