Windows 98, NT4, and 2000 all support multiple monitors. You can have as
many monitors as you have video cards for. Each monitor will require it's
own video card. There are also high end dual port video cards that are made
for this use. I don't think this is much of performance hit on a modern PII
and above computer however an older one might take a hit.
Any future questions on implementing this should really take place on
PCBUILD as this is about adding additional hardware.
Mark Rode
The NOSPIN Group
>I have heard somewhere that a version of windows supports dual monitors
>running off a single pc. This is for the purpose of having an
>"overview screen" and a "working Screen" whilst doing graphic intensive
>work.
>
>Will win98SE do this or do I need to upgrade to 2000?
>How much of a drain on system resources would it be to have a second
>monitor running? (fairly static view most of the time I expect)
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