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  1. April 13th, 2001, 06:02 AM #1
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    Talking Dual Monitors

    I have come to a point in my job where I need two monitors, one for an access database and the other for CAD. My current system is a IBM P3, WIN NT, 256MB Ram and an ELSA Gloria II video card in the AGP. I dont think I can, but can I hook up a second monitor to the onboard video?? Or do I have to change my card to one that supports dual monitors?? THANKS!!!
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    Upgrade to Win 2K this should support Dual Monitor Just add 2nd PCI CArd to your AGP Card.Win 2000 Pro is better choice for OS that supports Dual Proc & Configs. Also will see 256 MB or more of Memory.
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    The operating system I am using is WIN NT (Stated in original post) and if it was up to me I would be using Win2000, but I must work with what I am given.
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    if you've onboard AND a video card the answers no. usually a card will disable the onboard.... and then u have NT which i dont think supports dual anyway.
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  5. April 13th, 2001, 11:04 AM #5
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    I've only seen NT4 support dual monitors with a single video card with two ports. NT4 doesn't support two separate video boards.
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