# Help Me Run a Dual-Monitor Setup!

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-run-a-dual-monitor-setup/57225>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [October 28, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-run-a-dual-monitor-setup/57225 "2008-10-28T11:12:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![SilverGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SilverGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGT)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-run-a-dual-monitor-setup/57225/1 "2008-10-28T11:12:01Z")

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I have a nividia 8600 gs card installed on the desktop…how should i go about doing this lol so i can use both monitor as a workable area. do i just plug the other monitor into the nivida card and one to the factory vga motherboard pport?

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**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-run-a-dual-monitor-setup/57225/2 "2008-10-28T11:58:27Z")

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Does the 8600GS have dual outputs? if so just go that way; if not, I’m not sure.

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**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-run-a-dual-monitor-setup/57225/3 "2008-10-28T12:15:18Z")

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in the Nvidia control panel you can setup a dual monitor configuration.

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**Author:** ![SilverGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SilverGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGT)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-run-a-dual-monitor-setup/57225/4 "2008-10-28T14:05:44Z")

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The nivida has a dvi and vga and the motherboard itself had a dvi and vga so does that mean I can run quad-monitor?

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**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-run-a-dual-monitor-setup/57225/5 "2008-10-28T14:38:22Z")

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not 100% sure, but I believe you need 2 video cards w/dual outputs to run a quad display setup… never looked into it much.

however, if you’re running dual monitors I suggest you checkout a program called Ultramon. It works great and adds some much needed functionality to systems running more than one monitor (a taskbar for the second monitor for instance)

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**Author:** ![UBludeguy1988](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bbce88/32.png) [@UBludeguy1988](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/UBludeguy1988)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-run-a-dual-monitor-setup/57225/6 "2008-10-28T14:49:14Z")

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you need two video cards that share the same driver. IE nvidia 6600gt and 6800gs will work since they share the same driver. This is for quad support

[Www.nvidia.com/object/winxp\_178.24\_whql.html](http://Www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_178.24_whql.html)

Pretty much every card nvidia makes they made a huge push to consolidate thE drivers.

Another note if you have two outputs it does not mean that you can have a dual monitor set up. Modern cards have that capability so it’s probably youare able to