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nessica



Joined: 24 Oct 2010
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:17 am    Post subject: VGA display
Can I run duel displays from a VGA and DVI or will it just duplicate one display? Iv got a NVIDIA Sparkle GeForce GTS 250 512MB that has a VGA output and a DVI output, i want to know if i plug an adapter onto the DVI output to make it into a VGA and then plug in another monitor, if windows 7 will recognize it as two different monitors or just send the same display to both of them. Many thanks in advance, Alex.
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WanMan



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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:28 pm    Post subject:
Last time I checked the ability to run multiple displays was a given for the past 20 years. Of course, if really comes down to the operating system you are using, and the drivers it has loaded.
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Rolls-Royce



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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 5:49 pm    Post subject:
Nessica, understand that the DVI out has to be DVI-I for a simple DVI-VGA adapter plug to work. DVI-I can carry both digital and analog signals, but DVI-D is digital only. Since VGA is analog, you'd need a powered converter box like an HDFury, Crescendo Systems, or Moome box to make it work with DVI-D. Make it past that, and it's like WanMan says.
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