I'm sure 95 % of you are running your system with one monitor. Primarily because that is the default for any computer. What if i told you that running your system with dual monitors or even triple monitors will increase your user performance extensively?

Ways it helps:
- can play some games while instant messaging, writing emails, watching movie on other screen, looking up something online, etc...
- Helps with working on websites or other programming, because code can be on one side, while the preview image is on the other monitor.
- Spreads the space out so you have more table top room, which allows you to use it more efficiently.
- Working on essays: you can have your word processor on one side and your source on the other monitor.

their are an exponensial amount of pro's to having dual/trip monitors.

this is how to get it working:

in order for all of this to work, you obviously need another monitor or a tv next to your computer.

Step 1:
- check your computer hardware guide to see what kind of graphic card your computer supports (AGP, or PCI).
- after checking which kind of port your computer offers buy a video card, a good place to do research for one is http://tomshardware.com and an excelent place to buy is http://newegg.com
- Nvidia is better w/ dual monitors than Radeon are more effective w/ games.

Step 2:
- now that you have your video card, it's time to install it.
- Make sure your computer is turned off for this next step.
- take the case off of your computer and your motherboard manual should show you where the video card port is.
- it should click right in.
- after the hardware is installed into your computer, you now must instal the software required to run it.

Step 3: FOR A MONITOR
- plug the primary monitor into the video card monitor port, and plug the secondary monitor into the default computer monitor port.

Step 3:FOR A TV WITH SVIDEO
- if you don't have an svideo chord that can reach from your tv to your computer then buy one or move your tv closer.
- plug the chord into the svideo input in the video card, then plug the other end into the tv svideo input.

Step 3: FOR A TV W/OUT SVIDEO OPTION
- buy an Svideo --> RCA male/IN adapter, at radioshack and best buy they are about 20 dollars, but i bought one on ebay fro 99 cents w/out shipping.
- then plug the svideo chord to the svideo option in the video card panel, then plug the other end to the adapter, then the adapter to one of your rca inputs.

Step 4:
- turn on your computer, a prompt should come up saying your computer has revieled new hardware. put in the software installation cd, which should be included, if not go to the website of your video card manufacturer and download the driver for the specified video card.
- after the driver/software is installed install any extra required programs, i.e. upgraded directX version... restart your computer.

Step 5:
- both monitors should be working when the computer is rebooted. If not then right click on the desktop--> properties --> settings --> click on the video card monitor should be a little box w/ monitors, activate the check box that say "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor." if already activated, go to the other monitor.
- if there is only one monitor click "advanced" --> click the tab of the video card --> dual displays or display settings.

any questions just pm me or email me

thanks,
matt

I normally could usean additional monitor (atv set). But all of a sudden the second monitor could not be evoked. I went to display-settings and tried to enable the second monitor but I couldn't be enabled. Can anybody help?

Thanks,
Jurek

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Hi matt just reading your how to artical I want to connect another monitor
To my pc. I have an nvida card in allready, it's has a dvi and vga port
I'm in the learning process I have an intrest in pc maintance and would like to try this myself. Can you give my any tips & advice
Thank you in advance
Colette.

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I have 2 monitors. My video card is a Radeon 9200 which has a standard db15 jack (male) and an RCA jack. I bought a gender changer and a pigtail which has a male db15 and a female RCA jack. I connected the gender changer andused a male RCA to connect both to my video card but the monitor remained black. I used a tv at one time using the RCA jack for a Karoake show so I know the connection works.

What am I doing wrong or is my monitor not supported in this manner>

I tried connecting the monitor to the default jack on the PC but it would not fit. Any help would be appreciated.

Thaks,

Rich

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I have 2 monitors and my video card is a Radeon 9200. It has a standard db15 plug and an RCA jack on it. I tried using my 2nd monitor with no luck. I bought a gender changer and a pigtail which has a male db15, an svideo jack and a female RCA jack. I tried plugging in the gender changer and a male RCA jack in turn connecting that to the female RCA on my video card but the monitor remained black. I know the jack works because I used it to connect a TV once as a 2nd monitor for a Karoake show. What am I doing wrong or is the RCA jack not supported for a monitor. Any help would be appreciated. Rich

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Download ATI's catalyst control and then select "basic" work through the setup a couple of times and you will figure out how to do dual monitors. It operates in windows and though its designed for Radeon monitors it worked well. I have used the program download on both my dell & later my wife's Compaq flat monitors as second screens. You can fin it at www.Ati.Com and once there type "catalyst control" on the search bar then you can search by OS type, 2000, XP, Vista, Linux etc...

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hi John

I tryed adding two video cards to my pc but when I put the second one

in it knock out my main one can you help if you can, can you e-mail me

at alan01@live.Co.Uk

                    king regards alan 

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"There also on thing I doubt about, is it realy possible to have 2 monitors and a TV connected to your graka at the same time ???" <- Of course it's possible. I have 3 monitors connected, all three working; PLUS a 42" LCD TV, so 4 monitors total. I also have the ability to output to two more screens using component video (Y Pb Pr). I've got 2 video cards, one nVidia GeForce 7600 GS and one nVidia GeForce 9600 GT.

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I had to buy another outlet to fix to the back of my PC (unlike the laptop which already can support 2 monitors) Eventually I managed to fix it all together and it is the best thing I have done for the PC. It has improved functionality. I have an article open on one screen and summarize the same on the other. I am now looking to get a PC that supports 4 monitors so I can have outlook open in the third and I'm and Active sync in the fourth. It is just fabulous having multiple monitors!

 

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After some time of using a MAG 19" widescreen 1440 X 900. For a second monitor, I just purchased a HannSpree  HF237 (BestBuy)with a default resolution of 1920 by 1080. I need to know how to set each monitor to its best (default) resolution.When I go to the properties /display from (rightclick) main screen, it wants to change both monitors simultaneously. Otherwise, I was able to set it up so both monitors act as an extension of each other. Left to right mouse movement (drag monitors on property setups. Both have same wallpaper (would like to change that) and set sleep times separately for both monitors. The new monitor is used primarily for graphics while the old 19"wide screen for WP etc.

I have an NVidia gforce 8500 card which works well.

Hoping I don't need a second 23" monitor.. 

-reply by Antique

I have an ATI Radeon HD 2400 pro and I was wondering if its possible for me to have a triple display. Its currently in Dual display mode, the onboard VGA and s-video are not in use. I looked into the Display properties and it recognizes that there are three monitors but I cant get it to use the third one (s-video).