The TripleHead2Go devices are pretty cool, but one thing to know if you are looking at buying one for your laptop is that they don’t work with a lot of Intel video chips. They have a compatibility page on their site so you can check to see if it supports your video card: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/corpo/support/compatibility/resolutions.php
dear freind,
i want to connect two monitor through the leptop. but in monitor i get divide screen.for exampple leptop (lep)in first monitor (top) is second monitor.lep + top. iam using window xp.
please tell me how it possible.please send me your views.i waiting your reply. my email id is kav_007@yahoo.co.in.
Rgds
kuldeep
I am using an T61 thinkpad as my base machine and I was using a dual-monitor setup until recently, the second display being a Lenovo 22inch widescreen monitor. Recently I ordered another Lenovo 22 inch Widescreen monitor to create a 3 monitor setup, my laptop being docked on a docking station. I gpt a Triplite 1 foot - VGA / XVGA Splitter Cable - HD1. But my system does not recognize it as three displays.
My laptop display is screen 1 and BOTH the lenovos are display 2, so i still have a dual view, but displays of my lenovos are cloned.
Reading the entire thread above, I am assuming that I need a second video card. The one I have now is nVidia.
Can someone please suggest, what I need to do, to get a unique display on each of my three displays?
Thanks a lot,
Shiwani
continued from above…
The video card I currently use is NVIDIA QUADRO NVS 140M
If I had to add another video card, which one would be the most compatible. (I am using Windows XP)
I am using
Display Card : 2 x Gigabyte 3870HD 512MB DDR3
Motherboard : Gigabyte x38-DQ6
Monitor : Samsung 2253BW
after i hooked up everything, problem comes…
the first two monitor connected to first PCI-E Display card does have 1680 x 1050 revolution
but the third monitor connected to the second PCE-E Display card only have maximum 1280 x 1024
why this happen? everything brand new and reset before i use
Drivers, BIOS, firmware all upgraded to latest
Please help.
Ha! I have Four Monitors! I beat Bill Gates.
I can totally agree with this article. Having a single monitor is a complete nightmare after you’ve gone multiple monitor. If it wasn’t for my quad Monitor SUPER PC (brand), I wouldn’t get much done. Check out this Quad LCD multi-Monitor Video Demo. It reminds me of Minority Report:
http://www.multi-monitors.com/category_s/941.htm
So I know this is kinda late, considering how this article was posted a LONG time ago, but I was wondering on the specifics of multi-monitor, and more specifically multi-card, usage. When I’m running Windows with two graphics cards (X1950Pro and 4850) to support three monitors, is there a way to shut down the graphics card controlling the two perephrial monitors? Maybe a profile-based approach? My reason for asking is that I’m worried about gaming with two differing cards. Perhaps there’s a way to switch off the secondary card so that games work fine.
Curses Opera and your lack of spell check. The correct spelling was peripheral. Sorry for my ignorance.
OK, I have one video card with three outputs. Two DVI and one s-video. Is there any way I can get windows to recognize all three? Right now it recognizes the two DVI’s but in order to use the s-video I have to unplug one of the DVI’s.
I currently have a 2PC 2 monitor setup which works like this:
PC1 VGA - MON1 VGA
PC1 DVI - MON2 DVI
PC2 VGA - MON1 VGA
This give me dual screens on PC1 and a single screen on PC2, my biggest problem currently is that I have 2 keyboards/mice (not very convenient).
I’m looking to buy a new PC soon because my older ones are (like myself) a bit long in the tooth. I also have soon to become available a third monitor with both DVI and VGA ports. I would like to keep all three PCs running.
My first draft of a solution to linking them up was as follows:
PC1 VGA to MON3 VGA
PC1 DVI to MON1 DVI
PC2 VGA to MON1 VGA
PC2 DVI to MON2 DVI
PC3 VGA to MON2 VGA
This would give me 2s PC with 2 monitors each (by switching MON1 between DVI and VGA) And 1 PC with a single monitor (by switching MON2 between DVI and VGA). All a bit convoluted and I would have three keyboards/mice, not relly practicable.
In an ideal world I would have PC1 running 3 screens (not really bothered about the other PCs having or sharing more than one screen) and IMPORTANTLY just a single keyboard and mouse, preferably wireless.
All PCs will be networked. PC1 PC2 XP Pro, PC3 XP home.
Small snag is that the PC I have priced up only has a single PCIe slot and that will be filled with the supplied grahics card so adding another Graphics card would mean PCI, or spending a LOT more money for 2xPCIe. (I was wondering if the on board graphics are still enabled when a graphics card is fitted i.e. could the built in VGA port be used for MON3?). I’m not using the PCs for gaming.
I have been researching options on the net for both software and KVM solutions and am now totally confused! I would welcome any ideas for the general setup and also comments regarding the pros and cons of the following software:
Synergy (I note the last release was in 2006 - is this still viable?)
Multiplicity
UltraMon
Maxvista
Chris M
Can somebody help me with sharing or broadcasting a 3 monitor setup to another 3 monitor setup?
ChrisM
To get rid of the keyboard and mice take a look at http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/. This basically uses some software to use 1 mouse and keyboard across two PCs.
not sure how it will work with your multiple monitor set as normally used with 2 PCs with 1 monitor each but think you should be able to get something going with it.
Andy
Is there a six monitor club? That’s how many I’m using!
I love multiple monitors! They are great for productivity!
To the guy a few comments up, here’s a link to how to setup
three monitors (multiple monitors)on Windows XP or Vista.
http://www.multi-monitors.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=5131
Here’s a great introduction to Multiple Monitors as well:
http://www.Multi-Screens.com
You can also buy a pre-configured multi-monitor system:
http://www.multi-monitors.com/SUPER_PC_Multiple_Monitor_Computers_Multi_Screen_PCs_s/23.htm
Or, if you want to use your current PC, you can get a pretty
cool multi-monitor adapter. There’s a lot of different kinds:
http://www.multi-monitors.com/SUPER_PC_Multi_Monitor_Adapters_USB_VGA_Matrox_Head2Go_s/22.htm
Multi screens is the way forwards.
I have been running three monitors (2 x 20.1 wide and a 19 4:3) out of my 9800GX2 for quite a while now:
http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=2l2=6l3=656l4=0model=2132modelmenu=1
However having recently purchasing three matched 22 1680x1050 Samsung widescreens and a Matrox DVI Triple-Head-To-Go I have hooked all of these up to a single output on my gfx card (now running in SLI) and can run full screen applications across all three screens. Playing Counter Strike: Source, EVE and Live for Speed (all I’ve played so far) across such a massive display area (5040x1050 desktop) is beguilingly addictive.
Not only that but if I were to disable SLI mode, I could theoretically use the other two outputs on the graphics card at the same time, giving me a total of five screens from a single card! Quite simply, my desk is not big enough.
I’ve only had this setup a few days (thankfully a weekend) because Monday is here and I’m finding it quite difficult simply getting on with my work!
I stumbled here in search of a program that might split the windows taskbar into monitor groupings? As the Matrox creates a single massive desktop, all my programs start from the left and are not seperated to each monitor (which is what I did have running the three seperate screens out of three outputs and using Ultramon). Anyone got any ideas?
Where I work (sysadmin at a large remote operations center) we hall have 3 1600x1200 pixel monitors. I like it, though I think 4 would be of use.
Geoff, such software does exist, many of my coworkers use ultramon.
So I have a laptop with a 4:3 screen. I want to connect two 24 widescreen monitors to this laptop without the different aspect ratios becoming a problem. These two external monitors will be used for drafting large floor plans and pretty much nothing else. Would I run into any problems using the TripleHead2Go to do this?
I run a 42 inch TV and 2 24 inch monitors… I havent set up the 3rd monitor yet as I need to get a graphics card to run it on (my 4870 only produces two outputs), but in the next couple of days I’m looking forward to joining the 3 monitor club.
That said, gaming on a 42 inch 1080p ‘monitor’ is amazing fun.
Three identical 20" monitors greatly improve productivity.
Personally I use 6 monitors = 3x Dual-head video cards, but
I don’t necessarily view all of them at the same time.
Counting from left to right:
Monitor 2 = 21" wide = Most productivity, text, data and program code.
Monitor 3 = 21" wide = Program GUI, graphics and most used references.
Monitor 4 = 21" wide = References, Browser windows, Explorer, Network,
Auxiliary apps, calculators etc.
Monitor 1 = 24" wide (Portrait) = Photography, tall images
Monitor 5 = 18" 4:3 = Junk I don’t want to deal with now but don’t
want to close or minimize just yet. This is
like a side table for putting off stuff.
Monitor 6 = Projector or HDTV.
The only challenge was to find a motherboard with 3 PCIx slots:
Asus P5W Premium, Quad-core Intel CPU, 8 Gigs of RAM,
2x ATI Radeon HD 3600 video cards, 1x ATI All-in-Wonder x800.
I welded together a metal rack to mount the monitors in a semi-circle,
above the table.
The only downside: ATI’s catalyst drivers are CRAP, and not 100% stable, causing occasional blue screens, on avg about 1 per day
under windows XP Pro (32)
Also, one tends to get a bit of a sore neck when viewing the
rightmost and leftmost monitors back and forth.
The system is 100% stable under Windows 7 (64-bit) but not all of
my apps run under the Win 7.
Hey guys and gals, I had a question. Right now at home I’m running dual 20 inch widescreens at 1680 by 1050 resolution. Is it possible for me to get a third monitor and play games with three monitors, or is it not possible because I’m running widescreens? From what I understand, if you put three 4:3 monitors together the resolution will add up to a widescreen? So if you had three 6:10 monitors it won’t be possible to get the correct aspect to play games right?
A little while back… when I was on 2 monitors… I decided to skip three all together.
My current setup:
http://www.clanmonroe.com/blogimages/jdesk1.jpg
http://www.clanmonroe.com/blogimages/jdesk2.jpg
I am using 17" monitors… I like to sit fairly close to my screens and find that 17" at 1280x1024 gives me the ability to have quite abit of screen real estate without having whitespace issues when I maximize a window to a screen.
I use my far left monitor for SQL Management studio full screen, center left is my main window for Visual Studio… I keep all of my VS dock windows seperated to my center right monitor. So Solution Explorer, properties, classview, tool box, et al are all spread across my 3rd monitor. This allows me to always have my code view window full screen, and gives me instant access to all of the support windows without having to sacrafice code space or wait for the window to slide into view. The far right monitor is reserved for MSDN Documentation, web browsing, Remote Desktop, etc.
I use basically the same layout when I do photoshop work as when I do VS work.
My workstation is a Dell Precision 690:
http://www.clanmonroe.com/blogimages/jdesk3.gif
With the horsepower I have at my fingertips, for special task situation I combine one or more VMWare Workstation 6 instances. The REALLY nice thing about VMW6 on my system is it supports multiple desktops. So depending on which VM I’m running (I have one dedicated to .Net 1.1 stuff) I can replicate my host environment, or split multiple VM’s across 2, 3, or 4 monitors…