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On 30/10/2013 04:32, Dale wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> Quick question. I have a Nvidia GeForce GT 220 video card. It has a |
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> VGA and a HDMI connection. My question, if I hook a monitor to each |
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> port, they will both have the same pic right? |
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Depends on the card. |
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It might have two "processors"[1], one for each output then it will be |
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dual-head and you can have different output to each. |
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Or it might have one "processor" and two outputs coming from the same |
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place. That's the same picture on both, call this dual-screen if you will. |
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ignore what Google says. Read the actual nVidia spec sheet, that tells |
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you what you really have. |
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> Also, I have not hooked |
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> anything to the HDMI port yet, does it "just work" or do I have to set |
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> something for it to work in xorg.conf or something. |
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Modern xorg is a case of plug it in and it works. I suppose you *could* |
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configure things so that the output becomes disabled, but that would be |
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a really thick thing to do, and I've yet to find anyone who did it :-) |
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> From what I have found on google, the first question is that both will |
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> be the same. I'm not sure on the second question. |
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[1] for lack of a better word :-) |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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