This is stupidly obvious: if you want to do a dual monitor setup with the NVidia GeForce 8500GT, all you have to do is use a VGA input for one screen and a DVI input for the other. I tried using a DVI splitter to put both on DVI, but that’s not how it works! It’s analog + digital. Simple.
As an aside, why can’t the Nvidia linux driver do Twinview for my two graphics card (Nvidia 6500 and 8500GT)? Windows can!
February 7, 2011
Tried doing the DVI splitter thing in Windows, and discovered that while it will clone the screen for you, hte graphics card simply can’t get up to a very high resolution. So stick with using two cards or a better graphics card if you want to clone DVI using Nvidia Geforce 8500 GT.