Dual Monitors - Comments Page 2

just want to know. if you have 512mb video card then you use it on dual monitor. so each monitor will have 256mb memory?

EDITOR'S NOTE: I think you're missing something. You need a video card with TWO outputs (one for each monitor) or TWO video cards to run dual monitors. If you have one video card with two outputs, I don't think you need to be concerned about how the video memory is used, nor can you control it.

Hi Bob... I am using two monitors but I want to drag a document to one monitor while working on the 1st monitor.... however, the document expands over both monitors and not just to the second monitor... can you help me ... ?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Sounds like you are grabbing the edge of the window and stretching it. Click and drag on the title bar.

Hey Bob! This is a great article! I am a multi-monitor freak myself. A few months ago I bought a Quad Monitor SUPER PC from http://Multi-Monitors.com . Ever since then I've been getting things done a lot faster and the productivity level is amazing.

how can i add two monitors to my laptop...i.e have three screens including the native lcd of my laptop?

EDITOR'S NOTE: It's unlikely your laptop has dual VGA or DVI outputs. Most have one. But you could use a PC Card slot on your laptop to add an extra VGA or DVI port.

I am trying to hookup dual monitors at several workstations in my office. Specifically, I have 10 towers and need to make them all have extended desktops. Went to a reseller and got the DVI M/M cables... tomorrow is supposed to be me getting the monitors and Vid cards. So, any suggestions on affordable vid cards that would support dual monitors?

One last thing... got an older pc, about 6 years old, and I upgraded the vid card to 128mb when I bought it. The vid card has both the VGA and DVI outputs. I left the existing VGA hooked up as-is, and plugged the DVI into the monitor w/ its respective cord (I verified the DVI configuration and cable were compatible).

Everything seemed to be working, saw the cursor on the DVI monitor pass through to the AVG monitor… then a few seconds later the VGA monitor errored, “VGA Mode Not Support”, and the DVI monitor went dark (cursor still moves across the screen).

So, would you folks say it is the monitor or the vid card… or the pc?

PC has XP, 1G ram, Gefroce 5400 ultra, enough space on disk, and is only used for business purposes.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Sounds like that particular video card only supports one connection at a time. The NVIDIA Galaxy GeForce 9500 GT Video Card is available on TigerDirect for $45 now. The GeForce 9600 is $89. Both have Dual DVI outputs.

What about three or more monitors? does the operating systems becomes the limitation to do that?

EDITOR'S NOTE: WIndows XP and higher will support 3 or 4 monitors. You'll probably need two dual-monitor vidoe cards. See this link for more info and options: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/northrup_multimon.mspx

I am trying to setup a second monitor, on my TV, and I used a S-Video cord and it only works one at a time, and when i plug both in the CPU monitor comes on but not the TV, and it doesn't recognize both of them in the display settings is there some way to fix this?

Hi Bob.... great information. Now I have a question for you..
I want to set up dual monitors on two different computers, one is vista and the other is xp. I would like to use just two monitors and switch between the two computers as with a kvm switch. Is there a way to accomplish this?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, you can buy a Dual Monitor KVM Switch.