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2 monitors and 8800gtx?
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:10 am
by Ebbing
I have a 20 inch viewsonic LCD and i am picking up the
22" Samsung 226BW
What i was wondering if anyone knows if i can run 2 monitors on the 8800gtx, it has 2 DVI ports on the back of the card.
Thanks.
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:13 am
by Cypher
Yup. You can.
Yu'll have to go into the NVidia Control Panel and select the second monitor to extend your desktop, instead of just having it mirrored like it will be at default.
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:27 am
by pastorjay
Hopefully both of your monitors will have a DVI connection. If not, you will need to use the adaptor that should be included with the 8800. I love dual screen setups myself!
Have fun!
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:27 am
by HONkUS
Not only can you do dualview but you can even use monitors with different aspect ratios! im running a 19 inch 4:3 CRT and a 22 inch 16:10 lcd with dualview and its great! After using dualview I cant see just using one monitor.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:22 am
by Dragon_Cooler
Here is my setup, i am currently using a 8800gts
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:53 am
by liqnit
8800 support 2 monitors .
But nvidia drivers can be confusing sometime
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:28 am
by Dragon_Cooler
Thats why you right click the windows desktop, properties, and bam you have the ability to do dual monitors...
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:29 pm
by stopthekilling77
hey dragon_cooler, what kind of monitors are those? i haven't decided on what kind of monitor to buy but those are great looking!
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:06 pm
by dgood
look like viewsonics to me. they make great monitors.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:06 am
by Tim Burton
I'm still dying for them to figure out that 2 is good, but 3 is great. We need 3 monitors for us gamers. It would be pure sexiness to play a fps/flight sim/driving sim with 3 monitores
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:20 am
by Dragon_Cooler
they are viewsonic vx2025. and yes they are very nice monitors. However i would look into the dell 22in wide monitors since they are cheaper and 2inches bigger.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:49 pm
by DaIceMan
newegg has my monitor for $309 shipped now. 22" ViewSonic Widescreen, model VG2230wm. excellent monitor. Looks beautiful running on the GTX.
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:19 pm
by Ebbing
bought the new samsung 226bw , its a very nice monitor if you get the S model which i got the last S model they had at circuit city. It has very little back light bleeding, probably the least back light bleeding ive seen in any 22 inch monitor out there.
