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dual lcd's

Mar 3, 2004 5:17AM PST

Lets say i have a ati radeon 9800xt how would i hook up two lcd monitors concidering that it only has one dvi spot and a vga spot? are there vga to dvi adapters? any help would be appreciated thanks!

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Re:dual lcd's
Apr 7, 2004 9:54AM PDT

most lcd's have vga inputs. converting a vga signal from your computer to a dvi (digital) signal wouldn't get you any better quality. it's like taking an analogy cable television signal and stick it in your digital tv and expecting the quality to be digital quality. you lose so much information during the conversion that it's not worth the trouble of finding an adaptor.

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Re:dual lcd's
Apr 8, 2004 5:57AM PDT

Didn't you get the DVI to VGA adapter to run 2 VGA monitors? That's all you need. Comes with package unless
you bought from less than honest company. At that price,
you wouldn't save money by omitting it like you would on
a lower level card, like say, a 9200. chuck