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Has anyone explored the value of three monitors? I could not function
without for real time.
----- Original Message -----
From: "neo" <neo1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 12:41 PM
Subject: Dual Monitors
> Daniel
>
> I have discovered that the manufacturer is just as important as the
chipset.
> I tried 2 TNT2 PCI cards that were not from major manufacturers and the
> image quality was poor. I then put in an old PCI card that is not fast or
> feature rich but the image is very sharp. It appears that how the rest of
> the board is constructed makes a big difference. I suggest sticking to
major
> manufacturers. Unfortunately, ATI is the only major company still making
PCI
> cards. I tried their RADEON PCI but it is not compatible with their RADEON
> 64 MB DDR AGP card for dual monitors.
>
> The two monitors are really great for trading. It is great to have RT
quotes
> & charts on 1 screen and have my brokerage on the other. Anyone trading
> without 2 monitors is missing out.
>
> neo
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Daniel Martinez
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 8:45 PM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: OFF TOPIC? Re: Dual Monitors
>
>
> 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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