You must use compatible video cards, be sure to check the
specs to be sure that you can run two monitors with
completely different outputs. Often you just split the
desktop, you need two independent outputs.

You may want to look into one of the new computers with a
dual core CPU, PCIe video and plenty of power and cooling.


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
| Okay, this thread isn't totally off-topic, as my questions
are related
| to making the piloting experience more real in the sim.
It's time to
| upgrade the Kiwi!
|
| (See it he
http://alexisparkinn.com/the_kiwi_is_born.htm ).
|
| I want to add a second monitor (dedicated for the panel),
and use the
| 104" projection screen for the "out-the-window-world-view"
only. This
| means that I need a video card with two video outputs.
"Lesser" models
| seem to have a single DVI output and a single VGA (AKA:
D-Sub) output,
| while "better" models have two DVI outputs.
|
| Our flight sim PC is a Dell Optiplex GX260, Pentium 4,
with a gig of
| RAM -- but only an AGP slot for video card upgrade. The
current card
| is a Radeon 7000, with just 32 mb of on-board memory, and
a single VGA
| port. This Dell system "only" has a 250 watt power
supply, which --
| along with the AGP slot -- pretty much eliminates the
"latest &
| greatest" video cards, all of which need a bigger power
supply and/or
| require a PCI-Express expansion slot.
|
| Compatibility with an older system like this is obviously
a problem. I
| tried installing an ATI X1600 today (from Worst Buy), with
512 MB
| on-board, and the PC wouldn't even boot up with it
installed! I
| obviously had pushed my older computer past its limits.
|
| So, I'm aiming a bit lower, and looking at the EVGA
GEForce 6600LE. See
| it he
|
|
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130262
|
| It's reasonably priced, seems to have decent specs that
are within the
| limits of my PC, and is in-stock. Anyone have any
experience with this
| board? Anyone got a better idea?
|
| I've spent five hours dinking around with this, between
trips to Best
| Buy and time researching on-line, and I'm starting to go
cross-eyed!
|
| Thanks,
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|