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Need help hooking up 2 monitors to 1 PC

Apr 1, 2010 4:49PM PDT

HI. I do a lot of graphic work on my PC and a lot of the time I'm trying to learn from tut or use photos to do my work by. Anyway, I heard that you could hook up two monitors to 1 PC and i thought this would really help me out.
I was hoping someon here might be able to help me figure out what equiptment I would need and how to set things up. here are the specs on my PC. It's pretty new and there are no problems with it..
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System Information
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Time of this report: 3/26/2010, 00:23:51
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: GA-MA785GMT-UD2H
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 Processor (2 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4094MB RAM
Page File: 1649MB used, 6539MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GT 220
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0A20&SUBSYS_830F1043&REV_A2
Display Memory: 2777 MB
Dedicated Memory: 986 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: Acer H233H
Monitor Id: ACR00A0
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: HDMI

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Say, my kid has the GT 220.
Apr 2, 2010 12:37AM PDT

To hook up 2 displays is easy since it has 2 video connections.

What could be easier?

As to no problems, this is a PC so I expect problems.
Bob

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thanks..still need more info
Apr 2, 2010 6:21AM PDT

thanks for the input,
But the part I'm having trouble with is, if I plug two into the back of the computer what next?.. I don't know how to not have them show the same display.

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I don't know how to not have them show the same display.
Apr 2, 2010 12:26PM PDT

Windows display properties should have an option to "Extend" my display.

I can't offer you a step by step since the exact steps vary with the OS and drivers but the key word I see is the Extend my display check box. Look for that.
Bob