Do cards support dual DVI output?

Hi

Probably a stupid question (I'm good at those!) but...

I'm thinking of buying two 17" TFTs for my PC. I'll need a new graphics card
which supports 2 monitors. All the ones I can find seem for have one
analogue VGA port and one 'digital' DVI port. I plan to get TFTs with DVI
inputs so would like to run them both DVI rather than one DVI and one
VGA/analogue.

I realise that you can get 'dongles' to convert the DVI port to VGA d-type
(I guess the DVI socket has digital and analogue pins) but I am presuming
that the standard VGA dtype does not support digital.

Does this make any kind of sense....upshot is how do I run two TFTs via DVI
from one graphics card?

Thanks

Jonathan
Nottingham, UK

Jonathan E wrote:
Hi

Probably a stupid question (I'm good at those!) but...

I'm thinking of buying two 17" TFTs for my PC. I'll need a new graphics card
which supports 2 monitors. All the ones I can find seem for have one
analogue VGA port and one 'digital' DVI port. I plan to get TFTs with DVI
inputs so would like to run them both DVI rather than one DVI and one
VGA/analogue.

I realise that you can get 'dongles' to convert the DVI port to VGA d-type
(I guess the DVI socket has digital and analogue pins) but I am presuming
that the standard VGA dtype does not support digital.

Does this make any kind of sense....upshot is how do I run two TFTs via DVI
from one graphics card?

Thanks

Jonathan
Nottingham, UK


Some of the Gainward cards have two DVI outputs - their FX5700 ultra
(Ultra/960 Gold Sample) card does.

Have a look at their website - it lists the outputs for each card:

http://www.gainward.de/new/main.html

though it does specify (incorrectly) that my card has one DVI and one
VGA output :-(

HTH,

Chris

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"Jonathan E" wrote in message
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Hi

Probably a stupid question (I'm good at those!) but...

I'm thinking of buying two 17" TFTs for my PC. I'll need a new graphics
card
which supports 2 monitors. All the ones I can find seem for have one
analogue VGA port and one 'digital' DVI port. I plan to get TFTs with DVI
inputs so would like to run them both DVI rather than one DVI and one
VGA/analogue.

I realise that you can get 'dongles' to convert the DVI port to VGA d-type
(I guess the DVI socket has digital and analogue pins) but I am presuming
that the standard VGA dtype does not support digital.

Does this make any kind of sense....upshot is how do I run two TFTs via
DVI
from one graphics card?

Thanks

Jonathan
Nottingham, UK




Here,
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...150-073&depa=1

Dual DVI:
http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....150-073-05.JPG

UK website for XFX:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...e_6800_GT.html

http://www.xfxforce.com/product_view.php?sku=PVT40AUD

Just keep in mind the two DVI ports on some cards are not created equal
(powered by different TDMS transmitters). What's the native resolution of
your TFTs? If it's higher than 1280x1024 then I suggest digging deeper into
the card specs.

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"Jonathan E" wrote in message
...
Hi

Probably a stupid question (I'm good at those!) but...

I'm thinking of buying two 17" TFTs for my PC. I'll need a new graphics
card
which supports 2 monitors. All the ones I can find seem for have one
analogue VGA port and one 'digital' DVI port. I plan to get TFTs with DVI
inputs so would like to run them both DVI rather than one DVI and one
VGA/analogue.

I realise that you can get 'dongles' to convert the DVI port to VGA d-type
(I guess the DVI socket has digital and analogue pins) but I am presuming
that the standard VGA dtype does not support digital.

Does this make any kind of sense....upshot is how do I run two TFTs via
DVI
from one graphics card?

Thanks

Jonathan
Nottingham, UK