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logan2003
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 Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject: Using dual monitors... |
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What is the best way to set up, dual monitors? Should I go and buy a motherboard that supports 2 graphic cards? Or can someone recommend a graphic card that can take two monitors? What about vram? Should I worry about that as well?
Thanks alot in advance...I am stumped with how to proceed.  |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Buy a video card that supports two monitors -- there are a million of them. If you're doing graphics intensive stuff (gaming and whatnot) get a good one. Otherwise, go for a cheaper one. |
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tfunk
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:42 am Post subject: |
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| I plugged my laptop monitor into my TV. The quality on my TV was really nasty(although in honest it was good enough to watch videos, but not use applications for work). So, is that a limitation of my laptop or just the way TV's display output from a PC? |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| I plugged my laptop monitor into my TV. The quality on my TV was really nasty(although in honest it was good enough to watch videos, but not use applications for work). So, is that a limitation of my laptop or just the way TV's display output from a PC? |
TV display problem. |
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logan2003
Joined: 20 May 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:14 am Post subject: |
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thanks for the info...i will look into that..I and my wife are into gaming...so it looks like we will need to good graphic cards.
Does anyone have any suggestions? |
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Gaber
Joined: 23 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| logan2003 wrote: |
thanks for the info...i will look into that..I and my wife are into gaming...so it looks like we will need to good graphic cards.
Does anyone have any suggestions? |
The ATi 4580 has duel monitor support, and has the advantage of outputting sound over the HDMI/DVi port so you could use it to run into a HDTV without an extra sound cable. And it's fast.
@tfunk: What sort of input did you use. s-video isn't great. If you're using a standard TV it's never gonna look good as it's equivalent resolution is really low |
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SharkDiver
Joined: 08 Nov 2008
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tfunk,
TV's are often set up to perform interlace scanning according to NTSC standards or PAL standards. Some are progressive scan. With interlaced scanning (probably what your TV uses), when viewed from up close (such as sitting in front of your computer) you see flicker a lot more than when sitting further back as when watching TV. To compensate, computers use progressive scanning which is superior and eliminates flicker. If your TV uses interlaced scanning instead of progressive scanning, it will not process the information efficiently, hence the bad picture. |
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