2 screens/1 PC

willd58 · 4 Apr 2006 at 20:00

Right, iv noticed a lot of superb setups consisting of a PC connected to 2 monitors, and im guna try and achieve this. Atm i have a very nice 19" LCD that i do not wana loose, but i also want a bigger display unit to watch moves on, something like one of the 26/32" Samsung LCD's.

How does one go about achieving this? am i guna need to graphics cards or somthing, i really have no idea how this is done. The idea of having windows media playing a DVD on the big screen whilst still being able to browse the web on the LCD monitor seems amazing, how is this achieved with just one PC?

Atm i have a 9800pro, im guessing a lot of its due to the graphics card? What kind of graphics card am i looking at having to buy to achieve this?

willd58 · 5 Apr 2006 at 01:53

So you guys are telling me all i have to do is get a second monitor and i could do it now?! Wow, thats good news for sure. Will it just be a second display mimiking the first or can i get it to do different things whilst my monitor stays on the desktop?

willd58 · 5 Apr 2006 at 17:46

Right, theres me knocking together a quick diagram. If this duel monitor is possible to do with my current PC thatll mean i get my 32" LCD a lot sooner than i imagined!

Will my pc be able to cope? athlon 3200, 9800 pro, gig of ram.

willd58 · 5 Apr 2006 at 17:51

Which is the best for image quality? Say i wanted to play stuff from my computer onto a decent sized screen?

willd58 · 6 Apr 2006 at 13:21

Right, im guna go and try and source a cheap monitor from somewhere to test all this out. Thanks guys, ill be sure to come back with any questions!