3+ Monitor set up

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Tony Montana, Aug 17, 2005.

  1. #21     Sep 3, 2005
  2. #22     Sep 12, 2005
  3. BigLoser

    BigLoser

    Please don't buy an LCD monitor less than 17". The 17" do not cost that much more (bottom of the line is just under $200 at PriceScan.com) and I guarantee you that you will regret buying anything smaller. Really I wouldnt go less than 19" at this point because the prices have dropped so much (under $300) but if money is tight then the 17" will do but buying a 14" screen is just throwing money away. My 2 cents...
     
    #23     Sep 12, 2005
  4. I have a quad setup... I have 2 Matrox G450 cards, one is AGP one is PCI. Before, I had just the one AGP card, and I attempted to get a Radeon that I had in the closet to work. It gave me so many problems, and XP crashed every 3 days or so.

    I went to CDW, bought a G450 dualhead PCI card, got the new Matrox software, and I have not had a problem since, and that's been about a year now.

    I forget the name of the Matrox software, but they do have software that will ease the pain of configuring 2 dual cards.
     
    #24     Sep 13, 2005
  5. JR97

    JR97

    You can also recycle an old laptop or PC and use a handy program like maxivista to run multiple montiors over a network.

    www.maxivista.com
     
    #25     Sep 13, 2005
  6. http://tinyurl.com/8b84f

    found this today, not sure if you can just hook it up and go with 2 monitors

    says you don't need a dual card

    I have a dual card, just want to add 2 more monitors

    looks like it could work
     
    #26     Oct 2, 2005
  7. if you want the same display on 2 screens, Thats all it is good for
     
    #27     Oct 2, 2005
  8. pixel count.....

    have you noticed that the text characters will be sufficiently larger than equivalent 17", 19", 21" monitors?

    they still boast the limited 1280x1024 or some other disappointing pixel count...
     
    #28     Oct 16, 2005
  9. Ok guys let me jump in please.

    I have a custom built I want to expand from dual to quad.

    Current card is a Redeon 8500 128mb

    Can I just buy another dual card and instal it to expand to quad is it that easy?

    Also

    When I boot this machine up it always sounds like a train (grinding noise) for the first 2 minutes or so any opinions?

    Runs great through!
     
    #29     Oct 16, 2005
  10. #30     Oct 16, 2005