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10-01-2001, 08:30 AM
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Dual Monitors
I plan on building my own PC. I know that with Mac's it is possible to run dual monitors. Is it possible to do With a PC. If it is what kind of video card would you recommend.
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10-01-2001, 08:45 AM
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Yes, with Win98/ME and I do believe Win2000/XP it is possible to run up to 8 monitors. You can do it with separate video cards or with a multi capable card. The last one that I set up was with the ATI Radeon VE dual head and it worked quite nicely, but then again, I am somewhat biased towards ATI cards.
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10-01-2001, 09:51 AM
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The other big manufacturer, nVidia, included 2-(analog)-monitor-support in their GeForce 2 MX series.
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10-01-2001, 07:12 PM
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Of course, then there's this baby: Jeronimo Pro
Just ordered one for my studio setup -- and two more monitors!!! Yeah baby, this bugger is 4 monitor capable and still only using 1 IRQ. -Craig |
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10-01-2001, 11:14 PM
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by far the best video card for dual monitor support is the matrox g400 series. I have the g450 32 meg and love it. windows xp supports dual monitors but only the professional version.
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10-01-2001, 11:16 PM
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10-02-2001, 12:08 AM
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Matrox is the leader for 'consumer level' dual monitor cards -- but ATI is darn close behind and catching. But for real dual/quad monitor setups, Appian blows them all away. The Jeronimo Pro I've ordered is just awesome -- OpenGL, DirectX, Real-Time video in/out (RCA connectors), protrait display capabilities, and the abilitity to configure four monitors (two rows of two) as one huge display. There's not a dual/quad monitor card that can touch this beast. Of course at $800.00, that better be the case.
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10-02-2001, 12:17 AM
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 Wow, just took a look at those Appian cards, nice setup audiyoda.  This thing is huge! |
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10-02-2001, 08:12 AM
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Sorry I was just assuming that he was talking about consumer level dual monitor cards. As far as more expensive cards go I have no idea. I don't have the cash for them so I don't even begin to consider
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