Multiple video cards multiple audio cards

**vipergda** · 07-21-2004, 05:43 PM

Hey all just wondering is it possible to put more thank one video and more than one audio card in a computer and use it almost like it was two computers?

Could you play different music on one screen and have something playing on the other screen with different music?

Could u make it so you could watch two movies one on each screen?

Thanks for all the help

**vipergda** · 07-21-2004, 07:31 PM

does any one know?

some one has to have tried it

**vipergda** · 07-21-2004, 11:07 PM

Just wondering because it would be really nice if you could set like one lilliput up front and one out back and be able to have music playing and some one watching a movie with like head phones on. I know u can do the multiple screens and do different things on them just don’t know about the multiple audio outs.

I would appreciate any ideas

Even if you haven’t actually done something like this just some guesses on how I might rig this up and if there is any chance it mite work

**gutterslide** · 07-21-2004, 11:14 PM

yes, and yes. i think you can choose which sound device certain programs (like winamp) use for playback. i haven't tried either, but i'm pretty sure it's possible.

**vipergda** · 07-21-2004, 11:21 PM

Thanks good to know it is possible.

Any one out there that might know a little bit more or that has messed around with it.

**gork** · 07-21-2004, 11:28 PM

Yes. ThinSoft has software to do this called BeTwin. You can run up to 5 consoles off of a single PC with seperate video, sound, keyboard, and mouse for each. They also sell a kit including some hardware that makes it pretty easy to get going called BuddyPC.

I would be curious to know how BeTwin performs with this USB2.0 VGA graphics adaptor.. Using that, you wouldn't even need a PCI slot for your second (third/fourth) video card. You could really do some neat stuff with this kind of setup in a car. It'd sure make back seat dvd /front seat GPS style installations a lot easier.

**gork** · 07-21-2004, 11:30 PM

BTW this thread should be moved to software

**vipergda** · 07-21-2004, 11:32 PM

I have seen that usb2 thing but it doesn’t have any 3d so would it work for playing a movie?

I don’t know just seen it posted some where but didn’t seem like anyone had any real info on it a usb video card would be nice

Thanks for hat site

**gork** · 07-21-2004, 11:34 PM

I don't know.. they are supposed to run around $40 so it woudlnt' be all that expensive to get one just to try.. tell you what, if you get one and you can't play video over it, I will buy it from you to use for presentations and stuff on my laptop

**vipergda** · 07-21-2004, 11:36 PM

The only thing is it sounds like you wouldn’t be able to use like the usb touch screen it sounds like it only supports a ps2mouse is there any way to run out touch screen through the ps2mouse port