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graphics card? by Val on 01-19-2006 at 03:43 AM

Hey guys im wondering if a GeForce4 MX 4000 can support dual screens?


RE: graphics card? by [MR] on 01-19-2006 at 03:57 AM

i have that graphics card.  The card has a normal vga oulet in it and an S video outlet in it.  So, if you have a tv or moniter with S video compatibility then you can have dual moniters.


RE: graphics card? by Adeptus on 01-19-2006 at 05:37 AM

Absolutely, provided you have a dual head card.  MX 4000 chipset is capable of it, but not all third party manufactured cards include the second connector.

If yours does, it will have both VGA and DVI connectors (or two of either).  If required, you can use an adapter to connect an analog VGA monitor to the DVI connector.


RE: graphics card? by RaceProUK on 01-19-2006 at 12:21 PM

It doesn't have to be two VGA/DVI - one of the heads can be S-Video.
The only requirement is two different outputs.


RE: graphics card? by Adeptus on 01-19-2006 at 03:05 PM

You can use S-video output on most cards, but that has very limited applications and usually isn't what people want to do when they ask about dual head -- so it wasn't mentioned.


RE: graphics card? by Val on 01-19-2006 at 10:20 PM

Okay thank you, I have extra moniter ports ;)

Thanks everyone, oh BTW thanks for telling me how to connect a TV too ;)