3rd monitor?

stoxtrader · #1 10-31-2005, 02:29 PM

So I bought a 3rd 2001FP last week cause it was on sale. I figured I would use it myself or give it to a friend who is multi-tabling with overlap.

Basically if it is easy to setup and worthwhile to have the 3rd screen I will use it, if not, I'll gift it. Anyone have informatino advice on how/whether I should keep it myself?

thanks!

kurosh · #2 10-31-2005, 02:31 PM

You need two video cards.

Gator519 · #3 10-31-2005, 04:16 PM

I have 3 monitors setup and it's really nice. You'll need to get two video cards like that other guy said, but those are cheap and easy to install.

d10 · #4 10-31-2005, 04:20 PM

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You need two video cards.

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Is this true if my video card has 3 outputs? (DVI, S-Video, and whatever that old school connection is called)

elmo · #5 10-31-2005, 05:40 PM

I'm assuming you have only 2 places to plug monitors in at this point. For like $80 you can get a USB-VGA adapter that will let you hook the monitor up through a USB port. I installed a bunch of them at my dad's work, and they work well. The only problem is for some reason they don't allow the max resolution that the monitor is normally capable of.

ilikeaces · #6 10-31-2005, 06:22 PM

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You need two video cards.

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Is this true if my video card has 3 outputs? (DVI, S-Video, and whatever that old school connection is called)

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Hendricks433 · #7 10-31-2005, 06:34 PM

Im Multitabling with overlap [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

GoCubsGo · #8 10-31-2005, 06:48 PM

Beat me to it.

stoxtrader · #9 11-02-2005, 12:11 PM

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I'm assuming you have only 2 places to plug monitors in at this point. For like $80 you can get a USB-VGA adapter that will let you hook the monitor up through a USB port. I installed a bunch of them at my dad's work, and they work well. The only problem is for some reason they don't allow the max resolution that the monitor is normally capable of.

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this sounded like a solution until you said i wouldnt be able to get 1600X1200

svideo work for anyone?

or is the only option to buy a second video card?

CLC · #10 11-02-2005, 02:44 PM

Get another dual head video card, so that when the 2001fp goes on sale again you can get another and have 4 (what a setup that would be). [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]