I have been assigned to a project where I need to decide the best way to convert our entire office's day trading computer systems to have 3-4 monitors each. Can someone please inform me in detail of the various ways to convert a computer to support multi-screens, or do I need to purchase new computers that support multi-monitors?
Anonymous
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The Three main ways to Setup Multiple Monitors
1) You can buy a pre-manufactured multiple monitor computer. The best place to purchase a multiple monitor computer is at: http://Multi-Monitors.com. They carry a multi-monitor computer line called SUPER PC that can support from 2 to 12 monitors (or more if you ask).
http://www.multi-monitors.com/SUPER_PC_Multi_Monitors_com_Multi_Screen_Computers_PCs_s/23.htm
http://www.multi-monitors.com/SUPER_PC_Multi_Monitors_com_Multi_Screen_LCD_Displays_s/21.htm
2) You can get a USB to VGA Adapter, or USB to DVI Adapter that will allow you to add an extra monitor to your computer via any USB2.0 Port. You can also add multiple extra monitors by using multiple adapters. This is a great option for viewing documents, surfing the web, using Microsoft Office and many other business tasks. This is not a good option for intense graphical situations such as HDTV, Blu-ray, Gaming and 3D / CAD Workstation applications. For those types of scenarios, it is highly recommended that you purchase a high-powered multi-monitor workstation or a Matrox Dual or Triple Head2Go.
http://www.multi-monitors.com/SUPER_PC_Multi_Monitors_com_Multi_Screen_USB_Adapters_s/22.htm
3) You can replace or add an extra video card to your existing computer, depending on how many monitors you wish to support. Although this sounds easy enough, this is a rather complex solution for a beginner, especially when trying to find a compatible graphics card. For this reason, I am going to write an entirely seperate post on that topic and will link to it here, very soon.
http://www.multi-monitors.com/category_s/1914.htm
Once you have your multiple monitor system set up and ready to use, you will need to enable all of your monitors in your “Display Properties” Control Panel. Here is a great link to a complete and animated walkthrough of how to enable your multiple monitors in Windows.
How to Setup Multiple Monitors (Instructions)
http://www.multi-monitors.com/SUPER_PC_Multi_Monitor_Computer_Setup_Instructions_s/40.htm
This is what it should look like when you are done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_avGStqZOI
Anonymous
Like they said, Multi-monitors.com is pretty cool. You also might want to checkout Best Buy for some video cards. Chances are, you don't have dual pci express16 slots, so you will need to get a PCI card. Just make sure it matches the Chipset manufacturer as your other card. (NVidia or ATI). You can also get a Matrox Triple Head2Go adapter. you will have to use it with a dual head graphics card in order to use four monitors.
Rich
Just put an extra Dual Head Video Card in your PCs:
http://www.multi-monitors.com/category_s/1914.htm
Or you can always get a Multi-Monitor Adapter.
There are a lot to choose from. Here's a few:
http://www.multi-monitors.com/SUPER_PC_Multi_Monitors_com_Multi_Screen_USB_Adapters_s/22.htm
Anonymous
Is this what you are trying to do?
http://www.youtube.com/user/SuperPCMart
If so, the video says Multi-Monitors.com.
It looks like they have some really nice stuff.