Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Tripple moniters....2 vga slots?

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Posted onPost created on May 26 2010 20:31 ET by Alex Deutz

Ok, recently i got 2 monitors hooked up....<3 and i was wondering if i can do 3. both of my vga slots are being used by the moniters im currently using....can i use svideo to do the 3rd? or is there something that i need to get to make 3 moniters?

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Posted onPost created on May 26 2010 20:34 ET by Trevor Bair

AFAIK, this is what most people use for 3 monitors: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/

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Posted onPost created on May 26 2010 20:36 ET by Skylar Macminn

Do you have an ATI gpu or nvidia? with ATI you can get a Display port to VGA converter and have 3.

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Posted onPost created on May 26 2010 20:40 ET by Alex Deutz

nvidia 8400 i think.....i need to upgrade...so its not possible to do it with svideo? what is svideo for?

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Posted onPost created on May 26 2010 20:40 ET by Don Baker

I have 2 monitors hooked up to my video card. I found this little jewel at Best Buy. You can hook up a third monitor via the USB port. Not fast enough to run FS9 , but good enough to surf or bring charts up or live ACARS map.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Tritton+Technologies+-+SEE2+External+VGA+Video+Adapter/9325241.p?id=1218084985994&skuId=9325241&st=tritton&contract_desc=null

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Posted onPost created on May 26 2010 20:49 ET by Alex Deutz

what about vga splitters? anyone use that?

Posted onPost created on May 26 2010 20:52 ET by Don Baker

With a splitter, you would see the same thing on both monitors and not be able to change one...

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Posted onPost created on May 26 2010 20:56 ET by Alex Deutz

ok..i think ill prob go to best buy and buy what you have Don thanks everyone for your help!

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Posted onPost created on May 27 2010 19:41 ET by Tom Sanders

You could always buy a PCI-E x1 graphics card and have to graphics cards running. Of course don't run FSX on that card, but I used to have that for my 3 monitor setup and worked great.

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Posted onPost created on May 27 2010 20:05 ET by Tommy Hansen

I've done the same as Tom in the past. It worked great for me as well.

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