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posted: 27 Jul 2007 03:01 from: Phil O
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Hi All I am considering going for a dual monitor set up, any ideas for a dual monitor graphics card? I have no spare slots so I can't add another single monitor card. Cheers Phil  |
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posted: 27 Jul 2007 15:13 from: David Short
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Phil I have always been impressed with the Matrox graphics cards I have used. They do a range of solutions including dual and triple head graphics cards. The also do an external unit so that two monitors can be added to a system without using any additional slots. The link to the product is http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/products/dh2go/digital/home.php I have no connection with the company other than a satisfied customer. David (2mm and S7 modeller) |
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posted: 28 Jul 2007 02:29 from: Paul Boyd
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Phil - it's probably quite difficult to recommend specific cards because they change so fast, and because everyone's requirements are different. I have an old (secondhand from eBay) nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 with 128Mb of graphics memory. Despite being around 5 years old, it does just what I want, but I don't want to run graphics intensive games! It was also the only card I could find that had dual monitor support as well as video capture and didn't cost an arm and a leg! (I'm still very slowly copying my VHS to DVD) I suppose general things to look for are a card that will run at the maximum speed of the graphics slot on your motherboard, so AGP8x or whatever, as much memory as you can afford - at least 256Mb ideally, and if it's important to you one that runs quietly. I decided that having dual monitor support on one card would be a lot easier than running two cards. I initially ran a dual monitor setup with an AGP ATI card and a PCI ATI card, which I eventually got to work with each other. Then the colours didn't match, the screens didn't refresh at the same rate - in short I gave up running two separate cards. |
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posted: 28 Jul 2007 04:01 from: Phil O
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Hi David and Paul Many thanks for the information being a bit of an ignoramus on these things I shall try and weigh up the pros and cons before leaping to decision. Many thanks again for your time and assistance. Cheers Phil |
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