Is dual DVI output possible?

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"Jonathan E" <jonathan@no-spam-ethnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Probably a stupid question (I'm good at those!) but...
>
> I'm thinking of buying two 17" TFTs for my PC. I'll need a new graphics
> card
> which supports 2 monitors. All the ones I can find seem for have one
> analogue VGA port and one 'digital' DVI port. I plan to get TFTs with DVI
> inputs so would like to run them both DVI rather than one DVI and one
> VGA/analogue.
>
> I realise that you can get 'dongles' to convert the DVI port to VGA d-type
> (I guess the DVI socket has digital and analogue pins) but I am presuming
> that the standard VGA dtype does not support digital.
>
> Does this make any kind of sense....upshot is how do I run two TFTs via
> DVI
> from one graphics card?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jonathan
> Nottingham, UK
>
>
You can install two graphics cards with most modern motherboards and
Operating Systems.

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I'm using a 9600 AIW dual analog outputs .With a Samsung 9 inch LCD model
193P. Samsung and some gurus say don't need DVI out, others say you do it
seems to be working fine here, This monitor when you fire it up looks for
analog or digital and adjusts it self accordingly
"John Russell" <john_e_russell@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Jonathan E" <jonathan@no-spam-ethnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:cgpk8h$ffc$2@sparta.btinternet.com...
>> Hi
>>
>> Probably a stupid question (I'm good at those!) but...
>>
>> I'm thinking of buying two 17" TFTs for my PC. I'll need a new graphics
>> card
>> which supports 2 monitors. All the ones I can find seem for have one
>> analogue VGA port and one 'digital' DVI port. I plan to get TFTs with DVI
>> inputs so would like to run them both DVI rather than one DVI and one
>> VGA/analogue.
>>
>> I realise that you can get 'dongles' to convert the DVI port to VGA
>> d-type
>> (I guess the DVI socket has digital and analogue pins) but I am presuming
>> that the standard VGA dtype does not support digital.
>>
>> Does this make any kind of sense....upshot is how do I run two TFTs via
>> DVI
>> from one graphics card?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jonathan
>> Nottingham, UK
>>
>>
> You can install two graphics cards with most modern motherboards and
> Operating Systems.
>
>
>

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"Jonathan E" <jonathan@no-spam-ethnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cgpk8h$ffc$2@sparta.btinternet.com...
> Hi
>
> Probably a stupid question (I'm good at those!) but...
>
> I'm thinking of buying two 17" TFTs for my PC. I'll need a new graphics
card
> which supports 2 monitors. All the ones I can find seem for have one
> analogue VGA port and one 'digital' DVI port. I plan to get TFTs with DVI
> inputs so would like to run them both DVI rather than one DVI and one
> VGA/analogue.
>
> I realise that you can get 'dongles' to convert the DVI port to VGA d-type
> (I guess the DVI socket has digital and analogue pins) but I am presuming
> that the standard VGA dtype does not support digital.
>
> Does this make any kind of sense....upshot is how do I run two TFTs via
DVI
> from one graphics card?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jonathan
> Nottingham, UK

There are dual output DVI cards out there,
they are expensive high-end workstation types.

Matrox G550
ATI Fire GL

Not necessarily suited to gaming but that may
not matter to you.

>
>

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"Jonathan E" <jonathan@no-spam-ethnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cgpk8h$ffc$2@sparta.btinternet.com...
> Hi
>
> Probably a stupid question (I'm good at those!) but...
>
> I'm thinking of buying two 17" TFTs for my PC. I'll need a new graphics
> card
> which supports 2 monitors. All the ones I can find seem for have one
> analogue VGA port and one 'digital' DVI port. I plan to get TFTs with DVI
> inputs so would like to run them both DVI rather than one DVI and one
> VGA/analogue.
>
> I realise that you can get 'dongles' to convert the DVI port to VGA d-type
> (I guess the DVI socket has digital and analogue pins) but I am presuming
> that the standard VGA dtype does not support digital.
>
> Does this make any kind of sense....upshot is how do I run two TFTs via
> DVI
> from one graphics card?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jonathan
> Nottingham, UK
>
Its possible to get "Y" splitter DVI cables but of course that would only
give you cloned screens - it depends why you need 2 monitors.

Paul