I am Trying to hook up 3 monitors to my computer?

Question

Trying to hook up 3 monitors to my computer, wanting the ability to drag and drop from monitor to monitor. any sugestions?

Answer 1

Never tried 3, max of 2. But it shouldn't be a big deal. I'd suggest a dual-head graphics card in your video slot (AGP or PCI Express), plus a PCI graphics card in a normal slot.

But if your system has onboard video and it's BIOS will let you have both onboard graphics + video card active, you won't need the PCI card.

Once you have them all active, your video control panel will let you configure their layout which controls how the cursor wraps around, etc.

Answer 2

You need either multiple video cards, or a video card with multiple monitor outputs. Once the card(s) is(are) installed, you need to go into display properties and tell Windows to use the other monitors .

Once the hardware is installed and the drivers are installed, right click on the desktop, left click on Properties. Left click Settings. You should see some squares with a number in each, from 1 to 3. Each square represents a monitor. Click square 2, then put a check mark in "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor". Do the same for square 3, then click OK.

I've never seen a computer with 3 monitors, but that doesn't mean it isn't possible.

Answer 3

I do it with a dual head AGP (PCI-E would be the same) + an old plain PCI card.


There are quad head cards out there too (just use 3 of the four outputs), but they tend to have less graphics acceleration and be pricier.


Vista allegedly only supports multiple graphics cards from the same vendor. So if you want to upgrade to Vista at some point you will need a quad head or multiple PCI-E slots with dual head cards.

Answer 4

That will NEVER work. Your ATI HD4000-series video card can only support TWO monitors maximum. Only the DisplayPort- or miniDisplayPort-equipped HD5000- and HD6000-series cards can drive 3 monitors off one single video card.

Answer 5

You need 3 video cards, set them up as you normally would. Go into display properties and configure the virtual orientation for the 3 monitors (hint: if you get them to match the physical orientation it's a lot easier).

Answer 6

you need a video card with two monitor connectors and also use your onboard video if you have one just connect them all to the computer and turn them on
then right click you might need a driver

Answer 7

you need a spliter that kind what they use in stockmarket rooms