Dual monitors

[Warnichek]

Originally Posted by G_O_O_D_Y17

i think im gonna get the ATI RADEON 9250 256MB DDR PCI Graphics Card from best buy, its fairly cheap and i think it supports duel monitors

Same one I got but i don't know about the dual Moniter thing yet.

[leed]

Originally Posted by Warnichek

Same one I got but i don't know about the dual Moniter thing yet.

If it has two monitor plug ports (of the same kind) then it will. If not, probably doesn't. But if it's for a laptop, then it will only have one, if any at all.

You should be able to run both video cards simultaneously anyways. Just load the drivers, and it should be able to identify the card. Your old video card may be integrated, so you might not actually have one, in which case, it is probably built in withosmething else, otherwise, you'll find the videocard in the tower wherever the monitor plugs in.

[calebh]

Originally Posted by leed

ATI works well, I'm using Radeon 9000 right now as my card on my laptop, and it works fine with dual monitors. I wish I could extend the tool bar to both, anyone know how? (by tool bar, I mean the bar at the bottom where things are minimized and such).

that would depend on the software for the card. usually, you would only do that with identical monitors, but it should be possible. just look around in the display properties, and on my computer, nvidea has its own menus and things to fool around with built into the windows display thingy.

[vwjimmy]

The onboard video and your new card will work for a dual setup but....
performance will be dictated by the slower of the two...so if your gaming and you have both drivers working windows will limit performance to the slower of the two......the monitors don't matter as much....to use duals with great performance, you will have to buy two identical cards and disable the onboard video or get a new card with dual processors...

[leed]

Originally Posted by calebh

that would depend on the software for the card. usually, you would only do that with identical monitors, but it should be possible. just look around in the display properties, and on my computer, nvidea has its own menus and things to fool around with built into the windows display thingy.

Figured it out, those intrested, go to google, and search MultiMon

[*EM1-Master*]

Originally Posted by Warnichek

I don't know where it is. It is not like a regular video card. I thought it was in the motherboard

Probably is... You probably just need to set it up in the BIOS... Enter the BIOS when you're starting up, disable onboard graphics (may be called Intel Extreme or something) and enable AGP

[SniperX]

1 question are you running AGP , PCI express? or just plain PCI? for graphics cards. i can help u find the perfect new G card for ur rig if u can tell me the specs of ur comp and how much watts ur PSU *powersupply* is putting out

[DFSniper]

on my ATI, you can go to the control panel and display, andi then go to settings and theres a screen with a drop-down bar that lets you pick your display.

for a new card, check ebay. my friend got an almost brand-new ATI X750 for $31!