Double monitors
- Thread starter BobGreen
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Or if your machine has DisplayPort output you can daisy chain (assuming monitor has dp in and out) I run 2 24” screens for work one on dp and one on hdmi. No dp out on monitor .......
https://www.displayport.org/cables/driving-multiple-displays-from-a-single-displayport-output/
https://www.displayport.org/cables/driving-multiple-displays-from-a-single-displayport-output/
ollie989898
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I would take it to the nearest friendly local PC shop and get them to sort it in all honesty.
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- Scottish Highlands
Pretty much standard with a Mac.
Timbo
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- Gods County
Running two 19" 4:3 monitors, and finding I am serious lacking display real-estate now. Just a lot more buttons on software nowadays.
Time for an upgrade..
Time for an upgrade..
ollie989898
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Get 2 24 or even 27s
For work I run two 4k 27"s from two display ports on my laptop and keep the laptop screen as a third for my emails, calendar and softphone. Probably a bit overkill but I can have my CAD drawings on one screen with the pallettes and toolbars or reference documents on the other. All depends on what you need really. The 4k is a bit OTT but they were on offer!
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- Wiltshire
I have 2 monitors. One 27" and a 22" will get another 27 one day. When I got the PC (8 years ago) I put on the cheapest graphics card just so that i had the ability to run 2 monitors. One is on HDMI and the other DVI it works very well.
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ollie989898
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You can get very cheap lower end graphics cards that are very quiet and cool and take up virtually no internal space for not much money and you will be able to drive 3 or 4 monitors no problem.
Even a GT1030 will be overkill for most applications. Look for older generation cards retailers are trying to get rid of.
Even a GT1030 will be overkill for most applications. Look for older generation cards retailers are trying to get rid of.
Timbo
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- Gods County
£35 GT710 1gb card would be more than adequate. One VGA one HDMI one DVI port- so check your monitors have multi-inputs.
Y Fan Wen
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- N W Snowdonia
When Terry Pratchett was asked why he had 6 screens connected to his computer, his reply was, 'Because I haven't got room for 8'.
ollie989898
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Once you have worked with multiple monitors, you won't go back. The ability to read emails, PDFs or conduct research on the fly whilst working on a document is invaluable. Also the ability to cut and paste and move text from one document to another. I would happily run three 27 inch monitors if I had the desk space. When I revamp my study in future I will have a big curved desk and have the space to run a setup like that.
Frankzy
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- Jamtland, Sweden
Check the back of your computer where the current monitor connects, with any luck you will have at least one extra interface which should look like one of these:
After that you just have to buy another monitor that supports the interface, plug it in and you're done.
Note what kind of cable the monitor is sold with, many monitors support 2 sometimes 3 different interfaces but they only give you one cable. Bit irritating to have just come home with a new monitor only to have to wait for a cable.
Once you've tried two screens you won't be able to go back, I'm currently up to four 27" screens and I'm starting to plan for another 2....
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- Northumberland
If you only have 1 mouse how does it know which screen you are controlling?
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- Wiltshire
Makes no difference, as the cursor moves off the edge of 1 screen it appears on the other.
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