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Its not possable to take 2 video cards and then have a multi screen display

is it?

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    Actually that is the way to do it. Two Video cards (or a dual video card) and two monitors for a

    multi screen display.

     

    "st" <st@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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    > Its not possable to take 2 video cards and then have a multi screen display

    > is it?

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    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.

     

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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.

    >

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    > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

    > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

    >

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    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.

    | >

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    | > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

    | > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

    | >

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    On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:38:00 -0700, st <st@discussions.microsoft.com>

    wrote:

    > 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

     

     

    As I said, yes.

     

    > "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

    > >

     

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    "st" <st@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

    > 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.

     

    FYI, this is an XP OS newsgroup. There are Win98 specific newsgroups. From

    this link:

    http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx

     

    Scroll to the microsoft.public.win98 entry in the left pane and expand it.

    There are several win98 newsgroups to choose from.

     

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    Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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