smeghead009 Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 ive had a dual monitor setup on my PC forever and i recently got a TV put in my room and now ive got it hooked up too but i cant have all 3 of them on at the same time i keep all my chat/stats stuff running on my left, main stuff right in front of me and now i want to play video on my TV to may right. i just installed the latest drivers from nvidia and still doesnt give me the option im using a MSI GeForce 4 Ti4200 i have my Viewsonic VE1701B on the RGB a Sony Tinitron in the DVI through a converter and my TV hooked up S-Video any help would be great Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kash Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 I could never get the TV to work on a S-video connector, so I decided to use the next best option. Get a S-video to composite converter. Connect the TV using the composite wire, and all you have to do is swtich the TV to the video input you hooked it up to and you'll see the TV option on your comp. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeghead009 Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 my TI came with a camble that has S and composite ive tried them both. i think its going to be more trouble than its worth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanbeki Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 the only way I"ve gotten triple monitor to work is with 2 adapters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kash Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 (edited) Keep in mind that he's only hookin up two MONITORS, and the third output device is a TV, which would use the TV-OUT port on his vid card, not a separate monitor connection. Well, I've had the TV out thing work on my old Riva TNT2, so I'm guessing the GeForce 4 should be able to handle it. After I hooked up the TV, there should be an option in your graphics properties to enable various output devices (usually a monitor, TV, and a second monitor) Edited January 27, 2005 by kashk5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPETEZx Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 As far as I kno, the GeFroce 4 does NOT support 3 monitors. OR 3 seprate desktops as it where. Infact, I cant think of any graphics card that can. You may be able to set it up, that the TV mirrors one of your other monitors. The only way I can you getting 3 monitors is to pick up a PCI graphic card. Such as the Radeon 9200 It sucks, but hey, it will let you add a further 2 monitors Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigears Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 the only card that i know of that currently supports 3 monitors is the Matrox paralhia (spelling?) you can run a tv and a monitor, or two monitors, but not 3 at once. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchalogamer Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 Yep a nice cheap PCI card is great to add in and control a monitor for things like AIM/MSN. aslo of you get one and run al but your main gaming monitor off of it it wil take some load off and your games will be slightly smoother than with 2 off the same card. It worked great with onboard vid on my HP and my 5200 PCI teaming up lol. One thing is btwn ATI and nVIdia it may be hard to setup driverwise, so you may want to stick with the same brand of cards. For me it was Intel/nVidia but idk now ATI/nVidia would be. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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