Migrating from 2 monitor setup to 3 monitor setup.

[peterberglin]

My old computer had a ati pci card with vga and dvi (blue and white) that ran 2 monitors just fine. "no gaming"

my new desktop, sony vaio currently has 1 integrated vga only. If I install the ati pci card into the vaio, can I run 3 monitors?

1)Integrated of Motherboard - blue vga
2a)ATI PCI card - blue vga
b)ATI PCI card - white dvi

Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated, thanks

 

[NTesla1886]

In theory you should be able to.

It depends on whether the new video card in the vio supports what you want to do? It will also depend on whether the drivers for each card will recognize the other video card.

I would end to think yes. My office computer has an on board vga port, wanting dual monitors I took a stab at installing a PCI video card. Fortunetly they were both NVidia, and I got my dual monitors not the ideal and perfect way but it works.

The only way to find out definitively is to try.

Kevin
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[Amos43]

Yes, they should. The two cards can be of whatever make and model - as long as your PC recognizes both, they will run together. I had a modern ATI Radeon running alongside a legacy PCI S3 card, and since my PC recognized both, they ran fine alongside each other.

 

[wahnula]

An interesting device is Tritton's SEE-2 Xtreme USB adapter:

http://reviews.cnet.com/graphics-cards/tritton-see2-xtreme-usb/4505-8902_7-32896651.html

That enables you to use as many monitors as you have USB ports!

Tony

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