Cord setup for dual monitors?
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From: Luke Brown on 30 Jul 2010 18:39 Hey, newbie to dual monitor setup. I've got two monitors, each have DVI, VGA and HDMI (benq e2420hd) and a video card that has all three (Powercolor 5770). At the moment I've got one monitor set up using DVI and one using VGA but the VGA monitor is noticeably worse in colour reproduction, etc. What is my best option for the second monitor beyond VGA and what cord do I need? I started googling it last night and saw things like DVI splitter (can I use the one GPU port for both monitors?), HDMI to USB (can I save a HDMI port?), or do I just want a normal HDMI cable? Thanks.
From: terryc on 30 Jul 2010 22:08 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:39:29 -0700, Luke Brown wrote: > Hey, newbie to dual monitor setup. > I've got two monitors, each have DVI, VGA and HDMI (benq e2420hd) and a > video card that has all three (Powercolor 5770). Usually proper dual monitor cards have two of each/the outlet on their card. What it looks like is that you have a multi outlet card that allows options like vga or HDMi and a TV quality outlet. The initial use of these cards was for the video editing interests as most video production was then for TV/TV qualitydevices. > At the moment I've got > one monitor set up using DVI and one using VGA but the VGA monitor is > noticeably worse in colour reproduction, etc. What is my best option for > the second monitor beyond VGA and what cord do I need? Obtain either a dual video card or a second monitor card. Frankly, why bother? what game are you playing that actually supports dual screens? I started > googling it last night and saw things like DVI splitter (can I use the > one GPU port for both monitors?), Not unless you want to display the same information on two different screens. Caveat, usually requires identical screens,
From: Rob on 30 Jul 2010 22:48 On 31/07/2010 8:39 AM, Luke Brown wrote: > Hey, newbie to dual monitor setup. > I've got two monitors, each have DVI, VGA and HDMI (benq e2420hd) and > a video card that has all three (Powercolor 5770). > At the moment I've got one monitor set up using DVI and one using VGA > but the VGA monitor is noticeably worse in colour reproduction, etc. > What is my best option for the second monitor beyond VGA and what cord > do I need? I started googling it last night and saw things like DVI > splitter (can I use the one GPU port for both monitors?), HDMI to USB > (can I save a HDMI port?), or do I just want a normal HDMI cable? > Thanks. You setup the monitors over both using the graphics card software. Connect both monitors into the card with separate cables. Should recognize both and then go to the software you setup your requirements and adjust the individual colour balance there also.
From: Fred on 31 Jul 2010 06:14 "Luke Brown" <lukebrown.home(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:9f0fea95-4d63-4afb-9a1c-5bbbe0516ee4(a)i18g2000pro.googlegroups.com... > Hey, newbie to dual monitor setup. > I've got two monitors, each have DVI, VGA and HDMI (benq e2420hd) and > a video card that has all three (Powercolor 5770). > At the moment I've got one monitor set up using DVI and one using VGA > but the VGA monitor is noticeably worse in colour reproduction, etc. > What is my best option for the second monitor beyond VGA and what cord > do I need? I started googling it last night and saw things like DVI > splitter (can I use the one GPU port for both monitors?), HDMI to USB > (can I save a HDMI port?), or do I just want a normal HDMI cable? > Thanks. If that card is a Radeon HD5770 it has got three integrated display controllers which allows the connection of up to three separate monitors that can be run independently. The two DVI outputs are DVI-I format which also carry analogue signals which allow for the use of a dongle so they can be connected to VGA cables. With the monitors that you have I would just connect both monitors via the two separate DVI ports using a dvi cable for each monitor. You would need something like a DVI-D to DVI-D Video Cable for each monitor. Presumably you already have one monitor connected this way. An example can be seen here. http://www.jaycar.com.au/index.asp Search for Catalogue number WC7590
From: Luke Brown on 1 Aug 2010 02:52
> What it looks like is that you have a multi outlet card that allows > options like vga or HDMi and a TV quality outlet. The initial use of > these cards was for the video editing interests as most video production > was then for TV/TV qualitydevices. This seems to be correct. My graphics card has 1x VGA, 1x Dual-Link DVI-I and 1x HDMI. I have one monitor set up with DVI and one with VGA, but the VGA looks crappy. So can I set up my second monitor using the HDMI port? And do I get a DVI-to-HDMI cable or just a standard DVI cable? (PS: I don't want to duplicate the contents of the first display onto the second). |