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Hello,

I finally built my first PC last year for work and gaming so I have a certain degree of knowledge, but am definitely still learning. Someone has asked me to build a PC for them but the requirements are a little different from mine. I was hoping to just clarify a few points on a specific requirement on this build.

One of the requirements is Dual-monitors. From what I gather, this dual function will come from the graphics card and that all modern graphics cards will be able to support this function. Is this correct? They don't need anything for gaming purposes but something modestly decent. They mentioned 2 DVI-D ports. Is this effective? I use HDMI for mine personally.

Is there anything specific I need to consider for this requirement? Any CPU or motherboard considerations, or just any other part considerations that this will affect? I don't want to chose and start ordering parts only to overlook something daft, and I want to know as much as possible before I start looking at the build.

Hope I haven't overloaded with words. Any advice, tips or links would be much appreciated.

Thanks.
 
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It's really just as simple as making sure the GPU has 2+ display connections. DVI/HDMI/Mini display/VGA/etc, it doesn't matter. Personally I'm still attached to analog haha. If the GPU you are considering has two DVI connections then just make sure you buy the appropriate cables (converters if needed) to hook up the monitors.

Personally I prefer to have at least 1-2GB/monitor as a general rule. I multitask quite a bit between two games, recording games, editing movies, sometimes all simultaneously. If this computer is being used merely for the fact that having two monitors as a nice commodity, no hard gaming, anything that will seriously load the cpu, then there really is nothing special to consider.
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It's really just as simple as making sure the GPU has 2+ display connections. DVI/HDMI/Mini display/VGA/etc, it doesn't matter. Personally I'm still attached to analog haha. If the GPU you are considering has two DVI connections then just make sure you buy the appropriate cables (converters if needed) to hook up the monitors.

Personally I prefer to have at least 1-2GB/monitor as a general rule. I multitask quite a bit between two games, recording games, editing movies, sometimes all simultaneously. If this computer is being used merely for the fact that having two monitors as a nice commodity, no hard gaming, anything that will seriously load the cpu, then there really is nothing special to consider.
 
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