OT again: Dual displays

[TwoJ's]

I am wanting badly to buy another 22" LCD and run dual displays on my PC. This would make it much easier when working with CAD and transcriptions. I figured I would need a video card with the capabilities to run two, but when I started reading, it appears that many people simply run two video cards.

Has anyone here done something like that? The monitor that I have now has a "native" resolution of 1680x1050. So do I just need another card capable of that resolution, or should I just buy one that will run both? Any other advice for me?

Thanks in advance.
Jordan

[nando]

you can do it either way - I used to run 2 cards back in the day. the disadvantage is it takes up an extra slot, but you can pick up a second card really cheap since all it will be doing is desktop stuff. pretty much all the newer cards have dual ouputs though.

[(:Jordan:)]

Depends if your motherboard can run to video cards. But it most likely does. I would go with one tho. No need to buy to just a waste of money because one will work just fine.

[BimmerTom]

I run dual 20" widescreens at work. I just run an nVidia dual head DVI video card with 512mb of RAM. It's the only way to go.

My co-worker has two of those same video cards and runs 3 20" monitors and a 42" TV off of it (VGA input on the TV).

Do it. You'll never turn back!

Tom

[Addissimo]

Is your computer a dinosaur? Most cards since like 2001 can run dual monitors.

[Gooch]

I've got an ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT.



Dual screens is something I've always wanted and I finally ponied up the cash. Trying to use a computer with a single monitor is almost painful to me now.

[James Crivellone]

Once you go dual you never go back. I have duals at home, and quad LCDs at work.

[TwoJ's]

Is your computer a dinosaur? Most cards since like 2001 can run dual monitors.

No, not a dinosaur really. I've been upgrading it for a while, and my video card is pretty much the oldest thing left.

I'll just get a new card. I need a bit more video memory for running Solid works and CATIA, so whatever. Plus, they're not very expensive anymore. Thinking back to when i built my first computer, I think I paid like $250 for two 128mb sticks. Hah.

And on a side not, I just bought 4gb of DDR400, and it should get here today. I'm fucking excited, it should be an upgrade from the 512mb I have in there now .

[equate975]

Depends if your motherboard can run to video cards.

Motherboard has nothing to do with it.

[benDASHDASH]

Once you go dual you never go back.

unless youre cool like me and still rock the 50 lb crt's

[Farbin Kaiber]

unless youre cool like me and still rock the 50 lb crt's

I had dual 15" s and I needed a Big Ass Desk. Laptop now... I like being mobile.

[Kruzen]

Once you go dual you never go back. I have duals at home, and quad LCDs at work.

I find that for the most part I rarely need two monitors with anything larger than 22" widescreen, with all the multi-desktop utilities and what not there are these days, Its rare that I really need more than the real estate provided.

[James Crivellone]

I find that for the most part I rarely need two monitors with anything larger than 22" widescreen, with all the multi-desktop utilities and what not there are these days, Its rare that I really need more than the real estate provided.

At this point I have a 17inch Dedicated to my Hyper-V heads up display, a 17inch Dedicated to my Outlook 07, my 24 which is my main monitor, and another 17inch dedicated to internal IM.

I use every part of it..sadly.

[Kruzen]

At this point I have a 17inch Dedicated to my Hyper-V heads up display, a 17inch Dedicated to my Outlook 07, my 24 which is my main monitor, and another 17inch dedicated to internal IM.

I use every part of it..sadly.

replace with two 30's :D

[JGood]

I am still cluttered at home with my dual setup, a 19" and 17".

At work I only have one 21", and that really sucks as I have no fewer then 50 programs/windows open at one time. Remote troubleshooting of entire telecom backbone on one screen FTL.