Multi-monitor and VGA support
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I was changing my desktop to a multi-monitor setup. I want 2 or 3 monitors, but I don't know about VGA support. My desktop has a on-board vga (GeForce 6100 nForce 405), so I don't know if I can use it as one of monitors. My board has 2 PCI + PCI Express x16 + PCI Express x1. I don't know if my on-board vga support it or if I will need purchase a PCI Express VGA to primary video and PCI vga to another monitors. What vga you use in your Multi-monitor setup?
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I was changing my desktop to a multi-monitor setup. I want 2 or 3 monitors, but I don't know about VGA support. My desktop has a on-board vga (GeForce 6100 nForce 405), so I don't know if I can use it as one of monitors. My board has 2 PCI + PCI Express x16 + PCI Express x1. I don't know if my on-board vga support it or if I will need purchase a PCI Express VGA to primary video and PCI vga to another monitors. What vga you use in your Multi-monitor setup?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
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I was changing my desktop to a multi-monitor setup. I want 2 or 3 monitors, but I don't know about VGA support. My desktop has a on-board vga (GeForce 6100 nForce 405), so I don't know if I can use it as one of monitors. My board has 2 PCI + PCI Express x16 + PCI Express x1. I don't know if my on-board vga support it or if I will need purchase a PCI Express VGA to primary video and PCI vga to another monitors. What vga you use in your Multi-monitor setup?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
Hmmm, never tried to use the on-board as part of a dual (or more) monitor setup before... I wonder if it stays enabled once a new video card is connected. I run 4 monitors and have always purchased dual head cards for my setups. I have used 2 PCI GeForce FX 5500 cards before and now I use 2 EVGA GeForce 8800 GT PCIe cards.
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I was changing my desktop to a multi-monitor setup. I want 2 or 3 monitors, but I don't know about VGA support. My desktop has a on-board vga (GeForce 6100 nForce 405), so I don't know if I can use it as one of monitors. My board has 2 PCI + PCI Express x16 + PCI Express x1. I don't know if my on-board vga support it or if I will need purchase a PCI Express VGA to primary video and PCI vga to another monitors. What vga you use in your Multi-monitor setup?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
Sometimes you can sometimes you can not. It depends on whether the BIOS disables the onboard card or not when you add the new card.
John
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I was changing my desktop to a multi-monitor setup. I want 2 or 3 monitors, but I don't know about VGA support. My desktop has a on-board vga (GeForce 6100 nForce 405), so I don't know if I can use it as one of monitors. My board has 2 PCI + PCI Express x16 + PCI Express x1. I don't know if my on-board vga support it or if I will need purchase a PCI Express VGA to primary video and PCI vga to another monitors. What vga you use in your Multi-monitor setup?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
In addition to what the BIOS may/not allow if you're running vista all your cards need to use the same driver to enable aero. IIRC the 6000 series is the oldest currently in the unified drivers, so if doing 3 monitors you'd need to replace it before too long anyway. AFAIK there aren't any consumer level cards that support 3+ monitors (as opposed to having 3 connectors). PCIe1x cards are very rare and expensive as well, which means your 3rd display will end up costing you a moderately marked up PCIcard ($50ish). I run 2 monitors off a GTX260 at home and 2 off a Dell D series dock at work.
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