computer people help!

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

i have a dilemma. I am trying to run 2 monitors off my laptop that have separate (extended) displays for a total of 3 displays (laptop screen, monitor 1, and monitor 2). I just tried using a vga splitter to achieve this, but all it did was extend once so monitor 1 and monitor 2 showed the same display. This is not what I'm looking for, I need all displays to be different. Will a usb to vga adapter work? Is my video card going to prevent this from happening? All help is much appreciated.

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[BangThisBeat 10+ year member]

Google the problem, I think I hit ctrl f7 or one of the f's to display on my 32" and my laptop.

But normally I type it into google and it comes right up.

good luck

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Pretty sure your single graphics card isn't going to handle 3 different monitors man.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

i googled it already, didn't say what equipment i would need to run multiple monitors, just said it is possible to run at least 10 monitors off applet. Doesn't say what to use to connect them to my laptop so they are recognized separately

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Pretty sure your single graphics card isn't going to handle 3 different monitors man.

I'm pretty sure this is the answer. Why do you want to run 3 different monitors anyways?

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

The better question is...why? I mean, I ran dual monitors my first year of college for about 2 days only for the "cool" factor, it had little to no usable benefit to me.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

I'm pretty sure this is the answer. Why do you want to run 3 different monitors anyways?

boooo

I want to run a dbdrag style sound comp and i want to show the 2 different lanes on 2 different monitors

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

boooo
I want to run a dbdrag style sound comp and i want to show the 2 different lanes on 2 different monitors

You might just have to run two different computers.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

possibility i can get another video card put in my laptop?

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

1 GPU can run 3 monitors. You just need the program installed to do it. You can either use your ATI or NVIDIA control panel or this:

MultiMonitor TaskBar

What operating system are you using? Even Win 7 has it built into it so no additional software is needed.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

possibility i can get another video card put in my laptop?

Probably not...I guess it depends on what laptop your running though because the alienware I'm typing on right now has dual graphics cards in it....but it was built to have that

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

1 GPU can run 3 monitors. You just need the program installed to do it. You can either use your ATI or NVIDIA control panel or this:
MultiMonitor TaskBar

ha, well there ya go, we were wrong

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

1 GPU can run 3 monitors. You just need the program installed to do it. You can either use your ATI or NVIDIA control panel or this:
MultiMonitor TaskBar

What operating system are you using? Even Win 7 has it built into it so no additional software is needed.

didn't take, the program said "this computer does not have multi-monitor support" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[emilimo701 10+ year member]

you need a graphics card with that capability. that's all. if yours doesn't support it, you need to go out and buy one that does and install it. if it doesn't explicity say, just look at the picture and see if it has 2 VGA or DVI connectors

 

[mendon99 10+ year member]

you need a graphics card with that capability. that's all. if yours doesn't support it, you need to go out and buy one that does and install it. if it doesn't explicity say, just look at the picture and see if it has 2 VGA or DVI connectors

this.

I'm running a cheapy (ATI 9600xt) card that has this capability on my desktop. One VGA output plus one DVI