NLAlston
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Not very long ago, my brother - who has an HP Pavilion a819n computer - went to purchase a video card for his system. When we opened his case up, we found that he had no AGP slot for the Radeon 9250 card. A call to the manufacturer revealed that he could get some sort of adapter cable that would allow the usage of dual monitors. But isn't that the same principle as would be on the workings of a "Splitter" cable? (meaning that it would just display the same exact video signal upon both screens?)
And what is the difference between AGP and PCI cards? Is it to say that the latter would not require such a slot, on the motherboard, to be inserted into? and if that IS the case, then how is the signal transferred?
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OK, I read a little further down in the posts and learned that the PCI cards seem to fit into those slots similar to the one that the modem sets in (I'll learn this computer stuff, one day
). But we would appreciate it if someone might be able to answer our query on the "Adapter" cable which is supposed to offer dual-monitor support, with each monitor being able to handle different things - from the ONE integrated monitor connection.
And what is the difference between AGP and PCI cards? Is it to say that the latter would not require such a slot, on the motherboard, to be inserted into? and if that IS the case, then how is the signal transferred?
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OK, I read a little further down in the posts and learned that the PCI cards seem to fit into those slots similar to the one that the modem sets in (I'll learn this computer stuff, one day
). But we would appreciate it if someone might be able to answer our query on the "Adapter" cable which is supposed to offer dual-monitor support, with each monitor being able to handle different things - from the ONE integrated monitor connection.
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