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Alright this is going to be an incredibly stupid question but I need an answer. Why and how do people have like, two monitors like this:

Is it two computers or 2 monitors? What does this do? How can I do it?

really youve never heard of having a second monitor i do that with my laptop all the time for work. On a desktop computer you have to buy another videocard to be able to do that its just an extension of yourcurrent monitor so you have a wider screen for all you windows. yes its just one computer.

Well, When I am programming I tend to use two :)

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Two is becoming more common place. You pretty much plug in your second monitor to an open video port (which sometimes requires a second graphics card) and set windows to extend your desktop to that display. Windows generally does that for you once your extra monitor is detected. 

My motherboard has onboard VGA/HDMI ports so I wouldn't need a graphics card for dual monitors. However, onboard graphics tend to suck, so I have a graphics card with VGI/DVI/HDMI ports so I could have as many as 5 monitors if I felt like it. And most people with gaming pcs invest in two graphics cards, and use Crossfire/SLI between them. 

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ethanmoffat posted: (9th May 2011 07:52 am)

Two is becoming more common place. You pretty much plug in your second monitor to an open video port (which sometimes requires a second graphics card) and set windows to extend your desktop to that display. Windows generally does that for you once your extra monitor is detected. 

My motherboard has onboard VGA/HDMI ports so I wouldn't need a graphics card for dual monitors. However, onboard graphics tend to suck, so I have a graphics card with VGI/DVI/HDMI ports so I could have as many as 5 monitors if I felt like it. And most people with gaming pcs invest in twographics cards, and use Crossfire/SLI between them. 

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Geez, i've never even heard of that rofl.

oh look its my pc! i miss my old room D: lol well i run my duel monitors with a graphics card and my integrated makes doing artwork much easier i can pixel in one program and test the animations in the other  :)

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My father has this, along with his 6 other PC's. He's a programmer. I'm jealous though. :*(

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Xlembros posted: (9th May 2011 11:39 am)

oh look its my pc! i miss my old room D: lol well i run my duel monitors with a graphics card and my integrated makes doing artwork much easier i can pixel in one program and test the animations in the other  :)

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We have this at school, I'm doing media and design when ur working with Adobe Flash or After Effects you'd like to have Illustrator or premiere open on the other screen so you can easily import and export with having everything viewed.

My 2nd screen decided to die on me today :( Oh wells, I shall buy a new one after my holidays :P

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