MX440 w/dual monitor?

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

ok my MX440 has an s-video out on it.....anyway i can hook this up to an add'l CRT?
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sandness · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:

Are you talking dual monitor + TV? Or a monitor + TV?

Yes, it can run 2 screens at once, but no on 3.

gmoney · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:24 pm Post subject:

doesnt the mx440 only have one vga port and one svideo cable..

so are you saying... vga monitor... plus and additional monitor through the s video.... i mean if u come across a monitor with s video u can do it.... but doubtfully... just use ur t.v. instead

gmoney · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:09 pm Post subject:

or this can werk

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41999&item=6745817254&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/video-vga_adapter.html

i guess just search google for it... i mean most i found were pricey as hell
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

good find money.....but a little pricey.....

i dont need a tv....i want to run two CRT's on it...its at work....so i have no TV to play around with.

a dual vga monitor setup would rock....any ideas for little to no money?
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gmoney · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:18 pm Post subject:

uhm ... i really dont think so mayne... unless you get one of the dual head mx440's.. do those exist? uhm...

i mean... that first one.. is supposed to plug into ur vga card.. uhm couldnt u just plug it into ur monitor and run a svideo to it instead.. :) ... or it wont werk...
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Hoedizzy · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 6:50 pm Post subject:

Yes, they make dual head. As I speak I am using a dual head mx-440 (MSI)

JayDubya · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:02 pm Post subject:

Indeed. I got two mx440's with dual heads.
I don't think dual monitor (extended desktop) works through the s-video. Only through the dual heads.
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Hoedizzy · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:28 pm Post subject:

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HoseB · SirTweaksabit Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 260

Or, you can just add a 2nd video card... a PCI VGA. I've got a new one you can have for $20 + shipping, if interested.

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Yeah, using the SVGA output will work as a dual-monitor, but like the other guys said, you have to buy a rather pricey adapter to make it work, and the quality isn't all that great. I used to run three off of my old Radeon 9000......two CRT's and one TV for watching movies. Only two would work at a time, of course, but when the TV was selected, it was an extension of my desktop. Looked like hell for anything but DVDs, though.
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