Best way to make M57 dual screen

[pnolan]

I want to add an extra monitor to my M57 small form factor desktop.

It comes with a VGA connection and nothing else, but there looks like there is a PCI slow internally (very small PCI slot) - Maybe I can add a dual DVI card there?

Would anyone of any recommendation?

Full spec below:



Product: ThinkCentre M57 6071-D5G [change]

Operating system: All [change]

Original description: Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor E4500, 1GB, 160GB 7200RPM S-ATA HDD, no diskette drive, PCI Ultra Small Form Factor (1x2), Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100, DVD Recordable, Intel Gigabit Ethernet, Windows XP Professional

[RealBlackStuff]

The easiest (and probably cheapest) would be to use a USB monitor adapter.
Plenty of them on eBay: http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=usb+mo ... &_osacat=0

I'll leave the evaluation to you...

[pnolan]

RealBlackstuff, thanks for the note,

I was hoping there was a better lag less way to do it

For example, I have a port replicator with VGA port I can use but it seems very slow sort of like its lagging,

I wonder does anyway know of a cheap dual dvi card that would fit in the internal pci slot?

[RealBlackStuff]

I don't want to be offensive, but you got a pretty crappy machine there.
It has built-in graphics, that probably won't tolerate a second graphics card (or any other card for that matter).
But if it does, have a look here:
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=769120
They're all US prices. I doubt if the likes of Elara have anything like that. Good luck.

[pnolan]

Thanks for the help and no offence taken - your right about the machine, but its small and fairly quiet and does the job.

Its not a workstation by any means,

I'll try a USB to DVI connection and see how that works,

Many thanks,

[Temetka]

I don't want to be offensive, but you got a pretty crappy machine there.
It has built-in graphics, that probably won't tolerate a second graphics card (or any other card for that matter).
But if it does, have a look here:
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=769120
They're all US prices. I doubt if the likes of Elara have anything like that. Good luck.

What?

I have never in my life encountered a machine that would not accept and work with a PCI video card.