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5 displays - what do I need?
Hello,
How do I get a setup with five displays? I would like four TFT's all mounted on an arm, all the same model, and I want a fifth CRT. I am in the UK, Scotland - and realise this will cost the earth. Does Windows XP support 5 displays? What about video cards, I presume I will need at least two? I have a standard AGP motherboard, two years old. I do not want to use a new PC for this. Any advice greatly appreciated. Regards, Gary. |
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"Jim" wrote in message ... Hello, How do I get a setup with five displays? I would like four TFT's all mounted on an arm, all the same model, and I want a fifth CRT. I am in the UK, Scotland - and realise this will cost the earth. Does Windows XP support 5 displays? What about video cards, I presume I will need at least two? I have a standard AGP motherboard, two years old. I do not want to use a new PC for this. XP can handle up to ten monitors. You can have a regular or dual head graphics in your AGP slot. A dual head Matrox G450 would be a good choice. They are cheap and don't have a fan. Approx £40 new. Then you can get a PCI Matrox G450 MMS that can run up to 4 monitors. There's one on eBay for £140. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...1068 338&rd=1 ss. |
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On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:51:13 +0100, "Jim"
wrote: Hello, How do I get a setup with five displays? I would like four TFT's all mounted on an arm, all the same model, and I want a fifth CRT. I am in the UK, Scotland - and realise this will cost the earth. Does Windows XP support 5 displays? What about video cards, I presume I will need at least two? I have a standard AGP motherboard, two years old. I do not want to use a new PC for this. Any advice greatly appreciated. Win2K on old bx hardware here, do not know XP at all. This is what I am heading for, the dual dual bloomberg lcd's work nice, but I wish to add back in a CRT. It depends on what you intend to do with the desktop space. I have found that one chip per monitor works for me best. I do not wish to run an application across the 4 monitors that I use, but "an" application on each monitor in full screen. Some applications are fussy, and will only output graphics to the default monitor, id movies,dvd players etc. Winamp I give great kudos? to for running where I tell it to, even "this instance here, this instance there..." Rough guidline... pick a chipset, memory level and speed that is available in PCI and AGP and go for it. Dual and quad output cards reduce the slot requirements, but watch out for unintended conciquences (yeah like I can spell that) where fullscreen output is required on one/all cards. Post more info, and how it turns out. -- Woodsy, Off the Grid, Off the Road, Off my Rocker... |
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Trying to use two vid.cards can be problomatic, sometimes they work,
sometimes not. There doesnt appear to be any sure fire way of knowing. You might be advised to email matrox tech. - their multi display cards are good, assuming your not game playing. "Jim" wrote in message ... Hello, How do I get a setup with five displays? I would like four TFT's all mounted on an arm, all the same model, and I want a fifth CRT. I am in the UK, Scotland - and realise this will cost the earth. Does Windows XP support 5 displays? What about video cards, I presume I will need at least two? I have a standard AGP motherboard, two years old. I do not want to use a new PC for this. Any advice greatly appreciated. Regards, Gary. |
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