Dual Output - Is This Possible?

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Carlosinfl

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I hope this is the right place to ask...

We have a bunch of Dell Optiplex GX520's which don't have an AGP or PCI-E slot. All they have for expandability is 2 PCI slots. The PC uses on board Intel video which I am 100% does not support dual head capability.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me getting Dual Head setup on the GX520's?
 
add-in PCI video card?

Thats what the jokers did here where I work. Mine is the only department supported by our IT that has dual-head systems.

Intel onboard for 2ndary monitor and a GF4MX (PCI version) as the primary.

The only downside is that since they are 2 seperate adapters, the windows bar only goes across one of them.

edit: this is an optiplex gx280. Sounds like we have a winner. ;)
 
Intel onboard will disable with a PCI add-in, so you need a dual-head PCI card. Think Radeon 9250, GeForceFX5200, etc, unless you need higher performance than that.
 
mavalpha said:
Intel onboard will disable with a PCI add-in, so you need a dual-head PCI card. Think Radeon 9250, GeForceFX5200, etc, unless you need higher performance than that.
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SHHHH !!! Dont tell my machine that the onboard video will be disabled since I have a PCI add-in card. I'm still using it for work :p
 
We use a colorgraphic xentera with our SFF GX520s, it's half height pci and supports 2 dvi connections, then use the dsub from the mb for a 3rd monitor, works well, my buddy is running dual FP1905s and a Gateway 21" widescreen off of that setup.

We got the card from Dell, it's supported by them for that system.
 
Onboard video does NOT disable when you use a PCI card as well. I used to run a secondary monitor off the integrated on a Dimension 2400 along with a Radeon 9200 PCI.
 
FighterAce124 said:
Onboard video does NOT disable when you use a PCI card as well. I used to run a secondary monitor off the integrated on a Dimension 2400 along with a Radeon 9200 PCI.
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Depends on the system. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't.

Get a dual head pci videocard such as a Geforce FX 5500PCi or a Radeon 9250 PCi. They are cheap as hell and will do the trick. Just make sure to disable the onboard video in the device manager prior to installing the new pci card. :cool:
 
Bullitt said:
The only downside is that since they are 2 seperate adapters, the windows bar only goes across one of them.
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this is driver dependent. I use UltraMon, been using it for years, first with my ATI AIW Rage Pro AGP and Matrox Millenium II PCI and currently with my 7800GS.
 
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