Dual Monitors

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Hey guys, I'm just wondering what the pros and cons are for having dual monitors. I've been hearing that you need more RAM for it to function well or that it ruins your graphics. So, what really does happen when you have dual monitors?
 
It gives you a tremendous amount of room, so you can Google repudiations of such foolishness as "you need more RAM" and "it ruins your graphics" and have the answers on two separate screens...
 
You don't need more RAM in your system though, as with most things related to graphics, more graphics RAM on your graphics card is helpful. Unless you are working with video while working with audio, don't worry about it. I've been running dual monitors since the early 2000s and even with those graphics cards I never had trouble. I find it easier on the eyes to have two of the same displays though. Back in the day I had a 64MB ATI card and I ran dual 1280x1024 CRTs with no issues at all.

If your computer has two display ports hook it up and you'll never look back. Gaming on two screens at once will require a lot of horsepower on the graphics card but day to day use and anything in the studio won't be an issue at all.

Robert
 
All pros no cons. I have an old card with one vga and one dvi output. I just had to buy a dvi to vga adapter and away you go. There was not even any documentation that the card would function that way.

You will never go back.

F.S.
 
you will def never go back ..... u will basically ask urself how did i do it with one monitor .....i ran dual monitors off of a pentium 4 with 1 gig of ram windows xp for several years the video cards take the brunt of the work ... go for it
 
Dualies on steroids --

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The bottom two are actually two different machines. The big guy switches back and forth between the two (usually only on the "A" machine, but I can flip it to the "B" machine using another HDMI input). Windows (or Mac - Or both in my case) will let you arrange the "virtual arrangement" however you want.

And yes - You won't go back.

And YES - When I'm not actively working on projects, the big-screen is connected to the cable box and to a BluRay player.
 
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