Dual Monitor Question

[Ric]

I have an HP Media Center PC with a GeForce FX5600 Ultra,128mb card. I'm
using the digital output to my 19 inch LCD monitor and was thinking of
buying another 19 for a dual monitor setup. Can I use the analog output of
the GeForce for the second monitor or do I need to buy a second video
card?...TIA

 

[Erick]

If the second LCD has an analog input you can use it (most on the market
do). But there is no SVGA-to-DVI adapter (that I've seen). You'll just need
to tell Windows which one is primary.


I have an HP Media Center PC with a GeForce FX5600 Ultra,128mb card. I'm
using the digital output to my 19 inch LCD monitor and was thinking of
buying another 19 for a dual monitor setup. Can I use the analog output of
the GeForce for the second monitor or do I need to buy a second video
card?...TIA

 

[GT]

I have an HP Media Center PC with a GeForce FX5600 Ultra,128mb card. I'm
using the digital output to my 19 inch LCD monitor and was thinking of
buying another 19 for a dual monitor setup. Can I use the analog output of
the GeForce for the second monitor...

In short, yes.

The quality will not be quite as good on the analaog cable as a DVI cable,
but you can use 1 graphics card to comfortably power 2 screens.

You could consider turning both screens round 90 degrees so you get a better
combined resolution - instead of two 1280x1024 (2560x1024) you could have
two 1024x1280 = 2048x1280 - a much more useful screen size.