[clue-tech] Dual monitors with 2 video cards?

Dan Harris dan at drivefaster.net
Fri Apr 6 13:17:58 MDT 2007


Bruce Ediger wrote:
> I just saw this nifty slashdot article asking for documentary proof
> that using more than 1 monitor "helps" in some fashion:
> 
> http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/05/2321255&from=rss
> 
> I thought to myself, "Hey, I have a motherboard with a built-in S3 "Virge"
> or somesuch, and I have a Matrox AGP video card in it. Can I use both
> video "cards" to drive 2 monitors?"
> 
> Well, is that possible?  

The one thing you have to check is whether your mobo will disable the onboard 
video automatically when it detects something in the AGP slot.  If not, then 
yes, it's possible to do.

-Dan




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