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I use 2 ATI xpert 98 cards with no problems so far! Only been using
them for about 2 months.
At 10:46 PM 1/17/99 -0800, Lamont Cranston wrote:
>Sigstroker@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>
> Lastly, about
>> Matrox, they are supposed to be very nice if they work. But if you have
>> problems, support is a huge pain. It's a toll call to Canada with on-hold
>> times of 30 minutes or more, and they are very unresponsive to email. The
>> warranty is basically worthless, as the costs of actually contacting
them for
>> repair or replacement could well pay for another card from a competitor.
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>> > Based on comments here, and my own experience, I highly recommend
_matched_
>> > Matrox cards where a monitor is to be attached to each card. These
people
>> > have been doing multi-monitor support long before Microsoft decided to
>> > support it. The Matrox desktop software (included with the Matrox
drivers)
>> > does an outstanding job of changing resolution, desktop area, colors,
and
>> > refresh rate without requiring reboot. Due to poor design, my TimberHill
>> > Workstation will not configure properly if loaded on a dual monitor
setup
>> > so I switch to single onitor, load the software, and switch back to dual
>> > monitor all without unloading other software or rebooting.
>> >
>> > Earl
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>Earl:
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>I totally agree about the Matrox support. It sucks. There is an (800)
>number that might help you with you conflict with them. (800)362-0343
>and ask for Brad. He is a sales rep, but seems to have some answers.
>
>I started out with two Matrox Mystique cards. Had no luck using two
>monitors so had to switch to the Millenium cards. Am now using two
>monitors, but with some difficulty because of the interface between TS
>and BMI. I am considering to get a Colorgraphics card for my second
>location for testing between the two setups.
>
>If you any further information that might help before I go to the
>Colorgraphics card it would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Lamont Cranston
> "who knows evil lurks"
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