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mrwilson
22-09-2003, 03:11 PM
I want a second monitor. ( i have a second monitor)

i would like to know what kind of duel graphics card you got, and how much it cost?
i dont want to spend more than i need to really. Some are cheap some are very expensive. as it's not really for games. just music.

i've heard it should only cost about 50 quid?
Dylan
22-09-2003, 03:26 PM
Yeah ive been thinking about that to. Would be a whole lot quicker and easier to work with dual monitors.
loz
23-09-2003, 11:25 AM
u can get a radeon dual output card for about £30 i think
poi
23-09-2003, 11:50 AM
Matrox make very nice dual head cards. G450 is about £50, G550 is about £80. Sol you've got a 450 havent you?
mrwilson
23-09-2003, 12:01 PM
cheers guys..i shall be dual monitoring before the end of the day.:spin:
poi
23-09-2003, 12:30 PM
If i could afford a nice TFT as a 2nd screen i'd be with you..
Sol
23-09-2003, 12:31 PM
Yeah i've got a Matrox G450 PCI dual head card alongside my ATI radeon 9600 AGP.

So I could have 3 monitors I wanted :D

If u want to get rid of ure AGP card u can get a Matrox G550 wich is the AGP version of the G450 - thats what I've got @ work. Very powerful card the G500.
Sol
23-09-2003, 12:33 PM
Speakin of TFT screen - we've just bought a couple of Dell 21" one's at work - only £550 each - which I reckon is a bit of a bargin for these beasts of monitors.
poi
23-09-2003, 01:28 PM
Hmm i'm sure we used to have AGP G450's.. arent the G550's just something new altogether?
woody
23-09-2003, 06:38 PM
Geeks

:agree:

so can you stretch your desktop across two monitors or do you just run two desktops? I assume it's the first option seeing as two desktops the same would be reasonably pointless
poi
23-09-2003, 10:24 PM
yeah you just put em side by side or whatever and have your desktop stretch across em both. fucking bees' for any kind of development work..
woody
25-09-2003, 06:41 PM
That would rule

no more fannying about with tool menu's in photoshop
mrwilson
25-09-2003, 07:24 PM
wooo.

i've just done it and it's proper bo.

although the other monitor is a shitty flickering 15" one.
corea
25-09-2003, 11:17 PM
...or you can play fancy, get the luxurious Matrox Parhelia and have 3 monitor outputs on a single board. Imagine having Photoshop on one monitor, have a second monitor for panels and the toolboxes and watch porn on the third monitor. :tea: