dual monitors with 1 video card?

[Chau]

i have geforce 2 ultra and it has dvi and vga output... can i use two monitors with this? like one monitor to use the dvi and another to use the vga? is this possible? or can it only output one signal?

thanks

 

[synapse02]

It will run two no prob

 

[Actaeon]

It'll work.

 

[JBT]

depends if it has 2 DAC's or not I would guess it does so yeah it should.

 

[Chau]

ahhh crap!! i was waiting for this confirmation to make sure i could run dual monitors then i was gonna get in on that 2001fp deal for 750, but now the sale is over and its back at 999 now


another question...if i plugged my crt into the vga port and a lcd into the dvi port, which will be the main monitor? like when it boots up and shows the bios screen, which monitor will it show up on, same w/ games?

thanks

 

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you can designate which is the primary monitor

 

[Shooters]

You're going to have to check the manual to see if it will do dual monitors, but I don't think it will. Just because a card has two outputs doesn't mean you can do it. I had an Elsa GeForce2 Ultra back in the day, and I seem to remember (althought it's possible I'm dead wrong) that the only cards from the GeForce2 chipset lineup capable of doing dual monitors were the MXs. Even then, it was the card makers decision as to whether they wanted to implement it or not.

As for the primary monitor question, during post and bootup, I think it depends on the card. I had one that would display identical images on both monitors before it booted into Windows. The card I have now only shows bootup on the monitor connected to the VGA output. Once in Windows though, you can set the primary monitor in the display properties. This is the one that games and other video applications will play on.

Edit:
Here a couple links to nVidia's website. You'll notice that TwinView (nVidia's name for dual monitor capability) is listed as a feature on the GeForce2 MX page but not on the GeForce2 Ultra, Ti, Pro, GTS page.

GeForce2 MX
GeForce2 Ultra, Ti, Pro, GTS

 

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I didnt know that about the MXs and non.. sorry for false info..

But for the primary and secondary can be set in the settings.. There should be a checkbox, Use this device as the primary monitor..