Dual Monitors?

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Originally Posted by Vamp

Ok, well, hard to explain if you aren't running the software :D

Let's say you have Winamp open and you're watching a video in it, so you have the Winamp screen and the controls (two separate windows). You want both of them on one monitor, but you also want just the video (not the actual window-border) to be displayed in full screen on your second monitor.

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I think I got what you're saying, and yes, you can do that.

Do you need a special graphics card for dual monitor? OR can you just hook up a splitter to your normal graphics card, and have dual monitor?

No need for a splitter. Just look at your the back of your computer. Is there two connections on the card or not? Most will have 1 VGA and 1 DVI.

No.
Does your graphics card have to have dual monitor outputs? Or can you just hook up a splitter to your single output graphics card, and have dual monitor?

You can have a dual monitor that way, but you wouldn't want to as the same thing would be going on on both monitors.

That way would be for like demonstrations. One monitor facing you and one facing an audience perhaps, with the same exact thing going on on both monitors..

To answer your question another way, would be to say YES. You need a graphics card with two outputs OR get another single slot card. I would not recommend that route though as a dual slot can be pretty cheap. If you're really looking to save $, you could get a GeForce 4600ti. It's a GREAT card and only about $10-20 on eBay or the like.

All the dual cards I see are rgb/dvi. I been looking at ATI since the Nvidia site is even less organized than the ATI site. I can't even find Nvidia graphics cards anywhere online.

The ATI site is bad enough. Does anybody seem to know if there are any dual DVI cards? Also, does the secondary monitor have less graphics quality than the primary monitor?

I really like Matrox cards, but I don't trust them. Many of the games I see claim to only be compatible with Radeon or GeForce.

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Originally Posted by cool skill

All the dual cards I see are rgb/dvi. I been looking at ATI since the Nvidia site is even less organized than the ATI site. I can't even find Nvidia graphics cards anywhere online.

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It's either VGA or DVI.

The sites aren't really disorganized, but you'll only find links to retailers who sell their products. They don't sell the products directly off their respective sites if I remember correctly.

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Originally Posted by cool skill

The ATI site is bad enough. Does anybody seem to know if there are any dual DVI cards? Also, does the secondary monitor have less graphics quality than the primary monitor?

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No. Both monitors are going to have the same quality. Don't think of it as splitting the quality in two. These cards are designed to run two monitors without losing ANY quality. I run 2 Dell LCD's and the quality is perfection on both. As to the question of dual DVI cards - of course there are. You can do some searching here on PRICEWATCH or go to NEWEGG.

Also, I would NOT risk your time and/or money by buying anything other than a card manufactured by NVidia or ATI. You can find what you want within a reasonable price and still stick with a quality brand name.