Dual Displays

Does annyone know how to have two Dispays working at the same time on a windows xp desktop computer?

#376909

You need a graphic card that supports dual output (DVI or D-Sub).

#376910

I had a question that is related

I will soon have an iMac to go with my PC

Now, is it possible using a KVM switch to switch between a dual monitor for the iMac, and one monitor for each?

I just wonder if there will be any problem with OS X when I switch the second monitor over to my Windows PC,

Will i just have to take steps before I switch it, or am i totally over thinking it?

#379845

Okay, you can have dual monitors like that, but you'd have to shut off the monitor extention on OS X before switching.

#380006

Thanks a ton

#380066

hehe http://guistyles.com/temp/AQUA.JPG

my 2 monitors

#380091

To use two monitors you have to have either two video cards (i.e. 2 PCIe, 2 PCI, 1 APG 1 PCI, etc.) or have a videocard with two heads, which most modren video cards have.

Also there is a program called Syngery. It is better than a KVM IMO. You can have multiple machines and different operating systems and have it work as a if you had dual monitors (by being able to move your mouse from one monitor to the next.) It also allows for you to copy somthing from one machine to another through the clipboard, even if it is something like Linux on one machine and Windows on the other.

#382012