Richard and Ken have both provided answers to your question. I believe the
answer is the same for W98 machines.
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"st" <st@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| This is a windows 98 machine and if possable it will have 2 pci video
cards
| in it and i want to be able to extend my monitor to the second monitor. Is
| this possable
|
| "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
|
| > On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:38:00 -0700, st <st@discussions.microsoft.com>
| > wrote:
| >
| > > Its not possable to take 2 video cards and then have a multi screen
display
| > > is it?
| >
| >
| > Are you asking whether you can have dual monitors using two video
| > cards instead of one dual-head video card?
| >
| > Yes, you can do that. However, be aware of a couple of things:
| >
| > 1. Most motherboards have only a single slot for an AGP or PCIE card.
| > That means the second card has to be an IDE card, and you should
| > expect a performance hit doing this.
| >
| > 2. Some pairs of video cards will work together this way, but others
| > are not compatible. A dual-head card is always safer.
| >
| > --
| > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
| > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
| >
