Thursday, April 26, 2012

Display port and VGA connector - Can I get Dual Monitors?

Lenovo ThinkCenter has a Display Port and a VGA connector. If I hook up a monitor to each of these, will I get 2 independent monitors? Or do I need to get a video card to do this? The specs say it can handle dual monitor but I don't know how to get a dual monitor set up with out a video card.|||Yup. Connect one monitor each to the DisplayPort and the VGA connector, and you should be able to run two monitors.



Beware that DisplayPort is NOT directly compatible with DVI or VGA-- To connect DisplayPort to DVI or VGA requires active signal conversion dongles, and those things are NOT cheap. Best way is to make sure you have at least one monitor equipped with DisplayPort.

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