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i need to know the items you would need for dual monitor setup
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Two monitors
Cables for each
that is literally it....
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Well you need a operating system that works with it as well. Some do not work with dual monitors, windows does for sure.
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Half-Life wrote Well you need a operating system that works with it as well. Some do not work with dual monitors, windows does for sure.

I have dual screened on:
Mac OS X
Linux (Ubuntu, Mint, Sabayon, Debian and a few others)
Windows (XP, Vista, 7 32 Bit, 7 64 Bit and 8)
So your statement is looking pretty silly tbh.
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Terrabytez wrote
Half-Life wrote Well you need a operating system that works with it as well. Some do not work with dual monitors, windows does for sure.

I have dual screened on:
Mac OS X
Linux (Ubuntu, Mint, Sabayon, Debian and a few others)
Windows (XP, Vista, 7 32 Bit, 7 64 Bit and 8)
So your statement is looking pretty silly tbh.

Unless he runs Steam OS...
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fosmanc wrote
Terrabytez wrote
Half-Life wrote Well you need a operating system that works with it as well. Some do not work with dual monitors, windows does for sure.

I have dual screened on:
Mac OS X
Linux (Ubuntu, Mint, Sabayon, Debian and a few others)
Windows (XP, Vista, 7 32 Bit, 7 64 Bit and 8)
So your statement is looking pretty silly tbh.

Unless he runs Steam OS...

Which is a Linux variant, so I can see no issues with dual screens with Steam OS> plus lots of people use surround and Steam wouldn't be silly enough to not allow them to do so.
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Two Monitors and cables for each like the above poster stated.

Make sure though that you check what interfaces you need. For instance I run dual screens with a Radeon HD7950. I have one monitor running off the DVI port and the other off the HDMI connector, since my graphics card does not have 2 DVI connectors.
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Prawn01 wrote Two Monitors and cables for each like the above poster stated.

Make sure though that you check what interfaces you need. For instance I run dual screens with a Radeon HD7950. I have one monitor running off the DVI port and the other off the HDMI connector, since my graphics card does not have 2 DVI connectors.


May I ask what 7950 variant you're using? I am currently on a Sapphire 7950 and I have two DVIs and HDMI
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Boar wrote
Prawn01 wrote Two Monitors and cables for each like the above poster stated.

Make sure though that you check what interfaces you need. For instance I run dual screens with a Radeon HD7950. I have one monitor running off the DVI port and the other off the HDMI connector, since my graphics card does not have 2 DVI connectors.


May I ask what 7950 variant you're using? I am currently on a Sapphire 7950 and I have two DVIs and HDMI


Sorry I should've been a bit more specific. MSI R7950 Twin Frozer

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