Dual monitor question

[lozcs]

So...

Got an old HP XW6000 running Windows 7 at work. Quite old but dual CPU and powerful enough for what it needs to do - I would however like to use dual screen.

This comes with two outputs but no drivers for Windows 7 - so can get two screens working but only cloned using MS standad VGA drivers.

So - I guess I either need an old PCI graphics card to add another monitor or replace the AGP with a card that supports two outputs.

I've had a look round on ebay but not sure which cards would work...

Any suggestions?

 

[ian turner]

According to that you need nvidia or ati graphics drivers.
What does it say the card is in device manager ?
If it doesn't mention a specific make then try something like sisoft sandra to determine your hardware

 

[lozcs]

According to that you need nvidia or ati graphics drivers.
What does it say the card is in device manager ?
If it doesn't mention a specific make then try something like sisoft sandra to determine your hardware

Sorry - menat to say..

it has the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 card - but there are no Windows 7 drivers available hence looking at adding another card...

 

[ian turner]

Hmm try some of the suggestions here for using vista drivers

 

[MrJamie]

You could try the vista drivers on here: http://www.siliconguide.com/drivers/device/442/

Or this: http://dorkythorpy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/nvidia-quadro-nvs-280-windows-7-drivers.html (i only read half of it )

Theres a few more links around via google, might be worth seeing if any of them work, but id guess you could get an AGP card to do the job for £30-40.

 

[lozcs]

You could try the vista drivers on here: http://www.siliconguide.com/drivers/device/442/

Or this: http://dorkythorpy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/nvidia-quadro-nvs-280-windows-7-drivers.html (i only read half of it )

Theres a few more links around via google, might be worth seeing if any of them work, but id guess you could get an AGP card to do the job for £30-40.

I did try a couple of drivers I found on the net but couldn't get them working- I'll try those links tomorrow... thanks...

 

[ian turner]

umm I meant here http://social.technet.microsoft.com...e/thread/285a3197-b4f1-4b48-ac09-d999eace4ece. Fiorgot to paste the link. Suggestions on using older vista drivers which may involve editing the inf file to make it look like a windows 7 option.
Read all the dorky suggestions and seems he didn't manage to get them to work