I got a second monitor ($25 secondhand + $7 for a new cable), got 2 video cards from ebay ($10 each), and now I have a dual monitor setup (Win XP). Sweet.
What I learned:
- dual monitor brings out the geek in me.
- I needed 2 new graphics cards. My Dell desktop has a video card ON the motherboard, and that stops working when you add a new video card.
- The two monitors can run different resolutions.
- However, the max resolution of my main monitor went down after plugging it in the new video card.
- Pretty much any cheap video card will do (I got 2 $10 matrox cards).
- WinDVD stopped working for some reason - sound works, video doesn't when I play a DVD. Same sympton when trying to play the DVD with other software.
# Nov 3, 2003