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pointdablame:

--- Quote from: Excretious on July 27, 2005, 09:34:23 pm ---I havnt seen anyone point out the fact that theres usually a video out on the motherboard.  So theres your two video outs right there, motherboard and video card.

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No there isn't.  Only motherboards with onboard video will have a monitor output, and that is certainly not "the norm"  Most higher end boards won't have onboard video, and the only place they are pretty common are smaller form-factor motherboards so that you can have the most possible on one board (on board sound, lan, video, etc etc).  I wouldn't count on there being a monitor output on probably 75% or more of motherboards.

Also I don't know your personal knowledge of computers, but you might be thinking of a gameport which if glanced at quickly or seen by someone not very familiar with computers might be mistaken for a VGA port... I've had people say that to me before.

Josh - yes that is a dual output card.  The card I use is different, but that is what you are looking for.  As long as it is dual output you are ok.  You can get 2 VGA, 1 VGA and 1 DVI, or 2 DVI outputs depending on the card.  Don't be afraid of a DVI card either if your monitor is VGA... an adapter usually comes with the card to convert it to VGA.
Excretious:
Ive got four computers in front of me right now.  A Dell Dimension 2400, a Gateway PentiumIII, an old compaq Emachine, and a custom built rig with an Asus p4c800 motherboard. 

The Dell Gateway and Compaq all have Monitor outs (VGA connector) right on the motherboard but the asus dosnt.   

I just figured if Dell Gateway and Compaq were putting onboard video on their more popular home/office computers, then that was probably the norm.
DaveMMR:

--- Quote from: pointdablame on July 27, 2005, 12:26:17 pm ---
 I HIGHLY recommend a piece of software called "Ultramon"  It is the best dual monitor software IMHO. 

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I wish I heard of that before I disconnected my two monitor setup.

I liked the dual monitor config at first, but since the second monitor is off-center from my sitting position (the desk won't allow me to move the chair anywhere else), it proved ineffectual.
ChadTower:

--- Quote from: Excretious on July 28, 2005, 05:24:26 am ---Ive got four computers in front of me right now.
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pointdablame:

--- Quote from: Excretious on July 28, 2005, 05:24:26 am ---Ive got four computers in front of me right now.  A Dell Dimension 2400, a Gateway PentiumIII, an old compaq Emachine, and a custom built rig with an Asus p4c800 motherboard. 

The Dell Gateway and Compaq all have Monitor outs (VGA connector) right on the motherboard but the asus dosnt.   

I just figured if Dell Gateway and Compaq were putting onboard video on their more popular home/office computers, then that was probably the norm.

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You're looking at that the wrong way.  Dell and Gateway do it so they can save money.  Onboard video is cheaper to implement than a stand alone video card, and it is also going to be a lot less powerful than an "average" video card at the time its released.  The 2400 was a low end Dell model, and the others sound older, when this was a bit more common.  I have 7 systems running in my house right now, and a few others not currently connected, and I can only think of one system that might have onboard video... and I'm not even sure about that.  Even newer Dells and Gateways don't have it anymore... unless you are getting the bottom of the barrel model.

Onboard video can also die by itself, and can affect the motherboard on rare occasions as well... even the big companies now realize it's easier to put in a stand alone card.

As I said, you can certainly still find mobo's with onboard video, but to say it as though every computer has it in very misleading.
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