[ninjageek]

Hi I was wondering if I can dual monitor my tower from one video card. It has the VGA port and another one that I think is for HDTV, but I'm not sure if i'd have to buy another vid card or not. As of right now I cant afford the card and the monitor at the same time. The Vid card I have is the Nvidea Geforce 8400GS. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I built my computer so if I need to change the hardware to be able to dual monitor my tower then I might be able to work something out, however, I wanna try to not change the setup as it is.

This computer is my everyday gaming computer, however, I like to also look things up while I game and it's inconvenient to minimize and look something up. please help!

Edited by ninjageek, 09 May 2010 - 02:12 AM.

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If your 8400GS has two connectors, connect two monitors, boot into Windows, go into Display Settings and select "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor".

[SpywareDr]

If your 8400GS has two connectors, connect two monitors, boot into Windows, go into Display Settings and select "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor".

[ninjageek]

thanks, I wasn't sure if it would allow me to do that

[SpywareDr]

Won't hurt to try.

[ninjageek]

it wouldn't but i didn't want to over tax the vid card. thanks for the help i'll try it later and tell you how it goes

[SpywareDr]

it wouldn't but i didn't want to over tax the vid card.

Doesn't matter; they'll make more.

thanks for the help i'll try it later and tell you how it goes

Got my fingers crossed that all goes as planned.