medisave Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Hi, Just thought I would share a tip Quite recently I have just installed a second PCI graphics card in my PC which under Win XP (and 2k / me I think )drives a second monitor natively. I now have them both side by side and they act as one! I can open seperate windows in each drag and drop accross etc. Well I dont know how I did any work without this setup before - I AM SO MUCH FASTER it is untrue! My OSC site dev has never moved along so quickly! It is seriously the best money I have ever spent...forget about fast processors bigger HD if you are developing / web design then this will be the best money you ever spend! It also cuts down on frustration of closing / opening windws etc. Anyways just had to share that - probably many of you web designer types already run something like this but I thought I would post anyway as I cant believe I didnt do it earlier! Cheers, Graham Wright ________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossdev Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I've been using a dual 19" monitor setup for a year now and I must say it does make life easier. Now I'm looking on adding a third monitor (15") to use as a web preview set at 800 x 600. :D Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medisave Posted February 18, 2003 Author Share Posted February 18, 2003 LOL 3 monitors - yes I could work even faster! just need a bigger desk. To be honest I was thinking of making a metal support around a large desk chair I have in a circular arrangement at eye level and then motorising the whole thing. Then 2 pedals at my feet can rotate the circular arrangement around my head as needed! I think I could probably get 6 or seven monitors around me. hmm how productive will i be! Graham Wright ________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greree Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Also, Linux Mandrake will detect a second video card and monitor. And you're right. Having two monitors does wonders for productivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossdev Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 LOL 3 monitors - yes I could work even faster! just need a bigger desk. look at some of these setups: LINK :wink: Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 You guys are seriously weird :lol: As an aside, I've noticed the code seems a lot faster under MS1, can anyone else confirm this. Trust me, I'm an Accountant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Lescuyer Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Many video cards now have two outputs. And yes, I work much faster with two screens, one for development tools, one for checking results. Also, having two 19" monitors is a better deal than one 21" :lol: Christian Lescuyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greree Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Ian, I'll let you know when I get it setup. And as for computer systems, I run two computers networked together with four monitors, one 21", two 19" and one 17". One of the computers has a swappable hard drive. I run Linux and XP on it. Linux is a much better development environment than Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TB Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 I too use a multi-monitor setup... one 17" and one 15". I don't know how I ever functioned without this setup before! You can edit the source of your page on one screen, save it... refresh the other screen and you're done! What a beautiful concept... :D ** One thing to look out for, is that not all mulit-monitor cards (dual head, or to put it simple, one card that runs two monitors) function in dual monitor mode under Win2k, XP seems to run them fine though... I guess it depends on the quality of the drivers. "The price of success is perseverance. The price of failure comes much cheaper." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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