How do I connect 3 Dell 1901FP monitors via DVI ?

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I have 3 Dell 19" LCD monitors (1901FP). They have a native resolution of
1280x1024 pixels.

1. I want to connect all three via the DVI digital interface to a Dell
Dimension 4600 computer.

2. I want to have an extended desktop in WinXP Home that spans 3 monitors to
display 3840x1024 pixels at 60Hz.

3. I want to be able to view an Excel spreadsheet spanning all three
monitors.


Please tell me what I need.


The Dell 4600 Pentium 4 2.8GHz desktop has 1GB of RAM and came with an
nVidia 128MB GeForce FX5200 AGP graphics card that has a DVI out and a VGA
out.

I have 1 PCI slot free.

So far, I have been able to connect the first monitor via DVI and the second
monitor via VGA on the nVidia AGP card. I can extend my windows desktop fine
across 2 monitors.

What about the third monitor?

Can all three be connected digitally via DVI?

Best regards,

Tapas

 

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You would need a video card that has three DVI outputs, whose driver
supports three monitors. I don't believe such a card or driver exists in the
consumer market, but perhaps another poster will know of one.

Rocky

"Tapas Das" <das.t@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> I have 3 Dell 19" LCD monitors (1901FP). They have a native resolution of
> 1280x1024 pixels.
>
> 1. I want to connect all three via the DVI digital interface to a Dell
> Dimension 4600 computer.
>
> 2. I want to have an extended desktop in WinXP Home that spans 3 monitors
to
> display 3840x1024 pixels at 60Hz.
>
> 3. I want to be able to view an Excel spreadsheet spanning all three
> monitors.
>
>
> Please tell me what I need.
>
>
> The Dell 4600 Pentium 4 2.8GHz desktop has 1GB of RAM and came with an
> nVidia 128MB GeForce FX5200 AGP graphics card that has a DVI out and a VGA
> out.
>
> I have 1 PCI slot free.
>
> So far, I have been able to connect the first monitor via DVI and the
second
> monitor via VGA on the nVidia AGP card. I can extend my windows desktop
fine
> across 2 monitors.
>
> What about the third monitor?
>
> Can all three be connected digitally via DVI?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tapas
>
>
>

 

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"Tapas Das" <das.t@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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| I have 3 Dell 19" LCD monitors (1901FP). They have a native resolution of
| 1280x1024 pixels.
|
| 1. I want to connect all three via the DVI digital interface to a Dell
| Dimension 4600 computer.
|
|
| What about the third monitor?
|
| Can all three be connected digitally via DVI?
|
| Best regards,
|
| Tapas

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HillBillyBuddhist wrote:
> "Tapas Das" <das.t@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:fP7Bc.7450$OB3.2191@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> | I have 3 Dell 19" LCD monitors (1901FP). They have a native resolution of
> | 1280x1024 pixels.
> |
> | 1. I want to connect all three via the DVI digital interface to a Dell
> | Dimension 4600 computer.
> |
> |
> | What about the third monitor?
> |
> | Can all three be connected digitally via DVI?
> |
> | Best regards,
> |
> | Tapas
>
> http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/mms/versions.cfm
>

or http://www.appian.com

also, check out http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/products.asp

there're quite a few solutions to your problem.

 

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"plated metal" <ha@yeah.right> wrote in message
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> HillBillyBuddhist wrote:
> > "Tapas Das" <das.t@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> > news:fP7Bc.7450$OB3.2191@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> > | I have 3 Dell 19" LCD monitors (1901FP). They have a native resolution
of
> > | 1280x1024 pixels.
> > |
> > | 1. I want to connect all three via the DVI digital interface to a Dell
> > | Dimension 4600 computer.
> > |
> > |
> > | What about the third monitor?
> > |
> > | Can all three be connected digitally via DVI?
> > |
> > | Best regards,
> > |
> > | Tapas
> >
> > http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/mms/versions.cfm
> >
>
> or http://www.appian.com
>
> also, check out http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/products.asp
>
> there're quite a few solutions to your problem.

Thanks a million for those links. I was able to connect 4 Dell Ultrasharp
1901FP monitors to my Dell Dimension 4600 computer using an additional
Chaintech P-FX20 PCI graphics card based on the Nvidia GeForce FX5200
chipset.
The card cost me $70.

I have posted a picture of my setup here:

www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/gallery_browse.asp?ID=507

Two monitors are connected to the AGP Nvidia GeForce FX5200 graphics card.
The other two are connected to the new PCI graphics card.

All 4 are running at 1280 x 1024, with 32 bits, 60Hz. The two monitors on
VGA needed a slight manual adjustment from the front panel for sharpest
text. This involves going into the On Screen Display, clicking on Image
Settings and then fine tuning these two parameters:

Pixel Clock
Phase

The Auto Adjust did not give the best results. There was a unique
combination of this Pixel Clock and Phase values where the text became
perfectly razor sharp and uniform across the entire panel.

For the 2 monitors on DVI, this was not an issue. Text was razor sharp from
the get go.

I found 2 utilities that are very useful with Multi-Monitor setups:

UltraMon
http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/

TrueLaunchBar
http://www.truelaunchbar.com/


Regards,

Tapas Das