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230039 2004-04-17 07:13:00 Hi,
I want to run 3 monitors from my PC
At the moment I am running a 19" & a 17" on a 32Mb Matrox Dualhead.
Can I install a 2nd video card & hook up a 3rd monitor?
Will another card conflict with the Matrox?
Do I need special software to configure the 3rd monitor?
Or...
Are there special connectors that might enable me to run a 3rd monitor with my present setup?
Any help/suggestions appreciated
Thanks
45South (4769)
230040 2004-04-17 07:59:00 Depends if you are running Windows or not, and what version.

Basically, the answer is yes, provided the extra (PCI) video card is compatable.
godfather (25)
230041 2004-04-17 15:28:00 thanks gf
Running XP pro
Guess I'll just chuck another card in & see what happens
45South (4769)
230042 2004-04-17 23:01:00 but gf, don't the cards need to be linked up somehow? Or can that be done with software? hamstar (4)
230043 2004-04-17 23:03:00 > but gf, don't the cards need to be linked up somehow? Or can that be done with software?

I mean to run the monitors side by side.
hamstar (4)
230044 2004-04-17 23:40:00 > > but gf, don't the cards need to be linked up somehow? Or can that be done with software?

> I mean to run the monitors side by side.

Give Windows a bit more credit Hamstar. ;-)

Of course it can do it. :-)
Susan B (19)
230045 2004-04-17 23:42:00 Windows is magic (www.microsoft.com). Susan B (19)
230046 2004-04-17 23:55:00 Yeah, how do you make the taskbar go to the other screens?

And did you mean the same thing on three screens or three different screens?
Growly (6)
230047 2004-04-17 23:58:00 u go into ur display options and set whatever screen u want the taskbar to be on, as the "master screen" robert6655 (5176)
230048 2004-04-18 02:17:00 >Windows is magic.

Windows sucks my balls....
hamstar (4)
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