How do you connect two or more monitors to one CPU?

Question

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Answer 1

Sorry, not sending to your email address but I'll gladly post a reply to here.

The easiest way to install multiple monitors is to purchase a graphics card that supports multiple displays. They are not very expensive compared to standard graphics cards (I bought my ATI Radeon 9000 Pro for about $120 a couple years ago and it supports dual display). You can also purchase PCI based graphics cards to supplement the existing graphics card and configure multiple displays that way. Some graphics cards will support more than dual displays (Matrox had a three display system that I worked with a couple years back for work).

Answer 2

You can buy a monitor switch box or a second video card to connect two SVGA monitors to one computer. You'll need Windows 98 or Mac OS 6.0.7 or newer.

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Configure Multiple Monitors and Dualview with Windows XP :
If you have a desktop computer and you want multiple monitors, your best bet is to buy an external monitor and a second video adapter that supports multiple monitors. Here's a list of Supported Display Adapters for Multiple Monitors and Dualview. Alternatively, you can upgrade your current video adapter with an adapter that can connect directly to multiple monitors. You can find such video adapters for less than $200 at most electronics stores—just make sure that it's compatible with your computer and has connectors that match the monitors you plan to use.

If you're a laptop user like me, you don't have the option of adding another video adapter, but your laptop might support using Dualview with an external monitor and the laptop's built-in display. If it does support Dualview, just do what I did: plug a monitor into the external VGA port of your laptop and turn on the Dualview feature of Windows XP. To turn on Dualview, follow these steps:

1.
Right-click the desktop, and then click Properties.

2.
In the DisplayProperties dialog box, click the Settings tab.

3.
Click the Display list and select your external monitor. If you do not see multiple monitors listed, your computer hardware may not support Dualview. You can still use MaxiVista to configure a second computer as an additional display, however.

4.
Select the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor option. Click Apply or OK.


Now I can have different windows open on my laptop's built-in display and the external monitor. I can move windows between the two displays and even stretch windows across both displays. For more information on how to move from one monitor to the other, see Expand Your Workspace with Multiple Monitors and Dualview.

Answer 3

You will need to connect another graphics card or buy one with dual monitor outputs

Windows should detect the 2 monitor outputs and be able to configure both monitors thru display properties

Answer 4

For enabling two monitors or one monitor and one TV, you should have a Graphics card or your onboard graphics should enable you to do so.

The are so many graphics cards such as AGP or PCI Express. You should select one that suits your motherboard. Older motherboards generally have slot from AGP cards, and latest motherboards generally have slot for PCI Express cards.

Before purchase of graphics card, kindly go through the mother board manual properly.

Also, note that the cost of graphics cards are wide in nature. There are low end models as well as high end models. Based on your requirement & budget, select the graphics card.

Answer 5

I use an Nvidia video card, it has two outputs for monitors.
Then you can go into properties and set up both monitors in windows.

Answer 6

You need a video card that has those capabilities. Pretty easy to set up once you get the video card