Feedback about dual monitors?
 

Im thinking of buyng 2 lcd monitors and making them dual....
Whats better 15" or 17"??

BTW is my card competible?
I think its Nvidia Geforce 7 Ti4200

i like the 17'' more, they are bigger :thumbsup

People still use 15 inch?

15" lcd you shit face

Hye - if you've never worked with two monitors before, you'll love it! It only takes a few minutes to get used to it.

Check the back of your card - if it has two video outs you are good to go. With LCDs, you could have one standard 15 pin connecter and a digital video out - check your docs or go online, because on some cards you can't use both at the same time (digital and standard). If you ahve two standard outputs, it will definately work.

If you don't have two usable outputs, you can easily add a second, cheap video card. If your current video card is AGP (it almost has to be nowdays) you'll need to pick up a PCI bus card.

The PCI card can be a real cheapie; you will only be able to use the primary card for 3D intensive applications like games, etc, so you don't need a high-end card for secondary. You can still do photoshop, video editing, whatever on the secondary - it just doesn't do "direct to video" stuff..

I have an old 4-meg S3 Savage card in a PCI slot for my second monitor and it's great!

At work I have a Matrox 450 dual-head card that is fair for gaming and great for everything else - it's a good deal.

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they're great. especially for programming/graphic/web design. you get to see the preview in one screen and work in the other. saves a lot of time just clicking all over.

if you have 2 monitor ports on the back of your card, then it's
compatible.

Huh? Thats still 15 inch right?
Idiot.

No, 15" TFT is equal to 17" CRT.

Idiot back atcha!

So my 20 inch lcd is actually 22 inch?

Dont think so.

go for 17" and make sure you have dual video-head card.
you might want to check your existing card for compatibility.

I have 2 19"s and I love them.. I wouldnt know what to do if I had to go back to one monitor.

Wrong :Graucho

http://www.oracleporn.com/gfy/dual.jpg

Is it the white think thats dual?

I hear the 1901fp from Dell is great for the price. You can find them on ebay for about 475 bucks each. For that price go with two 19" bro :thumbsup

Actually its like $525
I think Im gonna get 2 of those
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=29 502

Here is a link to completed 1901fp's all under 500 bucks bro

http://search-completed.ebay.com/sea...bayreg&from=R6

Those are all bids...
when they are up they will go over $500
+ I don't like dell... they suck
+ $1,000 for a monitor is kinda expensive...
$800 is more like it :)

Nope - thats the DVI - digital video input

Dude those are completed auctions...cool if ya don't like dell though :glugglug

I'm on 1 19" LCD and am really considering buying a second before the year ends. I hate clicking back and forth all the time when coding and working, such a pain in the ass. Only problem is if I did go dual, I would need to have a custom desk built. I just don't have enough room in my workspace for a second screen.

Duals rock, although now I'm starting to enjoy having a 3rd ;) At the office I've got 2 19"s on one box and a 17" on another box, all controlled by the same keyboard and mouse... Getting a second 19" for home on Monday.

I'm saving for the dual 19" LCDs for home, wouldn't go with anything less.

or you could just get one of these

i bought a 17in lcd and will get another one in 2 weeks and i REGRET DOING IT

they are too small

get 2 19in lcds!

forget bout the 15s, thats tiny man

How hard is it to setup Dual Monitors? Do they act seperately or as one? Whats the best video card for dual monitors?

That's pretty nice. But what makes it better than duals? Dual would offer much more computer work space.