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Lilwolf:
Can Windows 9x or XP handle MORE then 2 monitors natively?


I have extra monitors sitting around... and I was going to throw them away..

but then I saw this... its a decent pci video card that handles two monitors.

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PCI-MX440DDR-64MTV&cat=VCD

And I have an ATI AGP that handles 2.  

And windows used to (haven't tested it recently) handle an AGP and a PCI at the same time.

But does it handle two cards that handle two each?

the drivers SHOULDNT trounce on each other.. but I could see them doing it....

but anyway, it would be a GREAT geek feeling to have 4 monitors lined up around my desk... I could out GEEK ANYONE with 4 monitors hooked to one computer!  OOOHHH YEAH!   ;D
AlanS17:
Yes. And you don't need dual-monitor video cards. You just need 1 pci card for every monitor (plus 1 agp if it's available). The pci card may try to pull seniority, but you can reassign the primary window through desktop settings once it's installed.
Witchboard:
Yeah, I've had 5 monitors running off 1 AGP and 4 PCI video cards.  They weren't dual cards though, but I would presume you could get 4 monitors up and running with 2 dual monitor cards.  You can setup in your BIOS which card to set as primary display (AGP-PCI) then in Windows you can set which monitor is the primary out of all the monitors.
AlanS17:

--- Quote from: Witchboard on July 16, 2004, 03:48:44 pm ---Yeah, I've had 5 monitors running off 1 AGP and 4 PCI video cards.  They weren't dual cards though, but I would presume you could get 4 monitors up and running with 2 dual monitor cards.  You can setup in your BIOS which card to set as primary display (AGP-PCI) then in Windows you can set which monitor is the primary out of all the monitors.

--- End quote ---

That all depends on the BIOS. You don't always have the option to choose primay in BIOS. I've seen it go PCI/AGP/onboard AGP before without giving the option to choose primary.
J_K_M_A_N:
Another question along the same lines...Can you have 2 monitors running at different resolutions? I have a 21" running 1600x1200 and I have an extra 17" that I could run at 1024x768 if it would work. That would be geek enough for me.

J_K_M_A_N
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