Dual Head on GeForce MX4000 with two LCD Monitors ?
I am trying to set up for two monitors using stuff I already have lying around. I have a GeForce MX4000 that has VGA and S-Video connectors. I also have three unused 17" LCD monitors that are identical to the one I am using on my system. The monitors only have VGA input connectors, so I can't hook up a second one directly.
Is there a way to get this to work without a big investment? Can the S-video signal be converted to vga without using a box that is more expensive than a second card? I could buy a second card but I hate to do that since I also have some spare cards, but they are AGP and the AGP slot is already occupied. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks. |
You can buy an S-video to vga adapter cable....but here's the catch...
The max resolution for S-video is 800x600 (basically a tv display) If you want the S-video out connected to your 17" monitor with decent resolution I would get a dedicated S-video to VGA Converter. Like this one: http://www.svideo.com/video2vga.html Hope that helps some |
Thanks for the reply, doublejoon.
I may try that solution, but in the interest of keeping things more integrated, I may get a PCI video card instead. That way I may be able to use the s-video connection for dedicated tv. Does anyone know which PCI cards would co-exist peacefully with the current AGP GeForce 4000, and if there are any that might have hidden traps? This is for my Gentoo box using xorg. Thanks |
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