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  1. Lee Foster

    Lee Foster Dark Magician of Chaos

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    Dual monitor setups...

    Are just superb!

    If you have not tried using 2 monitors, I would suggest looking into buying a second unit and appropriate display card.

    I must get out more.

    :lol:
    Lee Foster, May 27, 2004
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    its much better IMO. Weve got a dual Monitor G4 Mac setup at uni, and its pretty sweet....

    Its a right pain trying to juggle screens on my single monitor at home...

    Ive used dual monitor setups for quite a few things besides music production (MM development, video editing), and its always much better....
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    back in my home business days - i'd have chat windows and internet explorer on one monitor... and the real work related stuff in the other.... was great :up:
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  5. Lee Foster

    Lee Foster Dark Magician of Chaos

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    It just makes sense...

    2 monitors makes for a much more productive workspace footprint.

    :angel3:
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    i'd get another monitor just to avoid having to swap IE windows every so often.

    lazy bastard :D
    blur, May 27, 2004
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    soon as I can afford it i'm gonna get a 17" tft screen like.

    What display card is decent and cheap that can support dual screen setup?
    trance_fan, May 27, 2004
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  8. Lee Foster

    Lee Foster Dark Magician of Chaos

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    Cards...

    I use an NVidia GEforce 4 MX440 (AGP8X) with dual output. You have to check that it supports dual output. Hang on...no way!

    Ha ha!

    I paid £56 for the card!

    How crazy is that?



    :angel3:
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    trance_fan Registered User

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    lol it's taken me 10 minutes to click as to why thats funny :lol: :lol:

    der derderderder der der! (thats sposed to be the twilight zone music :p)
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    I have a radeon 9800 pro run through DVI to my TFT (17" Aluminium Acer)

    DONT EVER get a TFT unless you are going to use it with a graphics card with a DVI output (and your tft monitor needs one too, cheapo ones dont) - your wasting your money otherwise... trust me :)
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    eh? why's that?
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    gggeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkssss


    ALT-Tab works a treat for me....
    ManofScience, May 27, 2004
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    [​IMG]

    :drool:
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    BRID Has name in red. Staff

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    if you run a vga signal into a TFT the image quality is utter utter gash - its not 100% focused over the whole of the screen and you are more prone to colour "bleed" with games and dvd's.

    A VGA signal is an analogue one aswell - compared to DVI which is pure digital.

    The difference between a proper dvi connection and a vga one is very noticeable.
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    gggeeeeeekkkkkk... this is how it should be.... we want more titmuss!

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    :lol:
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    ahh rite, never knew that!

    how expensive are the cards?
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    Improves workflow dramatically if you're working in editing/effects/animation/graphics etc...

    It's hard to go back but I can't afford another TFT monitor and a standard £70 monitor would just look shit with the one I've got! :p
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    :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

    :king:
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    I have been using dual monitor systems for a few years now, I'm actually using three at work now (2 17" and one small lcd that I have my email open on).

    I hate using single monitor systems these days, it feels like something major is missing.

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    do u just drag windows accross to the second monitor or what?
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