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Hi there.

I have a Gforce fx 5200 256mb, it has ports for vga, dvi and s-video. i'm currently using the vga and dvi ports in a dualview configuration. but i also want to use the tv as a third output for movies, but it wont let me use more than two devices at the same time...

Does anyone knows how to do it??

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: since you said a mirrored image on the TV is fine, and has pointed you toward hardware limits, try enabling the card's TV-out as a clone of one of your active displays. Typical steps (Windows + NVIDIA drivers of the FX era):

  1. Connect the TV with the S-Video (or composite) cable, power the TV on and set it to the correct input.
  2. Open the NVIDIA control panel (or Display Properties -> Advanced -> NVIDIA). Look for "TV-Out", "Clone", or "Set up multiple displays". If the TV is detected you will see a TV device icon.
  3. Select the TV device and choose "Clone" or "Duplicate" and pick which monitor to mirror. Apply changes. Use a low resolution (640x480 or 800x600) and the correct TV standard (NTSC=60Hz, PAL=50Hz) while testing.
  4. If the TV does not appear, update the ForceWare/GeForce driver for the FX5200, reboot with the TV connected, and try again.

Troubleshooting notes: prefer S-Video over composite for less blur; if the TV shows no picture or a distorted one, lower the resolution/refresh and toggle the card's TwinView/clone option. If nothing appears in the driver UI the TV-out hardware or driver may not expose cloning on that particular card; in that case a separate video output (another card or external player) is the practical fallback.

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The modern cards that have multiple outputs can only produce, at most, two separate screen renders. Some of the cards restrict the port usage to two at a time, and some allow all three to be used. The ones that allow all three to be used send a clone of one of the main outputs to the s-video port. So, if you want three separate screen outputs, you need more than one card.

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i don't mind if it is a clone image of one of the outputs because all i want is to be able to watch movies on the tv mainteining the two monitors running...

so if it is a way to do this i'd really like to know it...

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