How to tell if a card will output to 2 monitors out of the box

[steinooo]

Hi all,

This may sound a bit n00bish but I've not looked at the gpu market for ages, and all I'm after is any AGP card which will output to two VGA monitors out of the box. i.e. its supplied with any necessary leads/converters which enables it to go to two VGA screens.

any help or model numbers appreciated!

 

[bledd]

all that have 2x heads will work

most come with dvi to vga adaptors, windows does the rest using nvidia drivers

 

[steinooo]

Thanks. If it has two ports i.e. 1 x VGA and 1 x DVI can I assume that means two heads?

 

[RobertN]

yes two ports equal two monitors

 

[bledd]

sorry yeah 'head' = 'port'

all cards that have ever had more than one port can do this

 

[errata]

or look out for some cards with dual link DVI or dms59 connectors (often dell oem), only one connectors but slipptable with an adapter

 

[steinooo]

cheers guys, just got to look for one with 2 ports and the right dvi to vga cable then!

 

[bledd]

if not you can get the dvi -> vga adaptors from mm on here for like £1

 

[Caseh]

Sorry for taking over, but i just want to ask a quick question.

I have just bought a new card, to replace the On-Board pap this machine was currently running.

And i was just wondering if there is anyway i can still use the on-board pap to run a second monitor?

Thanks in advance, [Cas]

 

[steinooo]

cas - no. This is because when you plug in another card it disables the onboard one from working.

 

[Caseh]

cas - no. This is because when you plug in another card it disables the onboard one from working.

Thanks, i thought that was the case, but wanted to check before i ignored it.

Thanks a lot