2 video cards mirroring display?

Is it possible to put in two video cards and have them display the same desktop on two monitors? I know you can do this on a Mac. But is it possible on a PC?

 

Yep, provided the graphics card drivers support it

 

Ahhh Ok. I was just wondering if I could slap an old generico PCI card in my computer and have it display a mirror of my desktop on another monitor. I thought it might work. Seems simple enough.

 

I know just about every nvidia card supports dual monitors.

 

I would buy an nvidia card that supports dual monitors. then you don't need to take up a PCI slot.

 

I actually do have an nVidia card in the machine. But it only has one output. It supports dual monitors but not as a mirror. I thought maybe there might be some third party tweak out there that might do the trick.

 

waht graphics card do you have? if it has dual monitor capability it should do mirroring

 

I have the set-up you are describing, and I've yet to figure out how to mirror the desktop through both cards. I can do it only if I use the VGA and S-Video outputs on my AGP card. If your card has only one output, it doesn't support dual monitors. Windows XP does support multiple monitors, though I have no idea if there is a way to mirror the desktop on both monitors through it. I have a GeForce FX5200 and a GeForce2 MX 400 PCI card.

 

Download the latest nvidia forceware drivers. They have a dual monitor setup wizard that should help you do exactly that!

 

I have them already, the problem is that XP doesn't handle monitor mirroring. Nvidia's drivers don't mirror through 2 separate cards. I can mirror through the 5200 if I use the VGA and S-video outputs, but I can't do it running the 5200 and the MX400 card. It's not a big deal for me as I use a plasma TV as a 2nd monitor just to watch DVDs and TV shows from my TV card I've stored on my HD.