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Sal The Barbarian   11-18-2008 at 04:05:52 AM

I've never seen it anywhere, but it'd be rad if it existed somewhere in the far reaches of the internet.

I'm looking to make my system into a dual monitor package. My vid card only has a single serial output. I'm strapped for cash, so while I'd like to shell out the cash for a new vid card with dual serial outpot, it's impractical.

What I'm looking for is a serial to USB converter. Something that goes between the male end of my spare monitor's serial cable and one of my hundred billion unused usb ports. Does such a part exist? Is such a part substantially cheaper than a new vid card?

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Bronze Graphics badge cjl   11-18-2008 at 08:04:41 AM
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Monitors don't use a serial at all - they use DVI or VGA. Your best bet is a cheap dual output video card.

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kyeana   11-18-2008 at 09:02:58 AM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814127368

if you have the pci-e slot and are only interested in the monitors (defenatally not gaming) then this card could get the job done for 22$ after the mail in rebate, and im sure if you looked harder you could find one for even cheaper.

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Sal The Barbarian   11-18-2008 at 03:31:41 PM
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Not looking for a new video card. But I found out that this existed a couple of moments ago: http://sewelldirect.com/USB-to-DVI [...] lution.asp

Thanks anyway

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KBits   11-18-2008 at 04:35:10 PM
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Yes thats one solution. Matrox also have one different kind (splitting one VGA or DVI into multi).

But isn't those are way more expensive than what others suggested?

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kyeana   11-18-2008 at 06:24:34 PM
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Sal The Barbarian wrote :

Not looking for a new video card. But I found out that this existed a couple of moments ago: http://sewelldirect.com/USB-to-DVI [...] lution.asp

 

Thanks anyway

 

That costs 6 times more then the video card, and would not be as effective as a video card. If your strapped for cash why on earth would you get that over the video card? Heck why would you ever get that over the video card period?

 

max res of that vid card that i linked was 2048 x 1536 compared to 1600x1200, and look at the quality of that adapter

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To use this adapter to view video like from a DVD: Dual Core CPU at 2.0 GHz processor clock needed - The screen's resolution must be set to 800 x 600 with 16-bit color

 

I'm sorry but i could see no reason to spend so much more money on something so crappy compared to the cheap video card.


Message edited by kyeana on 11-18-2008 at 06:29:32 PM
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