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chad mooney

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havins 2 LCD Screens
« on: November 28, 2005, 08:58:54 AM »
I currently have a 19" LCD on my computer and would like to hook a 2nd 19" LCD to it as well. Not sure what I need to do this. The computer is a Celeron 2.4, with 768 MB of ram and an 80gig HD. I believe the graphics card is an Intel??? How can I make this work? Do I need a new graphics card?

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Re: havins 2 LCD Screens
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2005, 09:46:08 AM »
Yes you need a dual output graphics card to run 2 monitors...

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Re: havins 2 LCD Screens
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2005, 10:03:21 AM »
So I have to remove my intel and simply insert a new card into the graphics slot??
Any paticular card I should be looking for? I'm not a gamer but do alot of marketing material with photoshop. I'm happy with the current graphics, expect the fact that I can't have 2 monitors!! Again which card would be reccommended??

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Re: havins 2 LCD Screens
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2005, 02:08:47 PM »
Info link:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/multimonitor.mspx

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Re: havins 2 LCD Screens
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2005, 03:05:20 PM »
Last week's Computer Hope newsletter also featured an external hardware solution called DualHead2Go, which allows you to have dual monitor support on your computer without having to install another video card. Below is the link:

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