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2nd monitor question
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Hi, I would like to add a second monitor to my new iMac 17". I just wonder if the second monitor will slow down my main monitor graphics?
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Maybe I should be more specific. The graphics card is a x1600 128MB. If I buy a 20" monitor, will the graphics on the main monitor experience significant slowdown?
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No. Adding displays doesn't slow down graphics. It just means that VRAM needs to be split between all displays instead of used completely by only one display. Back when there wasn't a lot of VRAM in machines, this limited display resolutions and number of colors. This isn't really the case anymore. You'd be fine.
Steve
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Great! Thanks for the info!
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Ok, how about this... I am thinking of getting a 24" imac, but for just a couple hundred more, I could get a 20" with a second 20" monitor. I work with Final Cut, Motion, Photoshop and Flash primarily. I would assume that maxing out the video ram would help with a second monitor.
Any advantages or disadvantages to either set up over the other? Recomendations?
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Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001
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Originally Posted by design219 
Ok, how about this... I am thinking of getting a 24" imac, but for just a couple hundred more, I could get a 20" with a second 20" monitor. I work with Final Cut, Motion, Photoshop and Flash primarily. I would assume that maxing out the video ram would help with a second monitor.
Any advantages or disadvantages to either set up over the other? Recomendations?
A new thread might get you more responses.
Steve
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