HELP! Time to move to the next level - 2 monitors

[francsal]

I have been pondering the idea of expanding the flight sim experience, but haven

[Fozzer]

The "other VGA" socket will accept a converter to plug your new monitor into...

Many Dual Monitor Graphics Cards are supplied with this Converter.

Pop into your local Computer store and pick one up....
...(after paying for it...of course!)......!
Price: around

[MWISimmer]

My last vid card was a 9550... it had a VGA output and a DVI output.. is this what you mean?
VGA is the male/female pin type, DVI has two rows of small square pinholes.

[francsal]

[quote]The "other VGA" socket will accept a converter to plug your new monitor into...

Many Dual Monitor Graphics Cards are supplied with this Converter.

Pop into your local Computer store and pick one up....
...(after paying for it...of course!)......!
Price: around

[richardd43]

There is no advantage to useing the other PCI card. Your current card will handle 2 monitors with ease.

I have used multi monitors for years. Once you use them you will never want to go back to a single monitor.

[Fozzer]

I think the DVI socket is designed to connect to a Television Set, etc, but will also connect to your VGA Monitor with the aid of the Converter......!

The Monitor arrangement is then selected via the Graphics Card's "Control Panel".

F.... ...!

[francsal]

Ok, once again, thanks everybody for the responses! [smiley=dankk2.gif]

I already located a dealer here in my city to get the adapter, so I guess that tonight I

[Duckman54]

So, the 9550 will handle 2 monitors?  I just bought and installed a 9250. Does anyone know if these 'budget' cards can also run 2 screens?

[richardd43]

Both my wife and I use 4 monitors on our work computers. When you install the other card just make sure both cards use the same drivers.

Yes, the 9250 will handle 2 monitors

Specifications
GPU: RADEON 9250
Memory: 128MB 64bit DDR SDRAM
AA Samples Per Second: 4.0G samples/sec
Memory Bandwidth: 64bit
Pixel Pipelines: 4 pixel pipelines
Pixel Fill Rate: 1G pixels /sec.
Support DirectX: 8.1
Support OpenGL: 1.3
RAMDACs: 400 MHz DACs
Output: DVI-I / TV-Out / D-Sub
Operating systems: Microsoft