How do you connect two monitors to one computer?

Is it possible?? Do you need a video card for it??

If yes, then what is the procedure you used to connect two monitors to one computer?

 

Method 1

USB VGA Adapter (Recommended)

Method 2

Monitor Merging Device (Matrox Dual Head 2 Go, Mview Box)

Or if your lucky your laptop supports dual monitors via dual outputs but that is sort of rare.

 

My current laptop supports VGA and HDMI out at the same time as long as the laptop's internal screen is disabled. None of my previous laptops supported that but they only had VGA out.

 

Can attach two monitors to a desktop video card connected to your expresscard slot. See http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphics-cards/418851-diy-vidock-experiences.html.

 

That would be the most expensive, ridiculous, and inconvenient way to do things.

A $60 adapter will do the trick and be about the size of just the express card let along the gpu and psu and all the other cables and mess.

 

Yes.. and your $60 USB 2.0 to DVI adapter will have 5 times less bandwidth which will be OK if viewing documents but can't game or watch full 1080p@60 on it. A x1.Opt DIY ViDOck can do both, costing x2 more.

It's an option.

 

I think the first question is what kind of computer you're talking about... It'd be hard to give you the best answer without knowing what hardware you have.

 

Well considering a Matrox box will cost around $200, a DIY vidock setup through an expresscard slot would be a viable alternative to it. Something like EVGA's UV19 unit apparently doesn't always work well with full screen high resolution video, but is ok for light office use.

 

Who needs to watch video on two monitors at once? use the laptop or a single external to that.

Most people that need 2 monitors at once are mutli tasking aka office type work or some other process that usb adapters are fine for.

If not I would still go for a Matrox before I would Frankenstein a vdock setup.

Obviously it needs to be portable for a laptop, and if not, build a $400 desktop instead. Your already buying the psu & gpu + extras for the vdock, why not get a $30 case, a $50 mobo, $30 ram, $70 cpu and build the full damn computer.

 

Why go a desktop when you can spend $125 AND have your data on the single, portable notebook? $125 what it costs to do a x1.Opt GT430 setup: a $10 12V/72W AC adapter + $50 GT430 + $65 PE4L-EC2C.

x1.Opt recommended for Intel 4500MHD or HD equipped notebooks with enough bandwidth to do 1080p@60Hz.

 

Keep in mind this is in the gaming section, which I take to mean that the OP may be using multiple monitors for gaming. Of course, he hasn't responded to the thread yet...