Twin screen graphics card

[Thumper]

I'm looking to install a graphics card that allows me to hook up two screens, effectively extending my desktop workspace. I use Photoshop a great deal, and would like to have tools and palettes on one (smaller) screen, leaving my main screen free to expand the image working area.

Does anyone have experience of doing this, or can offer some recommendations?

[Plotloss]

Loads of twin head VGA cards out there, typing this on one at the moment.

They are all pretty similar in chip terms so a Geforce FX 5600 twin head will be much the same as a single one...

[slinksport]

I used to run my P'shop like that and it's great..

One really easy way to do it is just pick up a lower spec PCI graphics card to run the second screen.. If you're only using screen 2 for tools and the like you don't really need a big hitting graphics card.

Used to run mine with an S3 virge with 4mb and it was happy as larry..

HTH,

W

[Thumper]

Sounds a bit beyond my technical capabilities! Anyway, I don't have any card at all as yet, so one card running both would probably be best.

I've just been trawling the net for PC parts suppliers, and the selection of cards is totally bewildering! I can't afford some of the top prices, and am looking to spend about £80 max, but I hardly know where to start.

[Plotloss]

Here you go:

www.dabs.com/uk/productview?id=pi&refererid=pi&quicklinx=2J6WWS

£80 delivered...

[Thumper]

Certainly looks the part, Plotloss, and should be a nice match for the Asus motherboard. I'll shop around a little while longer, just in case, but may well take you up on that suggestion. It's well within my budget. Many thanks.

[EdT]

Thumper said:

Certainly looks the part, Plotloss, and should be a nice match for the Asus motherboard. I'll shop around a little while longer, just in case, but may well take you up on that suggestion. It's well within my budget. Many thanks.

QUICKLY!!!!

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Ed

[puggit]

Spooky - I have a twin-screen at work, and was wondering where to find wallpaper or screen savers designed for 2 screens?

[Plotloss]

I currently have different wallpaper on each screen but I cannot for the life of me work out how I have done it!

[WildfireS3]

I've used twin diplays with Geforce 2 MX, a Matrox G400 Max, and GeForce 4 4600.

If you want max performance and max quality go for a Matrox Parhelia.

The most important thing is to have Dual RAMDACs

[TheExcession]

I've been running a dual head system for about 4 years now. Find it really difficult to to work on single monitor systems nowadays.

The easiest way is just bung in any old PCI graphics card. NT4, 2K and XP all support two cards and will extend your desktop across both.

best
Ex

[robertuk]

*Remember*

You need to order the cards in the BIOS of some motherboards !

So in my BIOS setup it says something like:

Display to boot first: AGP

so the AGP card is the primary display and PCI is secondary.

It really is great fun having two screens.

You get more screen *REAL ESTATE* with two 17 inch monitors than one 19" .

I find work flow improves and you do not need to turn the heating on with two monitors :-)

[arcturus]

I run two monitors off a single ATi Radeon 9600 Pro card - around £90 if I remember rightly. Very happy with it.

[Thumper]

Thanks for all the helpful advice guys. I think I'm sorted.

Edited because I forgot to say that I'd taken up Plotloss on his suggestion, so on his head be it!

>> Edited by Thumper on Wednesday 4th February 18:29

[chrisjl]

puggit said:

Spooky - I have a twin-screen at work, and was wondering where to find wallpaper or screen savers designed for 2 screens?

www.digitalblasphemy.com now does widescreen and twin screen versions of some of his computer generated artwork

[puggit]

So how many PHers use twin screens to read PH on one, and work on the other?

[PetrolTed]

Me

[Plotloss]

puggit said:

So how many PHers use twin screens to read PH on one, and work on the other?