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Windows 7 - whats 2 x DVI? |
10-20-2010
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whats 2 x DVI?
 are those for multi monitors? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number compaq SR1630NX
OS windows 7 ultimate 64bit
Motherboard Motherboard Name: A8AE-LE HP/Compaq motherboard name: Amberi
Memory 2.75 RAM
Graphics Card Integrated graphics
Sound Card Controller: AC97 audio
Monitor(s) Displays ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Integrated Graphics with 128MB Shared
Hard Drives 200GB 7,200rpm ATA Hard Drive
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10-20-2010
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer M802
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GH
Motherboard MB.SCQ07.002 MB KIT G43 ICH10R HMII EUPLOT6 ECS R
Memory 8GB DDR2
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 GB GDDR5
Sound Card Realtek ALC 888s
Monitor(s) Displays LG FLATRON 23" W2361V
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 60hz
PSU FSP Group 80 plus bronze 450-500 watts
Case Midtower ATX
Cooling fan
Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda ST3750528AS 750 GB 7200 RPM
WD My Book Essential 1 TB external HDD
Internet Speed Rogers Express internet.
System Manufacturer/Model Number compaq SR1630NX
OS windows 7 ultimate 64bit
Motherboard Motherboard Name: A8AE-LE HP/Compaq motherboard name: Amberi
Memory 2.75 RAM
Graphics Card Integrated graphics
Sound Card Controller: AC97 audio
Monitor(s) Displays ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Integrated Graphics with 128MB Shared
Hard Drives 200GB 7,200rpm ATA Hard Drive
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10-20-2010
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Oh and James dual monitors are way cool ! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU AMD 965 Phenom II X4 3.4 BE, OC'd stable at 4.1
Motherboard MSI 890FXA-GD70
Memory 16 gb G. Skill Z Series 2133 DDR3 9-10-9-28 @ 1866
Graphics Card (2) Crossfired MSI R5770 Hawk's OC'd
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via hdmi/d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case Thermaltake Element V Black Edition
Cooling 15 case fans w/speed control,Corsair H100 in P/P, gpu fans
Hard Drives (2) 128 gb Crucial m4 SSD drive sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Seagate Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Seagate Freeagent go's/usb
(1) 80 gb Seagate Barracuda/sata
(1) 64 gb Crucial C300
Internet Speed Some where between the worst and bearable
Other Info 3 Noctua fans + 4 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Ultra 2.5 dual hot swap drive bays for SSD's
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Ultra MD3 media reader, IO ports & fan controller
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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10-21-2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9 |
My card has 2 DVI-I outputs, so I run this: 
~Lordbob | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Hera
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
CPU Intel i5-2500k
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro
Memory 2x 4Gb Corsair VENGEANCE DDR3-1600
Graphics Card NVidia GeForce N260GTX Twin Frozr
Sound Card Realtek HD OnBoard Audio
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS 24" Monitor
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Razer Tarantula
Mouse Razer Lachesis
PSU Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
Case Cooler Master Haf 932
Cooling Fans
Hard Drives G.SKILL Phoenix Series 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA II
Internet Speed not fast enough
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10-21-2010
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If it is 2x dual DVI you can run 4 monitors 
That is twice as cool as 2 | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Pugh Technologies
OS W7 Professional x64
CPU AMD Athlon II X3 445 Rana 3.10 GHz
Motherboard MSI 870A-G54
Memory PNY XLR DDR3 1600 4x2GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 (fermi) 1GB GDDR5
Sound Card Realtek ALC892 onboard
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VE205t, Viewsonic VX2035WM
Screen Resolution 1600x900, 1600x1050
Keyboard Logitec 55
Mouse Razer Deathadder
PSU Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W
Case ThermalTake Armor A90 Mid Tower
Cooling 3x 120mm in, 1x 120mm & 200mm out, self built hydro-cooler
Hard Drives 977GB Hitachi Hitachi HDS721010CLA332
244GB Western Digital WDC WD2500AAJS-65B4A0
488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAJS-00A8B0
488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKS-00UU3A0
Internet Speed 20 Mbps D/L, 9 Mbps U/L
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10-21-2010
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9 |
Quote: Originally Posted by LiquidSnak  If it is 2x dual DVI you can run 4 monitors
That is twice as cool as 2 Dual link DVI does not support running 2 monitors off 1 port, but allows for twice the resolution.
So you still only get 2 monitors.
~Lordbob | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Hera
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
CPU Intel i5-2500k
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro
Memory 2x 4Gb Corsair VENGEANCE DDR3-1600
Graphics Card NVidia GeForce N260GTX Twin Frozr
Sound Card Realtek HD OnBoard Audio
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS 24" Monitor
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Razer Tarantula
Mouse Razer Lachesis
PSU Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
Case Cooler Master Haf 932
Cooling Fans
Hard Drives G.SKILL Phoenix Series 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA II
Internet Speed not fast enough
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10-21-2010
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Hmm... What am I thinking of then... At work there is only one DVI port on the back of the workstation, but with a splitter, two monitors are available for use... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Pugh Technologies
OS W7 Professional x64
CPU AMD Athlon II X3 445 Rana 3.10 GHz
Motherboard MSI 870A-G54
Memory PNY XLR DDR3 1600 4x2GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 (fermi) 1GB GDDR5
Sound Card Realtek ALC892 onboard
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VE205t, Viewsonic VX2035WM
Screen Resolution 1600x900, 1600x1050
Keyboard Logitec 55
Mouse Razer Deathadder
PSU Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W
Case ThermalTake Armor A90 Mid Tower
Cooling 3x 120mm in, 1x 120mm & 200mm out, self built hydro-cooler
Hard Drives 977GB Hitachi Hitachi HDS721010CLA332
244GB Western Digital WDC WD2500AAJS-65B4A0
488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAJS-00A8B0
488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKS-00UU3A0
Internet Speed 20 Mbps D/L, 9 Mbps U/L
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10-21-2010
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9 |
Quote: Originally Posted by LiquidSnak Hmm... What am I thinking of then... At work there is only one DVI port on the back of the workstation, but with a splitter, two monitors are available for use... My school has these as well. I am not entirely sure, but I would guess it is for mirroring.
I will have to try it at some point.
If you notice though, the one connected to the computer is NOT a standard DVI port.
~Lordbob | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Hera
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
CPU Intel i5-2500k
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro
Memory 2x 4Gb Corsair VENGEANCE DDR3-1600
Graphics Card NVidia GeForce N260GTX Twin Frozr
Sound Card Realtek HD OnBoard Audio
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS 24" Monitor
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Razer Tarantula
Mouse Razer Lachesis
PSU Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
Case Cooler Master Haf 932
Cooling Fans
Hard Drives G.SKILL Phoenix Series 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA II
Internet Speed not fast enough
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10-21-2010
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With one of these and four monitors you can run a small country, corner the market or game till your head explodes ! Your choice, choose wisely ! Planar 997-5602-00 Quad Monitor Stand for Four LCD Displays at TigerDirect | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU AMD 965 Phenom II X4 3.4 BE, OC'd stable at 4.1
Motherboard MSI 890FXA-GD70
Memory 16 gb G. Skill Z Series 2133 DDR3 9-10-9-28 @ 1866
Graphics Card (2) Crossfired MSI R5770 Hawk's OC'd
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via hdmi/d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case Thermaltake Element V Black Edition
Cooling 15 case fans w/speed control,Corsair H100 in P/P, gpu fans
Hard Drives (2) 128 gb Crucial m4 SSD drive sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Seagate Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Seagate Freeagent go's/usb
(1) 80 gb Seagate Barracuda/sata
(1) 64 gb Crucial C300
Internet Speed Some where between the worst and bearable
Other Info 3 Noctua fans + 4 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Ultra 2.5 dual hot swap drive bays for SSD's
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Ultra MD3 media reader, IO ports & fan controller
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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are those for multi monitors? 
