Ok I currently have a ATI Radeon 9800XT so i dont want to change that, but i would like to have a second monitor hooked up to say watch tv on or have available for somthing like AIM while i play a game on the main screen. I guess any second card would need to be PCI. I have seen this done at my uncles work where he has 2 monitors set up, that he can drag windows beetween like photoshop projects and flash projects. How would i accomplish this. Thanks.
It has VGA, S-Video, nd DVI. Both my monitors are VGA and I think if i use DVI it will be the same screen twice.
Actually after visiting the ATI site (duh shoulda checked that first) it looks like it might work. I found an DVI to VGA adapter, I'll let yuo know how it turns out.
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yea dude! once you go dual or multiple monitors, you never go back! also is nice, you acn use one monitor to be remote desktop'd into another so almost like a kvm switch without the switch and changing over!! peace seamonkey420 ps check out my setup on my about me page on my website..
ash9c : didnt the 98XT come with a LCD convertor? If not, shame on ATI hehe seamonkey : it is nice but sometimes a real pain in the ass when you want your start bar and stuff to be on the main monitor but to have a movie play simultaneously FULLSCREEN on the SECONDARY monitor. If youve got any ideas id love to hear them hehe
Yeah it did come with the converter. I was just too excited (sounds dumb when i say it like that) when i got the new card that i didnt pay attention to what else was in the package. So I have 2 CRT's hooked up and im finally happy with my rig.
Just incase your wondering P4 3.2HT 800meg bus, Intel D875PBZ booard, 2048MB DDR Kingston 3200(4x512), ATI 9800XT 256MB, 2 WesternDigital 7200RPM 8MB Hard Drivces [1x120GB] [1x80GB], Sony DVD +-R/RW, Sony CDRW. Plus some other essential goodies one needs to make life great. Oh and of course dual monitors, 21" Sony Trinitron x2.
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