Dual PC Screens

[Adventurelife]

About to buy some new PC's and want my home office one to have dual screens.

Anything I should know from the IT experts about running dual screens?

Peter

 

[325 for Telecoms & IT]

The technical experts may offer some advice but as far as I'm aware operating on dual screens is really easy and once the second screen is connected the configuration is a simple process....especially since you are purchasing new equipment.

Many new desktop computers support dual monitors without requiring any additional hardware. To see if you have more than one monitor connection, look at the back of your computer for two Video Graphics Array (VGA) connectors or two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) connectors or one of each.

If you only have a single VGA or DVI connector, you will need to install a video adapter. You can either install a second video adapter or replace your current video adapter with one that has two VGA or DVI connections. Installing video adapters can be difficult if you're not familiar with the inside of your computer, so you may want to seek assistance from a local computer retailer that offers computer upgrade services.

Hope that helps
Kind regards

Karen

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[Canary Dwarf]

Hi Peter

Karen is correct. Make sure your new PCs have dual DVI connectors, some will come with two as standard, depending on the graphics card installed. And also check your monitors have a DVI input if you're buying them separately, some of the cheaper ones still only have VGA (but you can get adapters if you want to use existing monitors.)

I've got a twin 19" arrangement on my desktop which gives great flexibility. I can put whole applications in the second window, or just palletes. I generally have my email in one screen and I switch between my other apps on the other. We don't print any emails, so it's useful to read from Outlook while working on something else without switching applications.

Make sure you get matching monitors too!

 

[Terry]

I run 3 monitors. 2 in one graphics card and 1 in another. Last pc had one in graphics card and one in mobo. There are lots of options for you, I personally would suggest even if you have a powerful graphics card with two outputs, buy a £30 card and use it for the second monitor rather than using two into one card.

It's always very easy to do and windows setup for it is so simple.