any vid cards support toggleable displays?

[georgexi]

I'm looking to build a new pc sometime in the next few months.. no specific timeframe unless Starcraft2 goes beta (then it will be ASAP )

i'd like to be able to hook up the PC to both my monitor and tv. then through windows (or maybe a hardware switch?) be able to pick which display I want the video signal to go to. i'm trying to avoid having to physcially switch or plug/unplug cables.

i've never run a dual-display before so i'm not familiar on how that all works. i guess i'm kinda trying to do a dual-display only i want the full signal sent to one display or the other. is this possible?

my tv and monitor both have vga and hdmi inputs if that matters.

 

[Nenu]

Use the driver control panel.
All features for dual display reside there.

 

[georgexi]

Use the driver control panel.
All features for dual display reside there.

so this may be possible with certain video cards? or is it a standard feature of all "dual-display" cards?

i don't have a dual-display card nor do i know anyone that does so i can't verify this personally. can anyone on here with dual-displays verify this?

 

[Nenu]

All ATI and NVidia cards now support dual display in hardware and the driver.

 

[Bonehead]

Nvidia and ATI also put hotkeys in their config programs so that you can usually map a keyboard shortcut to swap the monitors. If that doesn't work out for you, check out the program Ultramon.