my new video card came in the mail the other day. this by itself is not is not unusual nor newsworthy. but what this enables me to do, however, is newsworthy…if you have the incurable techie bug.

i got the [url=http://www.sapphiretech.com/vga/9600-xt.asp]sapphire 9600xt video card[/url]. this card enables dual head display. that coupled with what i’ve already got enables me to do…well, the unthinkable: a three monitor desktop!

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my desktop:

just the sight of it brings previously unimaginable joy to my life. i still have overlapping windows, but this is definitely a step in the right direction. 2 – 1600×1200 desktops plus an addition 1280×1024 desktop. oh dear. it’s just so overwhelming!

the one thing that is a little annoying is that my head has to move now to see the monitors end to end. i guess i have to work on my peripheral vision a little. i guess if i were to have a problem, this would be the ideal problem to have. =P

i was doing some work over the holidays and it’s really nice to be able to keep all my work stuff on one desktop while the rest of my stuff is somewhere else.

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