topic Re: Dual monitor use on PCV-RZ422P (Nvidia GeForce FX 5200) in PCs & Accessories

Dual monitor use on PCV-RZ422P (Nvidia GeForce FX 5200)

lulu9 — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:13:50 GMT

Hi All,

I have a Sony desktop with a FX5200 graphics card. This card has both VGA and DVI connectors (in addition to TV-Out).

Can I run dual monitors off this card?
If so, do the monitors have to be analogue & digital or can they both be analogue by using a simple DVI to VGA converter for the second monitor?
Or is my only way forwards to get a second graphics card etc?

(Apologies in advance if these are really dumb questions!)

thanks
Lulu

Re: Dual monitor use on PCV-RZ422P (Nvidia GeForce FX 5200)

kee-lo_ — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 19:04:16 GMT

I think you're going to need a card which supports dual monitors, the DVi/VGA is either on off, not on at the same time

Re: Dual monitor use on PCV-RZ422P (Nvidia GeForce FX 5200)

lulu9 — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 23:29:02 GMT

Thanks Kee-Lo,

Would you have any advice on something suitable?

thanks
Lulu

Re: Dual monitor use on PCV-RZ422P (Nvidia GeForce FX 5200)

jammold — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 08:58:29 GMT

Hello Lulu,

I have looked for a graphics card with two outputs on, (known as twin-head) but I haven't managed to find one.

The alternative is then to buy two graphics cards, then one of them becomes the master card, the other becomes the slave card. It is a bit of trial and error, but once Windows recognises the situation, you will be able to activate the second graphics card from inside the Display tool in Windows.

A message appears telling you that the graphics card has been started, and after a reboot of Windows, your new desktop should appear - this can be at different resolutions cand you can span your desktop over two monitors - very useful!

Re: Dual monitor use on PCV-RZ422P (Nvidia GeForce FX 5200)

seb21__ — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:13:22 GMT

Correct me if I'm wrong but Dual cards have minimum 2 RAMDACs. Kee-Lo is right you need a new card.

Take a look at "MATROX Millenium P650"(the one with active cooling are horrible loud, "ATI FireGL" series, "Wildcat Realzm" and at the "Geforce Quadro FX" series.

Another way is to buy a second PCI card. But that wouldn't be cheaper. Good PCI cards can be more expensive than a AGP card.

HTH

Re: Dual monitor use on PCV-RZ422P (Nvidia GeForce FX 5200)

kee-lo_ — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 19:48:23 GMT

Gainward cards are worth looking at