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    A8Jm=3 screens?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by rwei, Jul 8, 2006.

  1. rwei

    rwei Notebook Consultant

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    Waiting in anticipation of its arrival I can think of little else other than having an A8Jm, so it occured to me that an A8Jm has a DVI port, a VGA port and a screen. Could I then run triple-monitor? Or, just imagine if I got a Matrox Triple Head-To-Go. Then I'd have >>5<<!!! Mind you I never will but it will give me more silly and completely useless things (for my purposes at least) to boast about, once I get it. My list right now is kind of short:

    -my computer has more USB ports than yours (zing!)
    -my computer's VRAM is larger than your computer's system RAM (I remember I could say that back when I got an 8500LE 128, good times)
    -my computer can run more screens than your computer

    I'm kidding of course but any of these statements will unfailingly provoke exacerbated eye-rolling and, if the person's a techie, secret envy.

    Though, to help tide me over, does anyone else have suggestions? Different forms of "my computer is faster than yours" aren't very amusing though, keep that in mind ;)
     
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  2. zydus

    zydus Notebook Evangelist

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    i think this has been discussed once before and the answer was no its not possible, but i dont remember exactly
     
    zydus, Jul 8, 2006
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  3. Darrick

    Darrick Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Hmm.. I'd assume that 2 was possible:
    1 - Duplicate of Notebook screen to VGA/DVI
    2 - Dual monitor capability of the other port

    Logically, since we can do dual monitor with notebook screen + either VGA/DVI, then it follows that we can just extend the notebook screen to a monitor, and the other one would be second monitor? (ugh.. confused myself with that logic, but should work rite ? :))

    Not sure about 3 tho....
     
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  4. Jason

    Jason Overclocker NBR Reviewer

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    By 3, I think rwei means having the notebook screen on also. 2 screens shouldn't be too much of a problem. Not sure why you would want that many :p
     
    Jason, Jul 8, 2006
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  5. rwei

    rwei Notebook Consultant

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    Well Matrox makes a thing that lets one output make 3 monitors, basically making your computer think you have a really really wide screen (like 3*1280X1024)

    Sounds like I can have 5 screens after all, incl the laptop screen. HUGE! And if they make a DVI version of the adapter, 7!!!

    I'll reiterate that this is completely useless for me. But it's for bragging rights along the lines of "I have a better heatsink than you. Copper's the shiznit"
     
    rwei, Jul 9, 2006
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  6. gethin

    gethin Notebook Evangelist

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    U can have a maximum of 2 screens with an nvidia "gaming" card. 3 is NOT possible. The geforce cards are not built to support 3 heads, unless u go for workstation graphics

    also as far as im aware its a DVI-D output, which is not the DVI-I interface that DVI monitors support. Dvi-d is only for digital media devices - like HDTV etc. - although i might be wrong about this.
     
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  7. Androo

    Androo Notebook Evangelist

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    Yep I just bought one for the company I work for.

    Its called the dualhead2go. I havent tried it yet, but I will set it up on monday.
     
    Androo, Jul 9, 2006
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