Using 3 monitors on one pc

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  1. wingnutt

    wingnutt Member

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    Hi, I have 3 LCD monitors and would like to use them on one pc. I already have a PCI Express video card installed with two outputs for video and am running 2 monitors from that. Do I need to just by a PCI video card and plug it in one of my empty slots or is there something else involved.

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    wingnutt, Sep 30, 2009
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  2. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Either get an extra graphics card as said, or buy a Matrox Triplehead 2 Go - the latter is limited to 1280x1024 per monitor.
     
    sammorris, Sep 30, 2009
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    I would suggest using multiple video cards, I have a dualhead2go, and its not as good as using video cards. I cant really back that up with any facts, just what I have noticed.
     
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