Do I need onboard video? I want dual monitors.

chrisdab

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Oct 11, 2005
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Can I get dual monitors off of 1 video card? Is there a reason to get the 6100 or 6150 boards that I first looked at? I need to find out cause Im still having trouble picking out a motherboard. My choices are:


MSI K8N NEO4-F - nFORCE4 CHIPSET
EPOX 9NPA+Ultra - nFORCE4 CHIPSET
MSI K8NGM2-FID - 6150 CHIPSET

My requirements are the ability to overclock, dual monitors, low cost.

graphics card: EVGA N384 GEFORCE 6800 256MB with ZALMAN VF700 cooling fan
memory: 2 x 512MB DDR400 reusing from my old pc
case: Antec SLK 1650b 350w

anything wrong here?
 

Boonesmi

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Feb 19, 2001
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pretty much any newer video card with 2 monitor ports supports running dual monitor

you can run one as a clone of the other, or run one as an extended desktop from the other