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Ron,
The problem I encountered was with dual flat panel monitors. When I
substituted in my old Sony monitor for one of them there was no problem. If
you are also using flat panels then it must be something unrelated to the
card. At any rate it will be interesting to see how the Appian card goes.
I'm still somewhat suspicious that a 16 mb card will be as fast as a 32
mb.
James
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> From: Ron Scott <ron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: OFF TOPIC? Re: Dual Monitors
> Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001 8:05 PM
>
> I'm also using a Matrox G450 with a Dell Workstation, and have had no
> problems. It is a good way to go, unless you reach the point of needing
more
> than 2 monitors. In that case, Appian or Coloragraphic would be best in
my
> opinion. I'm surprised to hear of the problems you had with the Matrox,
> and Dell should have tested the system before it was sent to you! The
> virtual desktop software that came with it is pretty weak, but
> performance-wise the monitors have run flawlessly.
>
> Ron Scott
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of jamespalmer
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 5:47 AM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC? Re: Dual Monitors
>
>
> Daniel,
>
> Thanks for the dual monitor posts. I got a new Dell dual monitor system
> that came with a Matrox G 450 32mb card. I was having some trouble with
> vertical and horizontal interference patterns in dual monitor mode, and
> Dell was able to resolve the problem so they reluctantly agreed to switch
> graphics cards. They sent me an Appian Gemini 16mb which they claim is
an
> upgrade. It is as far as the price. I haven't installed it yet so I
don't
> know. But I'm curious. Isn't a 16mb card worse than a 32mb or does it
> depend on the manufacturer?
>
> Thanks
>
> James
>
> ----------
> > From: Daniel Martinez <DanM@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: OFF TOPIC? Re: Dual Monitors
> > Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001 12:44 AM
> >
> > I think your best bet is an AGP Geforce 2 and a PCI Geforce 2 MX 400 if
> you want
> > the latest and fastest. Because nVidia is now the best, you will also
> get
> > updated drivers. Here is a search I did on PriceWatch for "Geforce2
PCI
> > Retail":
> >
>
http://bqueen.pricewatch.com/search/search.idq?ne=29490&l=29444&qc=%22GEFORC
>
E2%22*+AND+%22PCI%22*+AND+%22RETAIL%22*&CiCodePage=Windows-1252&cr=geforce2+
> pci+retail
> >
> > This is the Inno3D product description for their Geforce2 MX 400 (AGP &
> PCI):
> > http://www.inno3d.com/product_mx_2.html
> > This is the link for their Geforce2 MX 400 PDF spec file:
> > ftp://ftp.inno3d.com/pub/spec/pdf/dc07102.pdf
> >
> > They are currently producing both AGP & PCI cards.
> >
> > Daniel.
> >
> >
> > neo wrote:
> >
> > > I have found that the manufacturer is more important than the
chipset.
> I
> > > have purchased 2 TNT2 PCI cards from little known manufacturer and
the
> image
> > > quality is very poor. I tried using an old PCI card and it is working
> OK. I
> > > tried the RADEON PCI card but it would not work even after hours with
> tech
> > > support. The problem is that the major manufacturers are not making
2nd
> > > monitor PCI cards any longer.
> > >
> > > neo
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Daniel Martinez
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 10:42 PM
> > > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: OFF TOPIC. Re: Dual Monitors. Multimonitor dedicated
website.
> > >
> > > I took a look at my old Multimonitor bookmarks and I found a
dedicated
> web
> > > site.
> > > http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/
> > > They have an interesting database where 1765 multimonitor users have
> added
> > > their system configs and comments. They write whether they have been
> > > successful or not using various multiple video cards. Configuration
> search
> > > page:
> > > http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/search.asp
> > >
> > > Apparently ATI Radeon chipsets do have problems using multiple Radeon
> cards
> > > in
> > > a system. On the search page under "Display specific
> configuration(s)", do
> > > a
> > > search for configurations "1792, 1689". The best/fastest
configuration
> > > seems
> > > to be "AGP & PCI 3DFX Voodoo5 5500, 3DFX VSA-100 chipset". Too bad
> they
> > > went
> > > belly up. You might want to avoid 3DFX since they won't be writing
any
> more
> > > driver upgrades. The next best configuration seems to be AGP
Geforce2
> & PCI
> > > Geforce2 MX 400 cards. Because Matrox's G450 PCI doesn't have
> bus-master
> > > capability on non-Intel chipsets, there's not much to choose from
right
> now.
> > >
> > > Good Luck,
> > > Daniel.
> > >
> > > 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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