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neo,
ATI now has a dual monitor card.
Holland
----- Original Message -----
From: "LPetersen1" <lpetersen1@xxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: Dual Monitors
> Neo
> I am not familiar with your choices, but my Matrox 16 meg dual card works
fine.
>
> I paid less that $80, at the local computer store. I suppose that the 32
meg
> version would be even better, for very little added cost. From all that I
> know, the Matrox is great value for business apps, but not as game-fast as
some
> of the more expensive game cards.
>
> My previous efforts to use two video cards led to problems. MSFT said
that
> they were supposed to work, but....that was the case only sometimes. MSFT
has
> a list of compatible cards, but I would try an inexpensive dual card, like
the
> Matrox. It is compatible with a second single video card, so that Matrox
dual
> card user can upgrade to three monitors.
> Regarding the possible viability of having two dual Matrox cards (4
monitors),
> I know not.
> Good luck
> LAP
>
>
>
> neo wrote:
>
> > I wanted to have a fast primary card and a high quality PCI secondary
card.
> > I purchased the Radeon 64 MB AGP and Radeon PCI. Tech support assured me
> > they would work well together. They would not. I looked in MS's KB and
most
> > of the problems with dual monitors was with ATI cards. I tried an off
brand
> > TNT2 but the image quality was poor. I have on order a 3dfx 5500 PCI.
Not
> > sure if it will work.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > neo
>
>
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