I need a guide for running two screens?

Tuffie

Tuffie

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I want to run two screens, can anyone write me a quick guide, or point me in the direction of one, and can anyone suggest two good lcd monitors that I could do it with, I was thinking two 17"+ but 17" is the smallest screen I would ever go with.

And can I do the whole two monitor's with a 8800 GTX? and can I do it with Dual 8800 GTX's?

Kent.
 
You don't really need a guide to do it...you just plug in the two (ore more) monitors to the appropriate outputs on your graphics card (almost all modern day graphics cards have two VGA/DVI outputs). Your computer should recognize the second monitor...right click on the desktop > properties > settings, and there should be another monitor there. Check "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor", this will set it so it's not a clone image. Set the appropriate resolution, etc. The Nvidia control panel that comes with your graphics card will also have some settings you can adjust. In addition, I use a program called UltraMon to manage my dual-monitor setup.

If you run into trouble, this might help (although I haven't read the whole thing): http://freepctech.com/pc/001/guide_dual_monitors.shtml


As for what monitors to use, it depends...do you want widescreen (16:10 aspect ratio), or standard (4:3)? If you want standard, these are excellent: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254009

Widescreen: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824112002

Just make sure to look at those rebates and check the limit.
 
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