screen help..

[stan the man]

okay,bought myself a 22" widescreen monitor today to replace the one that came with the PC..but someone mentioned that i could use the old one as well,and have 2 screens operating alongside one another...my question is...how on earth do i go about doing this?do i need extra cables etc etc..

your help is greatfully recieved...

stan

 

[Gary Coyle]

Firstly you need to make sure your graphics card had dual outputs

 

[stan the man]

Firstly you need to make sure your graphics card had dual outputs

cheers gary..how do i find that out?

sorry for the stupid "i haven't got a clue" question :bonk:

 

[neil_g]

do you have 2 sockets that will take the monitor connection in your computer

 

[stan the man]

do you have 2 sockets that will take the monitor connection in your computer

unfortunately not

 

[donky7]

basically.............

if your pc looks like this, you have an onboard graphix card,,,,, = just 1 monitor,

but. if you have a card in a socket, and its like this with 2,, your on your way.......

 

[stan the man]

yep,just like in number 1.....