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Installing a VGA card in addition to I7 Ivy Bridge Internal Graphics
At the moment I have my music/audio I7 Ivy Bridge machine running two monitors from the onboard graphics, as an extended desktop (main monitor is a 27" 1920 x 1080, other monitor is a 22" 1680 x 1050).
I also have a laptop plugged into my main monitor, which gets switched between it and the desktop computer via the "source" switch on this monitor.(I have the laptop closed, but HDMI out into the monitor at 1920 x 1050 which the laptop's screen can't manage).
I've done this so I can work on my two screen audio computer, but switch the monitor source if I hear an email has arrived at the "normal" W7 installation on the laptop. Clunky I know. I use "Mouse Without Borders" to do this. It's a brilliant wee program.
Would installing a fairly low end Radeon HD5450 give me any advantage, with say a third monitor running at 1920 x 1080?