DVI Splitter

[RJackson]

https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Cabling/HDMI/Monitor+Cables/DVI+Splitter+Cable+?productId=17127

Hey,

While I'm doing some dev work, I usually have Visual Studio full screen on my 22", and SQL Server Management Studio on my right 15". When I'm developping however, I need to have chat and web accessible, preferably without having to minimize stuff.

For that reason, I've grabbed another 15" LCD that was lying around my house, but the problem is I have a HD4870: Which has 2 DVI-D ports and 1 S-Video port. I don't have an S-Video adapter, and the 2 DVI-D ports will of course only serve 2 monitors (For reference, I have 2x VGA, and 1x HDMI - all plugged into DVI-D to xxxx converters).

My question is,
The product linked at the top of the thread, will that duplicate my DVI signal and thus send the same image to 2x monitors. Or will it allow me to extend 2 seperate desktops from the same DVI-D port?

Thanks.

[Aaron]

That will just clone the same display onto 2 monitors..

Do you have an old PCI card laying around anywhere? If you do, stick that into a PCI slot, and that will allow you to use another monitor with its own display :)

[RJackson]

Unfortunately not. :(

[/)zh]

what motherboard do you have? you could stick in a cheap pci / pci-e card in

or alternatively you can sell the 4870 and and buy a 5 series card, even a cheap 5670 (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+5000+Series+PCI-E/Sapphire+ATI+Radeon+HD+5670+512MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=39374) should be up to the job

question is do you game with the 4870? if so look for something higher in the chain like a 5750/5770 (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+5000+Series+PCI-E/?x=12&p_order=price_asc&p=cF9zdHlsZT1saXN0JnBfcHJvZHVjdHNQZXJQYWdlPSY=)

[RJackson]

Didn't see this thread update, sorry for the late reply.

I was thinking of getting rid of my 4870 and grabbing a 5770. Not sure how much i'd get for my 4870 though.

Any idea's? It's unbranded, straight from AMD - "Engineering sample". It didn't come with accessories so it'll be sold without accessories.

[/)zh]

full retail boxed ones go around £65 - £75 on various forums, but as yours is an oem i'd say a little less, being an ES might hurt it a little more, does the bios shows its an ES or stickers on it?