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| 121592 | 2003-02-16 00:43:00 | Hi, It is possible on some video cards to run 2 screens off the one card (one vga plug)... Does anybody know where to get one of the splitter cables so the two screens can be plugged in - can it just be any 1 > 2 vga splitter, or is it a special type that is needed? Also about how much would they cost? :) Mike. |
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| 121593 | 2003-02-16 00:51:00 | Yeah, some VGA cards allow you to plug an extender cable into it, sorta like you can add USB by plugging the cable into mobo. The signal is considerably weaker on the scondary monitor (Was when i last tried it) and some monitors dont like that. I just found one in a box of old parts, which has since been sold sorry... Why not get an AGP card with TV/O? I could be way off though.. HTH Chilling_Silence |
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| 121594 | 2003-02-16 00:54:00 | >>> The signal is considerably weaker on the scondary monitor (Was >>> when i last tried it) and some monitors dont like that. Hmmm... I've seen it done and it looked fine on both :) >>> Why not get an AGP card with TV/O? Because that would need to go to a TV, not a screen. Any ideas where I could get the cable from? Mike. |
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| 121595 | 2003-02-16 01:09:00 | Well, if you're wanting to mirror it, then you could try a Y adapter, I think from DSE. For this extension that I was talking about that is inside your PC, I wouldnt have a clue, but AFAIK it could be used to do dual-monitor with seperate images... Why not buy a cheap S3 Virge card from Trademe for $20? All PCI cards except the Diamond brand are dual-monitor compatible :-) |
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| 121596 | 2003-02-16 02:06:00 | >>> Well, if you're wanting to mirror it, then you could try a Y adapter, I think from DSE. Yeah - that's what I'm after... I was just wondering if any y adapter/splitter would work, or would I need a special one? I mean I do know that some video cards combined with a splitter will run dual screen (not necessarily mirrored), so will any one do? :D Don't want to use a cheap PCI card (done that before and it wasn't suitable for what I wanted to do). Mike. |
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| 121597 | 2003-02-16 02:41:00 | I've seen these adaptors advertised in Australian PC mag. Not cheap ... I think they are actually video amplifiers. The impedance matching can be a problem with Y-cables. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 121598 | 2003-02-16 07:00:00 | If you want to have the two screens representing the same data you can get a cable to do that but if you want different data on each screen you will need to upgrade your video card. Dick Smiths should be able to supply the cable. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 121599 | 2003-02-16 07:10:00 | Video card isn't the problem here. What I still want to know is, what cable am I looking for, and how expensive is it going to be? Just the $9 splitter cable, or a special one? Mike. |
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| 121600 | 2003-02-16 07:33:00 | It would be just a normal splitter because the same signal will be going to each. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 121601 | 2003-02-16 19:09:00 | >>> It would be just a normal splitter because the same signal will be going to each. Oh? I'm not wanting mirrored screens - I'm wanting different views on each screen (even different resolutions). I'm not up on how they work, but I don't really get how they could be receiving the same signal on each but have different things on screen. All I know is that it can be done, as a computer I used to use at work was set up like that - two different screens, different resolutions, and different views on each screen, but running through one video card (not dual-head) through a splitter cable. Mike. |
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