Adding an additional monitor to my PC?

spectacular1 · 11-09-2009, 08:40 AM

Hey people :)

First of all apologies if this is in the wrong section, I was a little confused to where to create a ew topic and thought this would be the best place but mods please remove if you feel necessary.

I was hoping someone could offer me a little support regarding trying to add my new tv/monitor as my secondary monitor to my pc, ideally what I want is when you add a second monitor to your laptop as an extended monitor that is what I require.

Is this possible? If so how? Would I need to purchase an additional graphioc card for my pc? Could you recommend me one? Or could I purchase something like a vga splitter which I would plug in the back of my vga slot and it would have two female vga connections?

Thank you.

**emosun** · 11-10-2009, 01:42 AM

If your laptop has an external monitor port that the tv also supports then you should be able to connect the tv via vga/dvi cable with no problem.

11-09-2009, 08:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
spectacular1 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Xp Pro SP3	Adding an additional monitor to my PC? Hey people :) First of all apologies if this is in the wrong section, I was a little confused to where to create a ew topic and thought this would be the best place but mods please remove if you feel necessary. I was hoping someone could offer me a little support regarding trying to add my new tv/monitor as my secondary monitor to my pc, ideally what I want is when you add a second monitor to your laptop as an extended monitor that is what I require. Is this possible? If so how? Would I need to purchase an additional graphioc card for my pc? Could you recommend me one? Or could I purchase something like a vga splitter which I would plug in the back of my vga slot and it would have two female vga connections? Thank you.

11-10-2009, 01:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,945 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Adding an additional monitor to my PC? If your laptop has an external monitor port that the tv also supports then you should be able to connect the tv via vga/dvi cable with no problem. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list