I was surprised that in the settings the integrated video card had two heads (dual display). My brother just bought a computer for nothing and it's a 3500+, with pci-express slot. But I was asking myself how do we use the dual display with only one plug? Since it's integrated there's only one plug.
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Integrated video card.
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VulturEMaN
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I'll bump just cause I don't have a damn clue 
Specs don't really matter in this case but anyways:
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=BDL10000728&catid=20215&logon=&langid=EN#
I don't have it with me so I don't have a damn clue of what the onboard card is. (Xpress maybe?
From what I remember:
The mobo has pci-ex..lol.
EDIT: Radeon xpress 200 igp.
EDIT EDIT: I just searched and found out that it has both VGA and DVO output. Now the problem is figure out, what the heck is a DVO output, never heard of that.
EDIT EDIT EDIT: Well I think we can have the dual display, since it's detected in windows, but since there's no mobos with 2xVGA it's a big nono on this feature. Anyways..
Thanks for the help.
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=BDL10000728&catid=20215&logon=&langid=EN#
I don't have it with me so I don't have a damn clue of what the onboard card is. (Xpress maybe?
From what I remember:
The mobo has pci-ex..lol.
EDIT: Radeon xpress 200 igp.
EDIT EDIT: I just searched and found out that it has both VGA and DVO output. Now the problem is figure out, what the heck is a DVO output, never heard of that.
EDIT EDIT EDIT: Well I think we can have the dual display, since it's detected in windows, but since there's no mobos with 2xVGA it's a big nono on this feature. Anyways..
Thanks for the help.
Superunknown98
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More than likely, this dual video is for adding a discreet solution and using it in conjunction with the on-board. In the past, once an AGP or PCI-express vido card was installed, the on-board would turn itself off either automatically or through the bios. Now however, some of the newer motherboards will let both display at the same time.
With the surround option in the bios, is it possible to have a normal pci-e card and use the 2 connectors on it for the vid card 's primary screen and the other for the secondary screen on the onboard, and then the onboard plug itself?
Resulting in vga onboard, vga pci-e, dvi/vga on pci-e but the onboard's secondary. = 3 screens
I doubt it, but....
Resulting in vga onboard, vga pci-e, dvi/vga on pci-e but the onboard's secondary. = 3 screens
I doubt it, but....
Superunknown98
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Dont see why not, unless it's a windows shortcoming. yuo ever see those systems with 4 PCI-express slots? those support up to 8 monitors. And the matrox parahelia will do 3 moniotrs with one card.