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Old 12-27-07   #1 (permalink)
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After I got my macbook I messed around with hooking it up to my samsung 226BW for dual monitors and I finally realized how much dual monitors change the way you work. So I've been looking at other setups online and I think I want go with a tri-monitor setup.

Since I already have 1 samsung 226BW I'll just order another one. Those will be the left and right monitors. Then for the center monitor I was thinking about going with a 24" but I'm not sure which 24" to go with.

My last problem is that I have no idea how to do a tri-monitor setup. Do I need 2 gpus?
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this is what you need.

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/products/th2go/

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Should I go with the digital or analog version? Probably the digital one since I will be able to run at really high resolutions huh?
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i've always thought digital looks better, but some people say you can't tell. so what do i know?

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I was reading reviews on it and it says that it doesn't support wide screen monitors very well. That's kinda crappy.
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i thought i saw on the Matrox site that there were .ini files to download that supported wide screen now?
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It would be cheaper to get another video card than a Matrox.

Do you prefer seperate desktops or horizontal span?
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