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"pokerbilly" New User pkrbilly@yahoo.ca Sep 14, 2006, 2:55 AM Post #1 of 20(267 views) Shortcut I am buying computer with two monitors to play online poker Can't Post Anyone have suggestions on computer specs I should buy, I plan on playing 3 games at once different sites. I will be buying two monitors because of poor eyesight I cant play with two games on same screen. I have a budget of 1400. What computer program is required for using two screens, is three possible? No Karma

"GrimJack808" New User grimjack808@gmail.com Sep 14, 2006, 3:23 AM Post #2 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play online poker [In reply to] Can't Post   pokerbilly wrote: > Anyone have suggestions on computer specs I should buy, I plan on > playing 3 games at once > different sites. I will be buying two monitors because of poor eyesight > I cant play with two games on same screen. I have a budget of 1400. > What computer program is required for using two screens, is three > possible? I did a pretty extensive post on this awhile back. Here is a pointer: http://tinyurl.com/j8uc2 (10th post from the top) The entire thread will be of interest to you. Poker software is not resource intensive, so you don't really need a top of the line computer. I would recommend a bargain basement computer in the $500 range that you can get from Dell, Best Buy or the like. 19" Flat Panel Monitors can be obtained for about $200 each at Best Buy or the like. You will also need a cheap PCI video card for monitor 2 and 3. (The computer will come with one VGA out. You need the extra video card to add the additional monitor, but since each video card can support 2 monitors, you might as well add a third monitor while you are at it.) Windows XP supports multiple monitors. You can add as many monitors as you have open slots to plug in graphics cards. Its a very easy process. One tip, make sure your video cards are the same manufacturer to cut down on conflict issues. So if your video is ATI make sure your second card is ATI. If it is nVidia, make sure your second card is nVidia. Your whole cost for this will be around $1150. See this photo for what it will look like. http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=930 $500 Computer + Video Card $50 + 3 LCD (3x$200) = $1150 This is less than your $1400 budget. You should also check out this piece of software that picks up a few details MS left out of the multiple monitor set up, like a task bar that is reflective of each window. You'll see what I mean once you start working with multiple monitors. www.ultramon.com Here are some other cool photos of what you can do with multiple monitors. Good Luck! PS This defies all expectations http://www.mypce.com/ And for what it's worth, you can always cut down on the cost of your acquisition by signing up for a few poker rooms with PSO and using their points to buy gift certificates in their Point Store. See this link: www.tinyurl.com/pegs8 Good Luck!! -------------------------------------------------------------- $100 Free Party Poker Bankroll -OR- $50 Free Titan Poker Bankroll $100 Free Absolute Poker Bankroll No Deposit/No Credit Card (US & CANADA) http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/money.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 Extra $60-$90-$120 over & above normal bonus for 12 popular sites: http://www.pokersourceonline.com/pso.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 No Karma

TheFleece New User 43084147@recpoker.com Sep 14, 2006, 5:34 AM Post #3 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play online poker [In reply to] Can't Post   On Sep 14 2006 5:23 PM, GrimJack808 wrote: > pokerbilly wrote: > > Anyone have suggestions on computer specs I should buy, I plan on > > playing 3 games at once > > different sites. I will be buying two monitors because of poor eyesight > > I cant play with two games on same screen. I have a budget of 1400. > > What computer program is required for using two screens, is three > > possible? > > I did a pretty extensive post on this awhile back. Here is a pointer: > > http://tinyurl.com/j8uc2 (10th post from the top) > > The entire thread will be of interest to you. > > Poker software is not resource intensive, so you don't really need a > top of the line computer. I would recommend a bargain basement > computer in the $500 range that you can get from Dell, Best Buy or the > like. 19" Flat Panel Monitors can be obtained for about $200 each at > Best Buy or the like. You will also need a cheap PCI video card for > monitor 2 and 3. (The computer will come with one VGA out. You need > the extra video card to add the additional monitor, but since each > video card can support 2 monitors, you might as well add a third > monitor while you are at it.) > > Windows XP supports multiple monitors. You can add as many monitors as > you have open slots to plug in graphics cards. Its a very easy > process. > > One tip, make sure your video cards are the same manufacturer to cut > down on conflict issues. So if your video is ATI make sure your second > card is ATI. If it is nVidia, make sure your second card is nVidia. > > Your whole cost for this will be around $1150. See this photo for what > it will look like. > > http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=930 > > $500 Computer + Video Card $50 + 3 LCD (3x$200) = $1150 > > This is less than your $1400 budget. > > You should also check out this piece of software that picks up a few > details MS left out of the multiple monitor set up, like a task bar > that is reflective of each window. You'll see what I mean once you > start working with multiple monitors. > > http://www.ultramon.com > > Here are some other cool photos of what you can do with multiple > monitors. > > Good Luck! > > PS This defies all expectations > > http://www.mypce.com/ > > And for what it's worth, you can always cut down on the cost of your > acquisition by signing up for a few poker rooms with PSO and using > their points to buy gift certificates in their Point Store. > > See this link: > > http://www.tinyurl.com/pegs8 > > Good Luck!! > -------------------------------------------------------------- > $100 Free Party Poker Bankroll -OR- $50 Free Titan Poker Bankroll > $100 Free Absolute Poker Bankroll > No Deposit/No Credit Card (US & CANADA) > http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/money.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 > > Extra $60-$90-$120 over & above normal bonus for 12 popular sites: > http://www.pokersourceonline.com/pso.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 I want to like you Grimjack because you post some informative shit sometimes. The problem as I see it, and the reason I can never like you, is you're always trying to pimp some shit and it ruins all the good you do. _______________________________________________________________ Your Online Poker Community - http://www.recpoker.com No Karma

The Fred New User 43084305@recpoker.com Sep 14, 2006, 6:40 AM Post #4 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play [In reply to] Can't Post I think folks overuse the word pimp these days. The grocery boys at the Kroger store say it. I guess they say pimpin' aint easy. Well unbeknownkst to them it is easy being pimpey. I guess they can keep clocking in for big figures and stocking cheese while other folks just clock big figures and spend some cheese. On Sep 14 2006 4:34 AM, TheFleece wrote: > I want to like you Grimjack because you post some > informative shit sometimes. > The problem as I see it, and the reason I can never like > you, is you're always > trying to pimp some shit and it ruins all the good you do. > > _______________________________________________________________ New Feature: Mark All As Read! - http://www.recpoker.com No Karma

The Fred New User 43084305@recpoker.com Sep 14, 2006, 6:43 AM Post #5 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play online poker [In reply to] Can't Post I've heard from some people on here that you want to go above 19" so that you can put 4 tables on both screens. I don't need to because I have a rule against playing internet poker anyway and the 19" monitors I have serve me real well. I found a neat little app called UltraMON and it is a handy little sucker it adds a third button next to the minimize button. When you click on it- POOF that window goes to the other monitor. On Sep 14 2006 1:55 AM, pokerbilly wrote: > Anyone have suggestions on computer specs I should buy, I > plan on > playing 3 games at once > different sites. I will be buying two monitors because of > poor eyesight > I cant play with two games on same screen. I have a budget > of 1400. > What computer program is required for using two screens, > is three > possible? _______________________________________________________________ Block Lists, Favorites, and more - http://www.recpoker.com No Karma

The Fred New User 43084305@recpoker.com Sep 14, 2006, 6:46 AM Post #6 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play online poker [In reply to] Can't Post That three monitor setup is a handy motherfucker I've seen one before and I really liked it. I do believe that you will want to go above 19" in order to be able to display 4 poker windows at the same time. You can up the resolution on the 19 but then it is hard on your eyes trying to see the cards. And also on the 19 set at the proper resolution, you can't even put two poker tables on one monitor without them overlapping. On Sep 14 2006 2:23 AM, GrimJack808 wrote: > pokerbilly wrote: > > Anyone have suggestions on computer specs I should buy, > > I plan on > > playing 3 games at once > > different sites. I will be buying two monitors because > > of poor eyesight > > I cant play with two games on same screen. I have a > > budget of 1400. > > What computer program is required for using two screens, > > is three > > possible? > > I did a pretty extensive post on this awhile back. Here > is a pointer: > > <a href="http://tinyurl.com/j8uc2" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/j8uc2</a> (10th post from the top) > > The entire thread will be of interest to you. > > Poker software is not resource intensive, so you don't > really need a > top of the line computer. I would recommend a bargain > basement > computer in the $500 range that you can get from Dell, > Best Buy or the > like. 19" Flat Panel Monitors can be obtained for about > $200 each at > Best Buy or the like. You will also need a cheap PCI > video card for > monitor 2 and 3. (The computer will come with one VGA > out. You need > the extra video card to add the additional monitor, but > since each > video card can support 2 monitors, you might as well add a > third > monitor while you are at it.) > > Windows XP supports multiple monitors. You can add as > many monitors as > you have open slots to plug in graphics cards. Its a very > easy > process. > > One tip, make sure your video cards are the same > manufacturer to cut > down on conflict issues. So if your video is ATI make > sure your second > card is ATI. If it is nVidia, make sure your second card > is nVidia. > > Your whole cost for this will be around $1150. See this > photo for what > it will look like. > > <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=930" target="_blank">http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=930</a> > > $500 Computer + Video Card $50 + 3 LCD (3x$200) = $1150 > > This is less than your $1400 budget. > > You should also check out this piece of software that > picks up a few > details MS left out of the multiple monitor set up, like a > task bar > that is reflective of each window. You'll see what I mean > once you > start working with multiple monitors. > > <a href="http://www.ultramon.com" target="_blank">www.ultramon.com</a> > > Here are some other cool photos of what you can do with > multiple > monitors. > > Good Luck! > > PS This defies all expectations > > <a href="http://www.mypce.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mypce.com/</a> > > And for what it's worth, you can always cut down on the > cost of your > acquisition by signing up for a few poker rooms with PSO > and using > their points to buy gift certificates in their Point > Store. > > See this link: > > <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/pegs8" target="_blank">www.tinyurl.com/pegs8</a> > > Good Luck!! > > --------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > $100 Free Party Poker Bankroll -OR- $50 Free Titan Poker > Bankroll > $100 Free Absolute Poker Bankroll > No Deposit/No Credit Card (US & CANADA) > > <a href="http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/money.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808" target="_blank">http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/money.asp?rc=G > RIMJACK808</a> > > Extra $60-$90-$120 over & above normal bonus for 12 > popular sites: > <a href="http://www.pokersourceonline.com/pso.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808" target="_blank">http://www.pokersourceonline.com/pso.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808</a> _______________________________________________________________ Block Lists, Favorites, and more - http://www.recpoker.com No Karma

"Join Titan Poker" New User jointitanpoker@gmail.com Sep 14, 2006, 6:56 AM Post #7 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play online poker [In reply to] Can't Post   TheFleece wrote: > On Sep 14 2006 5:23 PM, GrimJack808 wrote: > I want to like you Grimjack because you post some informative shit sometimes. > The problem as I see it, and the reason I can never like you, is you're always > trying to pimp some shit and it ruins all the good you do. You know, if someone does hours and hours of work for you, posting useful information... suck it up. They get to plug their stuff, because you paid zero, zip, nada for their valuable information. It's only fair. No Karma

thedudeabides New User 43085069@recpoker.com Sep 14, 2006, 8:17 AM Post #8 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play online poker [In reply to] Can't Post On Sep 14 2006 1:55 AM, pokerbilly wrote: > I cant play with two games on same screen. I have a budget of 1400. > What computer program is required for using two screens, is three > possible? Should be possible. Your gonna have to go with 17" LCD though to keep it under $ 1,400. However if your just going to be running 1 table per screen that will be fine (800x600). You will have to rig something up to hold 3 screens though. Can you weld - lol. Pre made screen stands that hold 3 LCD's usually cost a lot. The problem will be in finding a 3 head video card with 3 separate digital outputs. To remain in budget you will probably have to go to e-bay or price grabber. Something like that. You will definitely have to DIY... Can you install cards, memory, extra fans - stuff like that? Hard drives? etc... If so just get a 1-2 GHz box with 512 MB main memory (1 GB better). A 40 GB hard drive, and to keep it cheap I recommend one with an AGP (4x\8x) video card slot. They probably don't still make them new. You might have to go to e-bay to get a cheap box. You might find one with a 3 head video card already installed. 17" LCD's are cheap < $ 150.00.... 15"s would work too. Oh yeah, to run 3 screens your going to have to run Win2K of XP... I don't think Win 98 will do 3. It might be up to the video card software though. Good luck... _______________________________________________________________ The Largest Online Poker Community - http://www.recpoker.com No Karma

Akashra New User akashra@gmail.com Sep 14, 2006, 9:50 AM Post #9 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play online poker [In reply to] Can't Post 3 is possible, and that's what you'll want to use if you "cant play with two games on the same screen" due to eyesight... But still want to play 3 games... No software's necessary.. Believe you'll need two video cards, unless their's cards that support 3 monitors ? .. Not sure.. Mine's a little old now, but I use two flatscreen LCD's w/1600x1200 res to play up to 8 games @ once, but 4 on each screen.. On Sep 13 2006 11:55 PM, pokerbilly wrote: > Anyone have suggestions on computer specs I should buy, I plan on > playing 3 games at once > different sites. I will be buying two monitors because of poor eyesight > I cant play with two games on same screen. I have a budget of 1400. > What computer program is required for using two screens, is three > possible? ~Richard (Akashra777) ~www.akpoker.blogspot.com ~www.myspace.com/akashra _______________________________________________________________ The Largest Online Poker Community - http://www.recpoker.com No Karma

Akashra New User akashra@gmail.com Sep 14, 2006, 10:05 AM Post #10 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play [In reply to] Can't Post You can Fred.. Just most 19" LCD's don't display above 1280x1024. 1600x1200 displays 4 tables perfectly tiled on one screen. Some sites like pokerstars have that tile feature in options now which will autoresize the tables even if your in a lower resolution to fit your screen. .. On Sep 14 2006 3:46 AM, The Fred wrote: > That three monitor setup is a handy motherfucker I've seen > one before and I really liked it. I do believe that you will > want to go above 19" in order to be able to display 4 poker > windows at the same time. You can up the resolution on the > 19 but then it is hard on your eyes trying to see the cards. > > > And also on the 19 set at the proper resolution, you > can't even put two poker tables on one monitor without them > overlapping. > > > > On Sep 14 2006 2:23 AM, GrimJack808 wrote: > > > pokerbilly wrote: > > > Anyone have suggestions on computer specs I should buy, > > > I plan on > > > playing 3 games at once > > > different sites. I will be buying two monitors because > > > of poor eyesight > > > I cant play with two games on same screen. I have a > > > budget of 1400. > > > What computer program is required for using two screens, > > > is three > > > possible? > > > > I did a pretty extensive post on this awhile back. Here > > is a pointer: > > > > <a href="<a href="http://tinyurl.com/j8uc2"" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/j8uc2"</a> target="_blank"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j8uc2</a>" > > target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/j8uc2</a></a> (10th post from the top) > > > > The entire thread will be of interest to you. > > > > Poker software is not resource intensive, so you don't > > really need a > > top of the line computer. I would recommend a bargain > > basement > > computer in the $500 range that you can get from Dell, > > Best Buy or the > > like. 19" Flat Panel Monitors can be obtained for about > > $200 each at > > Best Buy or the like. You will also need a cheap PCI > > video card for > > monitor 2 and 3. (The computer will come with one VGA > > out. You need > > the extra video card to add the additional monitor, but > > since each > > video card can support 2 monitors, you might as well add a > > third > > monitor while you are at it.) > > > > Windows XP supports multiple monitors. You can add as > > many monitors as > > you have open slots to plug in graphics cards. Its a very > > easy > > process. > > > > One tip, make sure your video cards are the same > > manufacturer to cut > > down on conflict issues. So if your video is ATI make > > sure your second > > card is ATI. If it is nVidia, make sure your second card > > is nVidia. > > > > Your whole cost for this will be around $1150. See this > > photo for what > > it will look like. > > > > <a href="<a href="http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=930"" target="_blank">http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=930"</a> target="_blank"><a href="http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=930</a>" > > target="_blank">http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=930</a></a> > > > > $500 Computer + Video Card $50 + 3 LCD (3x$200) = $1150 > > > > This is less than your $1400 budget. > > > > You should also check out this piece of software that > > picks up a few > > details MS left out of the multiple monitor set up, like a > > task bar > > that is reflective of each window. You'll see what I mean > > once you > > start working with multiple monitors. > > > > <a href="<a href="http://www.ultramon.com"" target="_blank">http://www.ultramon.com"</a> target="_blank"><a href="http://www.ultramon.com</a>" > > target="_blank">www.ultramon.com</a></a> > > > > Here are some other cool photos of what you can do with > > multiple > > monitors. > > > > Good Luck! > > > > PS This defies all expectations > > > > <a href="<a href="http://www.mypce.com/"" target="_blank">http://www.mypce.com/"</a> target="_blank"><a href="http://www.mypce.com/</a>" > > target="_blank">http://www.mypce.com/</a></a> > > > > And for what it's worth, you can always cut down on the > > cost of your > > acquisition by signing up for a few poker rooms with PSO > > and using > > their points to buy gift certificates in their Point > > Store. > > > > See this link: > > > > <a href="<a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/pegs8"" target="_blank">http://www.tinyurl.com/pegs8"</a> target="_blank"><a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/pegs8</a>" > > target="_blank">www.tinyurl.com/pegs8</a></a> > > > > Good Luck!! > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- > > $100 Free Party Poker Bankroll -OR- $50 Free Titan Poker > > Bankroll > > $100 Free Absolute Poker Bankroll > > No Deposit/No Credit Card (US & CANADA) > > > > <a > > href="<a href="http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/money.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808"" target="_blank">http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/money.asp?rc=GRIMJ > > ACK808"</a> > > target="_blank"><a href="http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/money.asp?rc=G" target="_blank">http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/money.a > > sp?rc=G</a> > > RIMJACK808</a> > > > > Extra $60-$90-$120 over & above normal bonus for 12 > > popular sites: > > <a href="<a href="http://www.pokersourceonline.com/pso.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808"" target="_blank">http://www.pokersourceonline.com/pso.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808"</a> > > target="_blank"><a href="http://www.pokersourceonline.com/pso.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808</a>" > > target="_blank">http://www.pokersourceonline.com/pso.asp?rc=GRIMJA > > CK808</a></a> > > ~Richard (Akashra777) ~www.akpoker.blogspot.com ~www.myspace.com/akashra _______________________________________________________________ Your Online Poker Community - http://www.recpoker.com No Karma

Akashra New User akashra@gmail.com Sep 14, 2006, 10:26 AM Post #11 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play [In reply to] Can't Post I don't think it does. Grim does put out some good stuff, and adds a couple of affiliate links at the bottom... If you like what you see or appreciate his work than you can help him out and join through one of his affiliate links... He's not spamming with abusive email, or using some over the top marketing schemes to get you to buy... Just offering some good advice and trying to make some money like the rest of us. lol. That's why your playing poker right? If you like it, click, if not.. ignore it. On Sep 14 2006 2:34 AM, TheFleece wrote: > > > On Sep 14 2006 5:23 PM, GrimJack808 wrote: > > > pokerbilly wrote: > > > Anyone have suggestions on computer specs I should buy, I plan on > > > playing 3 games at once > > > different sites. I will be buying two monitors because of poor eyesight > > > I cant play with two games on same screen. I have a budget of 1400. > > > What computer program is required for using two screens, is three > > > possible? > > > > I did a pretty extensive post on this awhile back. Here is a pointer: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/j8uc2 (10th post from the top) > > > > The entire thread will be of interest to you. > > > > Poker software is not resource intensive, so you don't really need a > > top of the line computer. I would recommend a bargain basement > > computer in the $500 range that you can get from Dell, Best Buy or the > > like. 19" Flat Panel Monitors can be obtained for about $200 each at > > Best Buy or the like. You will also need a cheap PCI video card for > > monitor 2 and 3. (The computer will come with one VGA out. You need > > the extra video card to add the additional monitor, but since each > > video card can support 2 monitors, you might as well add a third > > monitor while you are at it.) > > > > Windows XP supports multiple monitors. You can add as many monitors as > > you have open slots to plug in graphics cards. Its a very easy > > process. > > > > One tip, make sure your video cards are the same manufacturer to cut > > down on conflict issues. So if your video is ATI make sure your second > > card is ATI. If it is nVidia, make sure your second card is nVidia. > > > > Your whole cost for this will be around $1150. See this photo for what > > it will look like. > > > > http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=930 > > > > $500 Computer + Video Card $50 + 3 LCD (3x$200) = $1150 > > > > This is less than your $1400 budget. > > > > You should also check out this piece of software that picks up a few > > details MS left out of the multiple monitor set up, like a task bar > > that is reflective of each window. You'll see what I mean once you > > start working with multiple monitors. > > > > http://www.ultramon.com > > > > Here are some other cool photos of what you can do with multiple > > monitors. > > > > Good Luck! > > > > PS This defies all expectations > > > > http://www.mypce.com/ > > > > And for what it's worth, you can always cut down on the cost of your > > acquisition by signing up for a few poker rooms with PSO and using > > their points to buy gift certificates in their Point Store. > > > > See this link: > > > > http://www.tinyurl.com/pegs8 > > > > Good Luck!! > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > $100 Free Party Poker Bankroll -OR- $50 Free Titan Poker Bankroll > > $100 Free Absolute Poker Bankroll > > No Deposit/No Credit Card (US & CANADA) > > http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/money.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 > > > > Extra $60-$90-$120 over & above normal bonus for 12 popular sites: > > http://www.pokersourceonline.com/pso.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 > > I want to like you Grimjack because you post some informative shit sometimes. > The problem as I see it, and the reason I can never like you, is you're always > trying to pimp some shit and it ruins all the good you do. > > ~Richard (Akashra777) ~www.akpoker.blogspot.com ~www.myspace.com/akashra _______________________________________________________________ Posted using RecPoker.com v2.2 - http://www.recpoker.com No Karma

The Fred New User 43084305@recpoker.com Sep 14, 2006, 10:32 AM Post #12 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play [In reply to] Can't Post Well that doesn't make any sense at all. One well built 3ghz econobox from dell can be had for under 500 Three 19" LCD monitors for around 600 And a couple of good dual monitor video cards for 80 On Sep 14 2006 7:17 AM, thedudeabides wrote: > > Should be possible. Your gonna have to go with 17" LCD > though to keep it under $ > 1,400. However if your just going to be running 1 table > per screen that will be > fine (800x600). > > You will have to rig something up to hold 3 screens > though. Can you weld - lol. > Pre made screen stands that hold 3 LCD's usually cost a > lot. > > The problem will be in finding a 3 head video card with 3 > separate digital > outputs. To remain in budget you will probably have to go > to e-bay or price > grabber. Something like that. > > You will definitely have to DIY... > > Can you install cards, memory, extra fans - stuff like > that? Hard drives? etc... > > If so just get a 1-2 GHz box with 512 MB main memory (1 GB > better). A 40 GB hard > drive, and to keep it cheap I recommend one with an AGP > (4x\8x) video card slot. > They probably don't still make them new. You might have to > go to e-bay to get a > cheap box. You might find one with a 3 head video card > already installed. > > 17" LCD's are cheap < $ 150.00.... 15"s would work too. > > Oh yeah, to run 3 screens your going to have to run Win2K > of XP... I don't think > Win 98 will do 3. It might be up to the video card > software though. > > Good luck... > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ Posted using RecPoker.com v2.2 - http://www.recpoker.com No Karma

The Fred New User 43084305@recpoker.com Sep 14, 2006, 10:33 AM Post #13 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play [In reply to] Can't Post Use Windows 2000 Windows 98 is a pile of shit Windows ME is a pile of shit to an extreme Windows 95 is worse than any of them Windows XP is just Windows 2000 with a pile of extra graphics and cutesy bullshit. _______________________________________________________________ Posted using RecPoker.com v2.2 - http://www.recpoker.com No Karma

The Fred New User 43084305@recpoker.com Sep 14, 2006, 10:34 AM Post #14 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play [In reply to] Can't Post Yea and I reboot every sixth day.. with Windows 2000 And I don't even have to do that On Sep 14 2006 9:33 AM, The Fred wrote: > Use Windows 2000 > Windows 98 is a pile of shit > Windows ME is a pile of shit to an extreme > Windows 95 is worse than any of them > > Windows XP is just Windows 2000 with a pile of extra > graphics and cutesy bullshit. _______________________________________________________________ The Largest Online Poker Community - http://www.recpoker.com No Karma

"MrBookworm" New User poker@kerl.com Sep 14, 2006, 10:43 AM Post #15 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play [In reply to] Can't Post > Use Windows 2000 > Windows 98 is a pile of shit > Windows ME is a pile of shit to an extreme > Windows 95 is worse than any of them > > Windows XP is just Windows 2000 with a pile of extra > graphics and cutesy bullshit. I don't remember if Win 2000 supports mutliple monitors natively liike XP. Plus, poker software runs just fine on XP so just go with that if it comes on the computer. Dean =============== My Affiliate Links =============== Party Poker - $25 Extra: http://www.partypoker.com/index.htm?wm=2190583 _______________________________________________________________________  looking for a better newsgroup-reader? - www.recgroups.com No Karma

"NL HE fun" New User spam@spam.duh Sep 14, 2006, 1:53 PM Post #16 of 20(267 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play online poker [In reply to] Can't Post I've had some trouble with doing multiple monitors on a limited budget. I used to use a colorgraphics Preditor LT4 to have 4 VGA connections. It all worked great on WIN2000. However, when I upgraded to XP I found the video hardware acceleration no longer worked. The OS claims it is on, but it is not. I have tried new old PCI to VGA adapters and always find that XP does video in slow motion. One monitor on my motherboards built in VGA has fast video and poker animation. I find conflicts between multiple PCI/VGA cards being used at once. I also get conflicts between my motherboard VGA and a PCI/VGA, but this varies. I need a slightly older PCI/VGA dual card that supports video acceleration on XP. I read the articles, but for the price of the "TripleHead2Go" I could buy a whole new computer. Any specific hardware suggestions are welcome. "GrimJack808" <grimjack808@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1158218595.610526.228670@d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... > > pokerbilly wrote: >> Anyone have suggestions on computer specs I should buy, I plan on >> playing 3 games at once >> different sites. I will be buying two monitors because of poor eyesight >> I cant play with two games on same screen. I have a budget of 1400. >> What computer program is required for using two screens, is three >> possible? > > I did a pretty extensive post on this awhile back. Here is a pointer: > > http://tinyurl.com/j8uc2 (10th post from the top) > > The entire thread will be of interest to you. > > Poker software is not resource intensive, so you don't really need a > top of the line computer. I would recommend a bargain basement > computer in the $500 range that you can get from Dell, Best Buy or the > like. 19" Flat Panel Monitors can be obtained for about $200 each at > Best Buy or the like. You will also need a cheap PCI video card for > monitor 2 and 3. (The computer will come with one VGA out. You need > the extra video card to add the additional monitor, but since each > video card can support 2 monitors, you might as well add a third > monitor while you are at it.) > > Windows XP supports multiple monitors. You can add as many monitors as > you have open slots to plug in graphics cards. Its a very easy > process. > > One tip, make sure your video cards are the same manufacturer to cut > down on conflict issues. So if your video is ATI make sure your second > card is ATI. If it is nVidia, make sure your second card is nVidia. > > Your whole cost for this will be around $1150. See this photo for what > it will look like. > > http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=930 > > $500 Computer + Video Card $50 + 3 LCD (3x$200) = $1150 > > This is less than your $1400 budget. > > You should also check out this piece of software that picks up a few > details MS left out of the multiple monitor set up, like a task bar > that is reflective of each window. You'll see what I mean once you > start working with multiple monitors. > > www.ultramon.com > > Here are some other cool photos of what you can do with multiple > monitors. > > Good Luck! > > PS This defies all expectations > > http://www.mypce.com/ > > And for what it's worth, you can always cut down on the cost of your > acquisition by signing up for a few poker rooms with PSO and using > their points to buy gift certificates in their Point Store. > > See this link: > > www.tinyurl.com/pegs8 > > Good Luck!! > -------------------------------------------------------------- > $100 Free Party Poker Bankroll -OR- $50 Free Titan Poker Bankroll > $100 Free Absolute Poker Bankroll > No Deposit/No Credit Card (US & CANADA) > http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/money.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 > > Extra $60-$90-$120 over & above normal bonus for 12 popular sites: > http://www.pokersourceonline.com/pso.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 > No Karma

"pokerchimp" New User mixthing@se.rr.com Sep 14, 2006, 7:12 PM Post #17 of 20(265 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play online poker [In reply to] Can't Post Nice post Grimjack. Even though you are a spammer, you alway include a well thought out and helpful post. On Sep 14 2006 3:23 AM, GrimJack808 wrote: > pokerbilly wrote: > > Anyone have suggestions on computer specs I should buy, I plan on > > playing 3 games at once > > different sites. I will be buying two monitors because of poor eyesight > > I cant play with two games on same screen. I have a budget of 1400. > > What computer program is required for using two screens, is three > > possible? > > I did a pretty extensive post on this awhile back. Here is a pointer: > > http://tinyurl.com/j8uc2 (10th post from the top) > > The entire thread will be of interest to you. > > Poker software is not resource intensive, so you don't really need a > top of the line computer. I would recommend a bargain basement > computer in the $500 range that you can get from Dell, Best Buy or the > like. 19" Flat Panel Monitors can be obtained for about $200 each at > Best Buy or the like. You will also need a cheap PCI video card for > monitor 2 and 3. (The computer will come with one VGA out. You need > the extra video card to add the additional monitor, but since each > video card can support 2 monitors, you might as well add a third > monitor while you are at it.) > > Windows XP supports multiple monitors. You can add as many monitors as > you have open slots to plug in graphics cards. Its a very easy > process. > > One tip, make sure your video cards are the same manufacturer to cut > down on conflict issues. So if your video is ATI make sure your second > card is ATI. If it is nVidia, make sure your second card is nVidia. > > Your whole cost for this will be around $1150. See this photo for what > it will look like. > > http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=930 > > $500 Computer + Video Card $50 + 3 LCD (3x$200) = $1150 > > This is less than your $1400 budget. > > You should also check out this piece of software that picks up a few > details MS left out of the multiple monitor set up, like a task bar > that is reflective of each window. You'll see what I mean once you > start working with multiple monitors. > > www.ultramon.com > > Here are some other cool photos of what you can do with multiple > monitors. > > Good Luck! > > PS This defies all expectations > > http://www.mypce.com/ > > And for what it's worth, you can always cut down on the cost of your > acquisition by signing up for a few poker rooms with PSO and using > their points to buy gift certificates in their Point Store. > > See this link: > > www.tinyurl.com/pegs8 > > Good Luck!! > -------------------------------------------------------------- > $100 Free Party Poker Bankroll -OR- $50 Free Titan Poker Bankroll > $100 Free Absolute Poker Bankroll > No Deposit/No Credit Card (US & CANADA) > http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/money.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 > > Extra $60-$90-$120 over & above normal bonus for 12 popular sites: > http://www.pokersourceonline.com/pso.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 ________________________________________________________________________  * kill-files, watch-lists, favorites, and more.. www.recgroups.com No Karma

"GrimJack808" New User grimjack808@gmail.com Sep 14, 2006, 10:46 PM Post #18 of 20(263 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play online poker [In reply to] Can't Post Multiple Monitors on a limited budget is easy for you. You can get back up and running for under $100. First let me explain that the Predator LT4 is a graphics card that allowed 4 monitors to be controlled with a single card. The interesting twist that this had is that it allowed a configuration where all 4 monitors could be stacked in a 2x2 grid to create "one big monitor." This is similar to what the TripleHead2Go does. The LT4 suffers from a few problems. First, once you upgrade to a better motherboard, you lose the PCI interface as your primary graphics interface. Which is OK because PCI is seriously outdated technology as far as high end graphics processing goes. AGP replaced PCI back in 1997/8 Then in 2004/5 PCI Express came out. AGP is about 10x faster than PCI and PCI-E is so much faster it's like you are using an old 486 computer. Which was before the Pentium 1 (And we are now on Pentium 3/4). The second problem with the LT4 is that it controls 4 monitors over one slow PCI bus and all on one card. Remember that all 4 monitors are competing for the resources on a single card, through a single PCI bus which is about as slow as a garden hose. Imagine if you hooked 4 Fire Hoses up to your garden spout. No matter what happened, those fire hoses aren't going to see much water coming through them because they are limited to the flow that can come through your small in garden spout. Imagine the bus you are using as a apout. A garden hose is to PCI what a utility room sink is to AGP what a fire hydrant is to PCI-E. And since most modern applications rely on fire hydrant style throughput, you are kind of out of luck if all you have is a PCI faucet. Add that to the fact that the entire card only has 16Megs of Ram split between 4 cards and you really don't have much firepower there. Most 3d Graphics cards these days come with 128 or 256 megs of Ram and this is usually dedicated to a single monitor. I am guessing that most people reading this forum don't care if they can play the latest and greatest first person shooter on their machine. They are more interested in 2D performance than 3D performance and even with slower video cards you won't see much of a performance difference in 2D. I also am talking about setting up three monitors that in effect extends a desktop three monitors wide, as opposed to creating one big monitor. This can be done less expensively. The price point differential is also huge when it comes to larger single monitors vs multiple medium size monitors. A 23' monitor will run you around $1000 and give you abut 150% of the area of a 19" monitor at about $800 ($1000-$200=$800). Whereas you can get 300% the size of a 19" monitor for an additional $400 ($200+$200=$400). Going multiple monitor just seems to make sense than buying a single bigger monitor. You can get a PCI Radeon 9000 with 64Megs of RAM on ebay right now for about US$30. Spend $60 and get 2 of them and you can control up to 5 monitors. 1 from your computer's on board VGA out, and two more from each card for a total of 5. Assuming you already have the monitors (from the card that no longer works), you've gotten your set up back on quite a budget...under $100. Alternatively you could get another single 4 monitor video card for about $300 but why would you do that and have to suffer again with the slow hardware performance of a single card controlling 4 monitors? I hope some of this makes sense. Good Luck! PS Also to correct a misunderstanding in your post, PCI and VGA are not similar things. PCI is the slot inside your computer where the card plugs into the motherboard. It is similar to AGP and PCI-Express. VGA is the connector on the back of the card that leads to your monitor. It looks like an old joystick connector with many more pins. It is similar to a DVI connector which is seen on a lot of Macs/LCDs and Hi Definition televisions. If you are having some problem with VGA to DVI perhaps that is a problem, but I don't have an answer for that. -------------------------------------------------------------- $100 Free Party Poker Bankroll -OR- $50 Free Titan Poker Bankroll $100 Free Absolute Poker Bankroll No Deposit/No Credit Card (US & CANADA) http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/money.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 Extra $60-$90-$120 over & above normal bonus for 12 popular sites: http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/gifts.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 NL HE fun wrote: > I've had some trouble with doing multiple monitors on a limited budget. I > used to use a colorgraphics Preditor LT4 to have 4 VGA connections. It all > worked great on WIN2000. However, when I upgraded to XP I found the video > hardware acceleration no longer worked. The OS claims it is on, but it is > not. I have tried new old PCI to VGA adapters and always find that XP does > video in slow motion. One monitor on my motherboards built in VGA has fast > video and poker animation. I find conflicts between multiple PCI/VGA cards > being used at once. I also get conflicts between my motherboard VGA and a > PCI/VGA, but this varies. > > I need a slightly older PCI/VGA dual card that supports video acceleration > on XP. > > I read the articles, but for the price of the "TripleHead2Go" I could buy a > whole new computer. > > Any specific hardware suggestions are welcome. No Karma

"NL HE fun" New User spam@spam.duh Sep 16, 2006, 9:49 AM Post #19 of 20(263 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play online poker [In reply to] Can't Post I found an Appian dual head card on eBay for $3. XP has the drivers built in. I'm using the motherboard VGA as a 3rd monitor port. The VGAs on the Appian are slow, but the VGA on the motherboard is fast. I can live with this. Thanks for the ideas. "GrimJack808" <grimjack808@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1158288392.692449.127050@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > Multiple Monitors on a limited budget is easy for you. You can get > back up and running for under $100. > > First let me explain that the Predator LT4 is a graphics card that > allowed 4 monitors to be controlled with a single card. The > interesting twist that this had is that it allowed a configuration > where all 4 monitors could be stacked in a 2x2 grid to create "one > big monitor." This is similar to what the TripleHead2Go does. The > LT4 suffers from a few problems. First, once you upgrade to a better > motherboard, you lose the PCI interface as your primary graphics > interface. Which is OK because PCI is seriously outdated technology as > far as high end graphics processing goes. AGP replaced PCI back in > 1997/8 Then in 2004/5 PCI Express came out. AGP is about 10x faster > than PCI and PCI-E is so much faster it's like you are using an old > 486 computer. Which was before the Pentium 1 (And we are now on > Pentium 3/4). > > The second problem with the LT4 is that it controls 4 monitors over one > slow PCI bus and all on one card. Remember that all 4 monitors are > competing for the resources on a single card, through a single PCI bus > which is about as slow as a garden hose. Imagine if you hooked 4 Fire > Hoses up to your garden spout. No matter what happened, those fire > hoses aren't going to see much water coming through them because they > are limited to the flow that can come through your small in garden > spout. Imagine the bus you are using as a apout. A garden hose is to > PCI what a utility room sink is to AGP what a fire hydrant is to PCI-E. > And since most modern applications rely on fire hydrant style > throughput, you are kind of out of luck if all you have is a PCI > faucet. > > Add that to the fact that the entire card only has 16Megs of Ram split > between 4 cards and you really don't have much firepower there. Most > 3d Graphics cards these days come with 128 or 256 megs of Ram and this > is usually dedicated to a single monitor. > > I am guessing that most people reading this forum don't care if they > can play the latest and greatest first person shooter on their machine. > They are more interested in 2D performance than 3D performance and > even with slower video cards you won't see much of a performance > difference in 2D. > > I also am talking about setting up three monitors that in effect > extends a desktop three monitors wide, as opposed to creating one big > monitor. This can be done less expensively. The price point > differential is also huge when it comes to larger single monitors vs > multiple medium size monitors. A 23' monitor will run you around > $1000 and give you abut 150% of the area of a 19" monitor at about > $800 ($1000-$200=$800). Whereas you can get 300% the size of a 19" > monitor for an additional $400 ($200+$200=$400). Going multiple > monitor just seems to make sense than buying a single bigger monitor. > > You can get a PCI Radeon 9000 with 64Megs of RAM on ebay right now for > about US$30. Spend $60 and get 2 of them and you can control up to 5 > monitors. 1 from your computer's on board VGA out, and two more from > each card for a total of 5. > > Assuming you already have the monitors (from the card that no longer > works), you've gotten your set up back on quite a budget...under $100. > > Alternatively you could get another single 4 monitor video card for > about $300 but why would you do that and have to suffer again with the > slow hardware performance of a single card controlling 4 monitors? > > I hope some of this makes sense. > > Good Luck! > > PS Also to correct a misunderstanding in your post, PCI and VGA are not > similar things. PCI is the slot inside your computer where the card > plugs into the motherboard. It is similar to AGP and PCI-Express. VGA > is the connector on the back of the card that leads to your monitor. > It looks like an old joystick connector with many more pins. It is > similar to a DVI connector which is seen on a lot of Macs/LCDs and Hi > Definition televisions. If you are having some problem with VGA to DVI > perhaps that is a problem, but I don't have an answer for that. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > $100 Free Party Poker Bankroll -OR- $50 Free Titan Poker Bankroll > $100 Free Absolute Poker Bankroll > No Deposit/No Credit Card (US & CANADA) > http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/money.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 > > Extra $60-$90-$120 over & above normal bonus for 12 popular sites: > http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/gifts.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 > > > NL HE fun wrote: >> I've had some trouble with doing multiple monitors on a limited budget. >> I >> used to use a colorgraphics Preditor LT4 to have 4 VGA connections. It >> all >> worked great on WIN2000. However, when I upgraded to XP I found the >> video >> hardware acceleration no longer worked. The OS claims it is on, but it >> is >> not. I have tried new old PCI to VGA adapters and always find that XP >> does >> video in slow motion. One monitor on my motherboards built in VGA has >> fast >> video and poker animation. I find conflicts between multiple PCI/VGA >> cards >> being used at once. I also get conflicts between my motherboard VGA and >> a >> PCI/VGA, but this varies. >> >> I need a slightly older PCI/VGA dual card that supports video >> acceleration >> on XP. >> >> I read the articles, but for the price of the "TripleHead2Go" I could >> buy a >> whole new computer. >> >> Any specific hardware suggestions are welcome. > No Karma

"GrimJack808" New User grimjack808@gmail.com Sep 16, 2006, 11:56 AM Post #20 of 20(263 views) Shortcut Re: I am buying computer with two monitors to play online poker [In reply to] Can't Post Sounds like a great deal. Getting your set up back for $3 is a super cheap budget. FYI Most cards manufacturered over the last 2 years all have dual outs. One is normally a VGA out and the other is normally a DVI out. What most people don't realize is that you can set all of these cards up to display on two monitors at the same time. All you ned is either a monitor that accepts a DVI input (which most LCDs do) or a DVI to VGA converter which can be purchased for about $20. What this means is that if you have a Dell or some other custom built computer you bought in the last few years, you probably have a card with two outs and can hook up that second monitor that is sitting in your garage or basement and double your deskspace for basically free. When you first set it up, the monitors will be in mirroring mode. Meaning you see the same screen on both monitors. Right click on the desktop, select 'Properties' then 'Settings' Then 'Monitor' and you should see a screen with a checkbox that says "Extend Desktop to this Monitor" Click the second monitor and check the box and Bob's your uncle. Good Luck! -------------------------------------------------------------- $100 Free Party Poker Bankroll -OR- $50 Free Titan Poker Bankroll $100 Free Absolute Poker Bankroll No Deposit/No Credit Card (US & CANADA) http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/money.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 Extra $60-$90-$120 over & above normal bonus for 12 popular sites: http://www.pokersourceonline.com/freepoker/gifts.asp?rc=GRIMJACK808 NL HE fun wrote: > I found an Appian dual head card on eBay for $3. XP has the drivers built > in. I'm using the motherboard VGA as a 3rd monitor port. The VGAs on the > Appian are slow, but the VGA on the motherboard is fast. I can live with > this. No Karma

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