best setup for 3 monitors

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Huwy

Hi,

My boss would like a TV connected to her PC which is already running 2
monitors. She would only use the TV when giving a presentation or training.

I was wondering what would be the best way to go about this - a) buy a new
video card with 3 outputs, or b) just buy another video card.

If I just need to buy another video card are there anything I need to
consider?

TIA,

H
 
Huwy said:
My boss would like a TV connected to her PC which is already running 2
monitors. She would only use the TV when giving a presentation or
training.

I was wondering what would be the best way to go about this - a) buy a
new video card with 3 outputs, or b) just buy another video card.

If I just need to buy another video card are there anything I need to
consider?
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Modern motherboards have PCIe slots, and a lot of full sized ATX boards have
two x16 slots, so you can install two dual-head graphics cards and then
connect up to four monitors.

Cheaper ready-built machines come with micro-ATX motherboards which normally
have only one x16 slot, and onboard graphics. Very cheap ones sometimes do
not have a x16 slot at all.

If you do not have two x16 slots on the motherboard, Matrox make a
low-powered graphics card that uses a x1 slot.

ss.
 
Huwy said:
My boss would like a TV connected to her PC which is already running 2
monitors. She would only use the TV when giving a presentation or
training.

I was wondering what would be the best way to go about this - a) buy a
new video card with 3 outputs, or b) just buy another video card.

If I just need to buy another video card are there anything I need to
consider?
Click to expand...


Oh, and another option available to you from Matrox is the DualHead2Go and
TripleHead2Go:

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/

ss.
 
Thanks.

So you don't think there would be a problem (slot allowing) to install a
second graphics card even if its a different make & model?

-H
 
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