Dual Display at Work? Need quick fix!

[ivan_gromov]

Well, I want to use dual LCD Setup at work. The problem is with the fact that I have jsut started working there about a month ago, so I really do not want to ask for a new system, not yet .

I want to use two LCD's as i have mentioned, they only have VGA ports and same goes for my shitty Hell Pc. MY pc has an onboard gfx card and 1 VGA port on the mobo. I do however have an extra video card, I believe its Nvidia 5100 which has 1 DVI and 1 VGA ports. So, is there anything I could buy to get my PC to run in dual LCD mode?

 

[Gavin28x]

If its Ok with whoever is in charge, you could just install that new video card, install the drivers and then connect one LCD to the VGA, then you just need to get a small adapter that is male DVI to female VGA and then plug the other moniter into that.

Windows has built in utilities that will let you work with two displays. Just Right click on the desktop go into the settings tab and right click on the 2nd display picture and choose "extend my desktop onto this display"

Shouldn't be too hard, also if you want to do stuff such as extend your taskbar all the way across both displays you can download a program like ultramon which lets you do some cool stuff with dual displays.

 

[ivan_gromov]

If its Ok with whoever is in charge, you could just install that new video card, install the drivers and then connect one LCD to the VGA, then you just need to get a small adapter that is male DVI to female VGA and then plug the other moniter into that.

Windows has built in utilities that will let you work with two displays. Just Right click on the desktop go into the settings tab and right click on the 2nd display picture and choose "extend my desktop onto this display"

Shouldn't be too hard, also if you want to do stuff such as extend your taskbar all the way across both displays you can download a program like ultramon which lets you do some cool stuff with dual displays.

Thanks, I am actually a Network Admin here, so it is cool. I am slappying myself for not thinking about it.