Indian IT folks - how do you connect two monitors with one cpu

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This question is directed towards Indian IT people. How do you connect two monitors with one cpu.

Currently I have cpu with only one vga port and 4 simple usb ports. There is no dvi and hdmi port.

I have 2 monitors and both dont have hdmi ports.

So, my question is do I have to buy completely new cpu with 2 new monitors?

I want to use second monitor as extended monitor.

Offcourse, I want perfect lagless performance with good HD quality display on both monitors.

How do I do this and what I have to buy?

Thanks in advance

What I have tried:

I tried vga splitter, but the quality was very bad in second monitor.

Posted 31-Dec-16 23:05pm

ankur1163

Updated 31-Dec-16 23:25pm

OriginalGriff

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-31T23:25:00

Solution 1

Replace your video card, or get a new video card and disable the on-board one.
Modern cards (i.e. five or so years old and newer) will normally have multiple outputs and will drive two monitors with ease. But it's worth it anyway, since if you only have a single VGA socket, it's likely to be a poor video card anyway and the upgrade will improve video performance vastly.

If you monitors only support VGA, then you can get adapters and / or cables to convert DVI to VGA.

Posted 31-Dec-16 23:25pm

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ankur1163 1-Jan-17 5:36am

so, you are saying I should replace video card. Any recommendation? Thanks

ankur1163 1-Jan-17 5:44am

I also have one more cpu

https://i.imgsafe.org/8dcf9c5f0e.jpeg

Can I attach two monitors with it? Also, do both the monitors have to be exact same size? what about resolution?

Thanks

OriginalGriff 1-Jan-17 6:09am

That looks like integrated graphics, which means that you do want to replace it - if for no better reason than it probably uses system memory as it's graphics memory. A dedicated card won't - it will have on board memory.
I can't recommend anything: I don't know your budget, and more importantly I don't know what connections your motherboard supports! Have a look at the motherboard manual to find out and start looking at cards then. I replaced my old Geforce 8400 this year - it suported two displays - with a newer (but not state of the art by any means) GTX 660 Ti - which supports three displays.
Resolutions don't have to be the same, I run two 22" displays, a 1080x1920 in Portrait and a 1680x1050 in landscape and they work very, very well. One of them has only a VGA connection, and connects to the video card via a VGA/DVI adapter.
Check your OS supports twin monitors - most do - but again, I have no idea what you are running!
It can be worth looking at the second hand market if money is tight: a lot of gamers upgrade to play newer games and sell off the older hardware - just make sure it isn't and hasn't been clocked.

ankur1163 1-Jan-17 6:16am

Thanks.