Re: Adding a second monitor

2010-02-04 Thread Clark Martin
On 2/3/10 11:38 PM, Ricardo Sevilla wrote: Oh cool. I have the adc connector on the other side of the card. But if I connected an ADC monitor to it would it slow the computer down? I would figure that an extra PCI video card driving another monitor would run faster right? Why would an ADC

Re: Adding a second monitor

2010-02-04 Thread Ricardo Sevilla
So for me to have just about everything that I have right now but with two monitors I need a different video card? The reason I say it would slow it down is because instead of one monitor being powered by 32 mb, Now there are 2 monitors being powered by 32 mb. Why would an ADC monitor

Re: Adding a second monitor

2010-02-04 Thread John Carmonne
On Feb 4, 2010, at 12:09 AM, Clark Martin wrote: On 2/3/10 11:38 PM, Ricardo Sevilla wrote: Oh cool. I have the adc connector on the other side of the card. But if I connected an ADC monitor to it would it slow the computer down? I would figure that an extra PCI video card driving another

Re: Adding a second monitor

2010-02-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 4, 2010, at 12:38 AM, Ricardo Sevilla wrote: Oh cool. I have the adc connector on the other side of the card. But if I connected an ADC monitor to it would it slow the computer down? I would figure that an extra PCI video card driving another monitor would run faster right? No,

Re: Adding a second monitor

2010-02-04 Thread Clark Martin
On 2/4/10 5:36 AM, Kasey Smith wrote: Erm, get an ADC to DVI adaptor? Last I looked those were more expensive than a video card. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message

Re: Adding a second monitor

2010-02-04 Thread Clark Martin
On 2/4/10 12:25 AM, Ricardo Sevilla wrote: So for me to have just about everything that I have right now but with two monitors I need a different video card? The reason I say it would slow it down is because instead of one monitor being powered by 32 mb, Now there are 2 monitors being powered by

Re: Adding a second monitor

2010-02-04 Thread Kasey Smith
Thats not entirely true, my Mac here with dual screens didn't slow down at all, and the second card actually ran faster than the one in the graphics-dedicated PCI slot (both cards are Rage 128 cards, the main one has a DVD decoder) On Feb 4, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb

Adding a second monitor

2010-02-03 Thread Ricardo Sevilla
Hello I was wondering how I could add a second monitor to my Quicksilver. I have the original card in there right now and it is connected to a Viewsonic monitor via the dvi connector but I wanted to know what other card I could put into the next slot underneath it to add a second monitor.

Re: Adding a second monitor

2010-02-03 Thread Clark Martin
On 2/3/10 10:55 PM, Ricardo Sevilla wrote: Hello I was wondering how I could add a second monitor to my Quicksilver. I have the original card in there right now and it is connected to a Viewsonic monitor via the dvi connector but I wanted to know what other card I could put into the next slot

Re: Adding a second monitor

2010-02-03 Thread Ricardo Sevilla
Oh cool. I have the adc connector on the other side of the card. But if I connected an ADC monitor to it would it slow the computer down? I would figure that an extra PCI video card driving another monitor would run faster right? On Feb 3, 2010, at 11:25 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On 2/3/10