Two Monitors

[BScott881]

I keep reading about people using two monitors. I was just wondering what you use two monitors for and exactly how do you do it?

 

[Electric Amish]

It's nice just to spread your desktop.

Here at work I have whatever app I'm using open on my main monitor and move stuff like Email over on my secondary monitor.

amish

 

[filmmaker]

It helps from having to click open windows over and over and gives a much better perspective of the work one is doing.

 

[Zipp]

Well I have two monitors and what I like about it is I can have like photoshop open in one and maybe dreamweaver in another and it just makes it easier to work on multiple things at one time. I often surf the net on one monitor and have my TV tuner or whatever on the other. Ya it's probably a little overkill and I'm sure I could manage just fine with one but once you get used to having all that desktop sapce,it's hard to go back to just one.

Amish pretty well summed it up

 

[BScott881]

That's sorta what I figured... have two apps open at once. But, how do you do it. Does it take a special cable or software?

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: BScott881
That's sorta what I figured... have two apps open at once. But, how do you do it. Does it take a special cable or software?

You need a video card that can support dual display, I got a new Radeon 9100 128DDR just for that the other day. Yet to get a second monitor though.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: Magnum375

Originally posted by: BScott881
That's sorta what I figured... have two apps open at once. But, how do you do it. Does it take a special cable or software?

You need a video card that can support dual display, I got a new Radeon 9100 128DDR just for that the other day. Yet to get a second monitor though.

Or an operating system that supports dual displays - you don't need a special video card at all ... just two of em 🙂

I use duals here at work a lot - I'll typically have my email and support tickets open on the 17" monitor to the side and whatever I'm actually working on opened on the 21" in front.

 

[Zipp]

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You need a video card that can support dual display, I got a new Radeon 9100 128DDR just for that the other day. Yet to get a second monitor though.

Or just get a PCI video card if you have an AGP video card already .....that works very well too. ...I used to use a geforce2 and a voodoo 3 but now I have a dual display card...Either way is fine

 

[dartworth]

Anyone here tied a dual set up with a 9700 AIW?

My main monitor is a 18" LCD. I would like to be able to watch TV on my secondary 15" LCD. Would I be able to do this with an ATI PCI card?

I wish ATI would make a dual head AIW.

Thanks in advance