question about dual displays

bobdude · Rated PG Joined: 28 Sep 2006 Posts: 5

i was wondering.... I dont have a whole lot of money to spend but am thinking about having a dual display setup

now could i but a couple od used single head display cards and achive the dual display effect???? not a mirrror effect but a true dual display???
Confused

the reason im saying 2 single head cards is because i know someone that can get me those real cheap

they are pci cards

Im not too big on how clear and crisp it is down the the pixel jsut something where i could have my flash tool bars on ond screen and the stage on the other

i have a amd k62 450 mhz cpu 384 ram compaq 5284 room for 2 pic cards.... Confused

Thanks is advance

- BOBDUDE............. Confused

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 811

One would guess you won't be gaming and that this is for business use (or similar, low res 2D apps). If so, sure, pop a pair of PCI video cards in or get a card capable of driving 2 monitors. Those cards usually have a Y cable. I know a couple of our old Compaq boxes have those cards.

bobdude · Rated PG Joined: 28 Sep 2006 Posts: 5

yeah not really gaming.... i do play american hot rod street drag... but its graphics are loww yeah im not extreme gaming off this system..

is is kinda buisness....... im doing it hoping to have it for a job..

but programs like flash mx
and free hand are my favorites ok thanks then ill run down the the pc store and pick a couple up

WAit!! the light just came on in my head...

could i just but one card and use my onboard vid card as one of them????? or would a dedicated video card disable the onboard...

owell the cards are only 5 bucks anyway i think...

vileguy · Posted: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:43:58 Post Subject:

I just built a new computer and I have an eVGA GeForce 7900Gt I think it is, and it has 2 digital outputs. I convert both to analog (I think this is what's going on) and have one plugged into my LCD and one into my CRV and it works fine. The Nvidia drivers are kinda a pain to get to do what I want but I have dual display working great (Playing a game in a window in 1 screen with winamp playing some video full screen in the other. You can of course drag stuff between the two and it works great. The only problem I have is sometimes the dual view option doesn't show up and i have to restart or something, and I can't play winamp video w/ WoW or WC3 full screen, I have to window em but I've gotten used to that. And if you get 2 video cards I'm sure the performance would be better and u'd probably have fewer problems.