Help a noob with his triple monitor set up?!

[messy]

I've found another one on ebay, which looks similar to the one posted by stormy.. this any good?

nvidia xfx geforce 6200a 512mb ddr2 pci on eBay (end time 13-Feb-11 18:00:55 GMT)

 

[stormy13]

That would do just fine with the exception of one little problem. The description says PCI, but the picture is of a PCI-E card. Might want to double check that with the seller before making a bid on it.

 

[messy]

Ok thanks, I have just sent a question.

Do you know of any other cards that will do the job for around £20?

 

[messy]

I've just had another thought... How does a splitter deal with resolutions? Will both monitors on the splitter have to be on the same res?

 

[Mashed1316]

Yes, the VGA splitter will do exactly the same as one VGA cable, the only thing is that the splitter, well, splits the signal into 2 monitors.. but it'll display the same image on both let's say you're playing a video in fullscreen mode, both monitors will show the video in fullscreen...

 

[messy]

Yes, the VGA splitter will do exactly the same as one VGA cable, the only thing is that the splitter, well, splits the signal into 2 monitors.. but it'll display the same image on both let's say you're playing a video in fullscreen mode, both monitors will show the video in fullscreen...

Yeh I know this, but I meant could I set the correct res for the 32" and another res for the 22"? I'm assuming I cant but you never know!

 

[Mashed1316]

Ohhhh good point, well... if the 2 monitors have the same resolution, well, there's no problem, but if the 2 monitors have different resolutions, then i guess it's not possible, because if you change resolution on (let's say...) monitor 1, it'll do the same with the 2nd monitor, since it's a mirrored image, was i clear enough? hehe

 

[messy]

Yeh thats what I thought, I shall give it a try anyway before I buy a new card just to see tho! Thanks for both your help guys, I shall be back in the next few days with a report!

 

[messy]

K so have the monitors, only one set up tho.

Hows this?

PNY GeForce FX5500 128mb PCI Graphics Card on eBay (end time 10-Feb-11 20:31:45 GMT)

My colleague reckons it could do the job?

 

[stormy13]

If you do you will have to use this driver for both,

ForceWare Release 95

as there is zero Windows 7 support for any FX5xxx series card, as Nvidia dropped support for it a long time ago.

 

[messy]

So you still recommend going with the one you posted in the first page?

 

[messy]

Hey all, I ended up getting this one

Zotac GeForce 6200 512MB TV-Out/DVI PCI - Retail

as Novatech are just up the road.. So got it and just fitted it, had to move my wireless card to another slot as the gfx card would fit in the spare one, but it all seems to be working perfectly. The only thing I've noticed is that one of the 22s is ever so slightly blurry. My set up is the 32 and primary 22 on the old card, and the other (blurry) 22 is on the new card. I am assuming the blurriness is occurring because I haven't installed any proper drivers for the new card yet. My question to you guys is should I install the drivers that came with it or are there any other newer/old drivers I should use from the net?

Many thanks

 

[stormy13]

Use the same driver that you have installed for the 7600. Actually as far as that goes the new card is already using the same driver, as that is what Windows installed for it once the card was detected. Probably wouldn't hurt to do an uninstall and re-install of the current driver as it will then be properly installed for both cards.

Also is the blurry monitor connected via VGA or DVI? Ideally it shouldn't make any difference, but if it is VGA and a re-install of the driver doesn't sort it try it with a DVI cable instead.

 

[messy]

Its VGA, yeh I thought that, Ill get a VGA to DVI connector at some point... cheers for all your help!

 

[stormy13]

Ill get a VGA to DVI connector at some point.

That wouldn't be any different than using just a VGA cable. Don't forget that VGA is an analogue signal and DVI is digital.