Re: Dual Monitors

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From: Boatguy (boatguy_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/05/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 13:00:20 -0600

Having dual monitors makes my work of photo editing and manipulation a lot
easier and faster. Rather than having to constantly toggle between windows,
I'm able to do more in less time with everything spread out in front of me.
As soon as my budget allows, I'm going to a 3 display setup.
Boatguy

"dmiller" <dmiller@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DEFDBF31-0CFD-46B4-9C04-5CEAF52F89C5@microsoft.com...
> Call me stupid but, what would be the point of running two video cards.
All
> that would gain you is two screens with the same view on it wouldn't it?
Why
> would this be an advantage. Not being negative just really interested.
>
> "EDS" wrote:
>
> >
> > Running Windows 2k Pro. Using Microstation and InRoads (Bentley Civil
> > Engineering porducts) and would like to run two monitors. I know that I
can
> > purchase a graphics card that is capable of running dual monitors, but
are
> > there other configurations? My question: Can I just insert an
additional
> > graphics card and connect my second monitor to it? Will this
configuration
> > work? Will Windows recognize both monitors?
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Eric

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