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GeForce4 MX 420 how to connect 2 monitors?
Hi all,
I have a GeForce4 MX 420 card. It has TV-out, but not two RGP ports. How do I connect two regular monitors? I have dual mons at work but the card has a digital and an rgb, so that's simple. Thanks for any enlightenment! Dean |
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GeForce4 MX 420 how to connect 2 monitors?
DeanB wrote:
Hi all, I have a GeForce4 MX 420 card. It has TV-out, but not two RGP ports. How do I connect two regular monitors? I have dual mons at work but the card has a digital and an rgb, so that's simple. Thanks for any enlightenment! Dean A Matrox DualHead2Go can take one wide VGA image and make two VGA signals with it. But for the price of this thing, you could buy another graphics card instead. http://www.widgetsinc.com/shop/product221.html The compatibility page is here. Basically, the idea is, you set the video card to 2560x1024 and the box converts that to two 1280x1024 side-by-side images. There is a piece of software you can download, to check if the video card can do it or not. http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/ca...patibility.php While there are converter boxes that would convert S-video (TV-out) to VGA, the quality would be too poor to make it worth while. You'd never be able to read any text on that screen. Another video card would solve the problem, either adding a PCI card to the box, or simply getting a different AGP card with two connectors of the proper type. (Don't forget to uninstall the video driver, before powering down and replacing the AGP card.) Paul |
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GeForce4 MX 420 how to connect 2 monitors?
That older underpowered video card you have may not be able to drive two
monitors. -- --------------------- DaveW --------------------- "DeanB" wrote in message ups.com... Hi all, I have a GeForce4 MX 420 card. It has TV-out, but not two RGP ports. How do I connect two regular monitors? I have dual mons at work but the card has a digital and an rgb, so that's simple. Thanks for any enlightenment! Dean |
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GeForce4 MX 420 how to connect 2 monitors?
"DaveW" wrote in message . .. That older underpowered video card you have may not be able to drive two monitors. -- --------------------- DaveW That older underpowered brain you have may not be able to drive any thoughts. RF. |
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GeForce4 MX 420 how to connect 2 monitors?
On Sep 20, 8:01 pm, "RF" wrote:
"DaveW" wrote in message . .. That older underpowered video card you have may not be able to drive two monitors. -- --------------------- DaveW That older underpowered brain you have may not be able to drive any thoughts. RF. The hype from nvidia is that it can do two monitors! WTF? Its driver can, but the card can't! WT F'ing use is that? Oh well, I guess I could get a bigger screen. Thanks all for all the input. Dean |
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GeForce4 MX 420 how to connect 2 monitors?
DeanB wrote:
On Sep 20, 8:01 pm, "RF" wrote: "DaveW" wrote in message . .. That older underpowered video card you have may not be able to drive two monitors. -- --------------------- DaveW That older underpowered brain you have may not be able to drive any thoughts. RF. The hype from nvidia is that it can do two monitors! WTF? Its driver can, but the card can't! WT F'ing use is that? Oh well, I guess I could get a bigger screen. Thanks all for all the input. Dean Looking at nvidia's website they confirm this card is able to run two monitors up to resolution's of 1280 x 1024 with the fact it only has 1 vga output this would suggest you require a monitor splitter cable to run two monitors from there it should hopefully recognise the second monitor and allow there software to take over and let you set them up however you require however with the price of older nvidia/ati cards these days i would consider changing it for a card that does have two independent vga outputs physically on the card |
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GeForce4 MX 420 how to connect 2 monitors?
"DeanB" wrote in message ps.com... On Sep 20, 8:01 pm, "RF" wrote: The hype from nvidia is that it can do two monitors! WTF? Its driver can, but the card can't! WT F'ing use is that? Oh well, I guess I could get a bigger screen. Thanks all for all the input. Dean That card, even when it was brand new, was better suited to acting as a doorstop. Now that it's almost 6 years old, even more so. It was a cheap budget card back then, and a feature such as two connectors was probably left off intentially to keep the cost down. You could pick up a really cheap newer card with two connectors on it with no problem, especially if you aren't using it for gaming, just to expand your desktop. Just make sure you get one with the right motherboard interface: PCI Express, AGP, or PCI. RF. |
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GeForce4 MX 420 how to connect 2 monitors?
On Sep 20, 11:19 pm, Sir-Les-MP wrote:
DeanB wrote: On Sep 20, 8:01 pm, "RF" wrote: "DaveW" wrote in message m... That older underpowered video card you have may not be able to drive two monitors. -- --------------------- DaveW That older underpowered brain you have may not be able to drive any thoughts. RF. The hype from nvidia is that it can do two monitors! WTF? Its driver can, but the card can't! WT F'ing use is that? Oh well, I guess I could get a bigger screen. Thanks all for all the input. Dean Looking at nvidia's website they confirm this card is able to run two monitors up to resolution's of 1280 x 1024 with the fact it only has 1 vga output this would suggest you require a monitor splitter cable to run two monitors from there it should hopefully recognise the second monitor and allow there software to take over and let you set them up however you require however with the price of older nvidia/ati cards these days i would consider changing it for a card that does have two independent vga outputs physically on the card- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Don't you think its bad practice that they say that though? Its really annoying they can get away with such an approach. |
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GeForce4 MX 420 how to connect 2 monitors?
"DeanB" wrote in message oups.com... On Sep 20, 11:19 pm, Sir-Les-MP wrote: Don't you think its bad practice that they say that though? Its really annoying they can get away with such an approach. It's also possible that other versions of the MX420 did have two connectors on them. AFAIK, every card manufactured in the past couple years came with two connectors. At least, I can't think of any that didn't off the top of my head, except perhaps the cheapest budget cards you could buy. And, nVidia just makes the GPU chip. They do not manufacture cards. If nVidia makes GPUs and drivers that can handle multiple monitors but the card manufacturers do not put multiple VGA or DVI connectors on the card that is not nVidia's problem. RF. |
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