One vga port and two monitors

[santiagoanarosa]

HELLO EVERYONE!
I HAVE ONE VGA PORT AND TWO MONITORS. I CONNECTED BOTH MONITORS WITH A VGA SPLITTER, HOWEVER IT ONLY MIRRORS. I WANT TO HAVE AN EXTENDED DESKTOP. WILL I BE ABLE TO USE A VGA TO USB TO EXTEND MY DESKTOP OR DO I NEED TO BUY A NEW GRAPHICS CARD? PLEASE HELP

 

[Scottray]

If you go the USB route, be sure to use USB 3.0 ports. You might not get good results with USB 2.0. Definitely the better solution is to add a new graphics card to your desktop PC. Make sure that the monitors have the correct input ports that match up to the graphics card, i.e. HDMI or displayport would be preferable. If you have to use the VGA ports on the monitors, you'll need to get "active" converters to go from the graphics card HDMI, DP or DVI ports to the monitor's VGA port.

 

[kanewolf]

You can not have two independent (extended desktop) displays with a single VGA port. What graphics card do you currently have?

 

[santiagoanarosa]

If you go the USB route, be sure to use USB 3.0 ports. You might not get good results with USB 2.0. Definitely the better solution is to add a new graphics card to your desktop PC. Make sure that the monitors have the correct input ports that match up to the graphics card, i.e. HDMI or displayport would be preferable. If you have to use the VGA ports on the monitors, you'll need to get "active" converters to go from the graphics card HDMI, DP or DVI ports to the monitor's VGA port.

Thank you so much. Makes lots of sense. Thanks again