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[gi joe]

Ello Ladies

I have a dual screen setup with me 22" and a 17".  But I would like to replace the 17" for another 22" I think.  However, my graphics card has dual outputs.  So I was thinking, could I use one of those DVI splitters on one port with dual screens then the other monitor on the other port making 3 screens.  Not for gaming use though so not bothered about eyefinity thing.

I ask because got a crapping GX520 at work with inbuilt card.  Got an ATI card for it, for dual screen.  I put the DVI splitter in the ATI card for the 2 screens, then put a 3rd in the onboard graphics port and it worked, so I have 3 screens.

[Condor Baggins]

I don't quite understand the question mate, I mean if you have 3 screens set up what's the ploblem? 

[Wooster]

Depends on what kind of splitter you use.
I'm pretty sure you could set up a custom resolution on the paired connection (since it would be extra wide) and run independent apps on the two in windowed mode.

[Condor Baggins]

When I had the dual screens set up it detects both displays anyway and gives seperate sets of properties related to the particular display.

[Wooster]

It won't if you are running two screens off a single DVI port.

[gi joe]

I don't quite understand the question mate, I mean if you have 3 screens set up what's the ploblem? 

Problem is the 3 screens is at work.  The other setup is at home and only has one graphics card.  PC at work essentially has 2.

[Technical Ben]

Ello Ladies

I have a dual screen setup with me 22" and a 17".  But I would like to replace the 17" for another 22" I think.  However, my graphics card has dual outputs.  So I was thinking, could I use one of those DVI splitters on one port with dual screens then the other monitor on the other port making 3 screens.  Not for gaming use though so not bothered about eyefinity thing.

I ask because got a crapping GX520 at work with inbuilt card.  Got an ATI card for it, for dual screen.  I put the DVI splitter in the ATI card for the 2 screens, then put a 3rd in the onboard graphics port and it worked, so I have 3 screens.

How on earth did you do 3 screens with 2 cards? One ATI and one Nvidia!? WTF?!

[keasy]

He's thinking of using a video splitter on one of the outputs.

[gi joe]

Ello Ladies

I have a dual screen setup with me 22" and a 17".  But I would like to replace the 17" for another 22" I think.  However, my graphics card has dual outputs.  So I was thinking, could I use one of those DVI splitters on one port with dual screens then the other monitor on the other port making 3 screens.  Not for gaming use though so not bothered about eyefinity thing.

I ask because got a crapping GX520 at work with inbuilt card.  Got an ATI card for it, for dual screen.  I put the DVI splitter in the ATI card for the 2 screens, then put a 3rd in the onboard graphics port and it worked, so I have 3 screens.

How on earth did you do 3 screens with 2 cards? One ATI and one Nvidia!? WTF?!

The ATI card was purchased for it's dual screen capability.  A DVI splinter was then used on it.  So that's two screens on the one card.  Then the onboard card (good thing about old Dell's is the onboard can still be active.  We found with the HPs, the fuckers at HP forced you to disable to onboard card before a new PCI card would work) was left activated.  I plugged in a VGA cable to see if it would work, sure enough it did.  Hence 3 screens.

I checked on the back of my video card at home.  It has 2 DVI ports, but noticed it has two HDMI ports as well.  Never used HDMI before but now ordered a 2nd 22" monitor which can use the HDMI port.  The older 22" can use the DVI and the small 19" can also use the DVI.  So will have 2 22" and a 3rd 19".

Next what would be nice is if I could get, in Windows 7, videos to play while playing games.  Some work, but when they move to the next episode, because the game is using the card as well, the video goes blank.  I like to watch episodes of Star Trek Voyager while playing BC2, but this is a game that messes up video play back.

[Thermalsig]

Next what would be nice is if I could get, in Windows 7, videos to play while playing games.  Some work, but when they move to the next episode, because the game is using the card as well, the video goes blank.  I like to watch episodes of Star Trek Voyager while playing BC2, but this is a game that messes up video play back.

You sound like my son. He would literally watch TV while listening to the radio and playing the guitar. I think he had/has OCD.

[Wooster]

I think it's a big ask of any card to expect it to play back video and run a fairly demanding game simultaneously without any issues.


Tbh I think you've just invented a new stress test.

[gi joe]

I think it's a big ask of any card to expect it to play back video and run a fairly demanding game simultaneously without any issues.


Tbh I think you've just invented a new stress test.

It does run it fine in BC2, it's just when it jumps to the next episode it then goes black, the video play back.  It seems to depend on what game I play and how they use the card from what I can tell.  And I'm just guessing at that.

Best show to watch is Columbo.  Fucking love Columbo.  Sad that Peter Falk is now ill.

[Technical Ben]

Oh. I thought it was actually impossible. Guess I was wrong. AFAIK I'm still right with 2-3 PCIe cards. Unless your driver hacking for ATI + Nvidia physics. Your gonna get driver conflicts.
No idea how they manage to run the on board gfx with the pci one too. I know ati can do combined onboard and pci crossfire.

[gi joe]

Yeah the 2-3 PCIexpress thing might be right.  My card has 2 DVI ports and 2 HDMI ports so hopefully will be ok.

I'm was surprised the work setup worked as well

[gi joe]

BALL BAGS!

Thought it would work with two on DVI and one on HDMI on the card.  But it only will allow two of the monitors on at once this is the home setup.