Can I do this? Dual montior support....

[KevinGuy]

Ok here is the question, currently I have a Leadtek Geforce 3 TI 200.(I want to keep using this for games and such) This card does not support dual monitors. If I were to get a PCI Video card with TV-Out and I hooked it up to my TV, Would I be able to serf the web and watch some DVD movies at the same time through my computer? Also how would this setup work? Would there be any conflicts at all? Anyone have experience with this? I am mostly wanting to turn my computer into part of my home entertainment system. If this is possible to do, what PCI Video Card would you suggest? Or maybe another card?

Thanks for any comments, questions or suggestions...



--Kevin

 

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[BaSoMaTiC]

I'm still working on getting two Geforces in one system to work (1x GF3 TI500 AGP & 1x GF2 MX PCI) but for some reason Win2K doesnt like it and hangs at startup - even after a complete reinstall. Windows 98 worked fine with the same configuration though. Could be some detonator driver issue but I'm still searching... I'd rather have some Geforce 4 with normal dual outputs but I could not find any yet. Anyone seen any?

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[10Mhz8086]

I had a Gainward GF2MX400 w/VIVO, it had two CRT ports on it and I was able to watch DIVX videos on one monitor (Sometimes my TV if I felt like it) and do other stuff on the other. It ran kinda slow cause I only had a 800Mhz CPU but it was pretty usefull.

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[poorboy]

Yes, but depends on OS support.

Don't get an SIS6326 PCI card. I did, and it was erm, unreliable under Win2K. Something about the BIOS version, I think. And OpenGL 3D was a bad joke.

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[upec]

I have no problem getting my Geforce 3 TI 200 and a PCI ATI ALL-IN-WONDER 128 pro on my systme. I am using Windows 2000.

 

[williamc]

Interestingly enough, i have personally had seen alot more success when using one nvidia and one ATI card together instead of using two of either together.

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