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Best way to run 2 monitors from laptop with single vga/hdmi out

post #1 of 8
1/9/11 at 11:04pm
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Hi all,

So I've got an Asus laptop with an i5 processor and 310M nVidia graphics, a vga out, 3 usb 2.0 outs, and an hdmi out.

My main activities are simply browsing the web, reading online, and research. Some statistical software programs are run, hardly any gaming.

I've just decided to hook two monitors up to the laptop (one using the built-in VGA out) by hooking the second monitor up via usb 2.0 using a USB to VGA converter...specifically, this one:
Tritton See2 Extreme from Best Buy


After hooking things up and doing a proper amount of troubleshooting, I'm still having problems with fluidity even when dragging webpages from one screen to another....

So i rechecked other reviews, found out this thing isn't the best of its kind, and my solution may not be the best solution out there for running 2 monitors from a laptop....


Any brilliant ideas or alternative setups i could benefit from available for under $100?


Any ideas are appreciated, thanks!
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post #2 of 8
1/10/11 at 5:46am
Matrox TripleHead2Go or Matrox DualHead2Go is probably your best bet.

cheers ...
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post #3 of 8
1/10/11 at 4:02pm
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Matrox TripleHead2Go or Matrox DualHead2Go is probably your best bet.

cheers ...


Seems like the standard response, but even the DualHead2Go is $215, which is well over my price range......

It has been recommended i go with a Monoprice usb adapter, which can be seen here...

Anyone know how this Monoprice device...linky=
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2


Compares with this particular adapter?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ef=oss_product
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post #4 of 8
1/10/11 at 6:30pm
They are the same, all the links you gave so far. They will give you multiple monitors, but they will not fix your "still having problems with fluidity even when dragging webpages from one screen to another" -

Use the standard response

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post #5 of 8
3/15/11 at 3:31am
Just out of curiousity, what happens when you connect one monitor to the VGA port and the other to the HDMI port? Can you configure it to run as a dual display setup that way ? I have the same outputs on my laptop and I have an HDMI TV connected to it and I set it up as a dual display with my laptop screen, it's as smooth as butter when moving apps from one screen to the other. When I add a monitor to the VGA port it allows me to use it, but I can only have 2 displays running seperate desktops, so one display has to be a "Duplicate".

Cheers!

-grecinos
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post #6 of 8
3/15/11 at 7:45am
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Just out of curiousity, what happens when you connect one monitor to the VGA port and the other to the HDMI port? Can you configure it to run as a dual display setup that way ? I have the same outputs on my laptop and I have an HDMI TV connected to it and I set it up as a dual display with my laptop screen, it's as smooth as butter when moving apps from one screen to the other. When I add a monitor to the VGA port it allows me to use it, but I can only have 2 displays running seperate desktops, so one display has to be a "Duplicate".

Cheers!

-grecinos
It would be possible if your GPU has the appropriate driver for it. I am not sure that current notebooks support it.

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post #7 of 8
3/15/11 at 9:52pm
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It would be possible if your GPU has the appropriate driver for it. I am not sure that current notebooks support it.

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Good point, but I'd say give it a whirl. All he needs is an HDMI cable right?
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post #8 of 8
3/16/11 at 11:20am
Yep

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