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I looked at the other cards (Appian,Colorgraphics,etc) but chose the STB MVP 4
Port card instead. My reasons were price, performance and availability.One quirky
thing about STB cards is that they do not work with Award BIOS. This was
something that I did not know in advance. As a result I had to swap out my
motherboard to get a BIOS that the card is compatible with.Other than that, the
only thing I had to do was get an updated driver so that my system wouldnt
continually crash. I have been very pleased and would not go back to just one
monitor.Ron's point is a valid one. Before you buy one of these cards, you should
talk to their tech support people to determine which one you need and what
potential incompatibility problems you might have. At STB, Douglas Duncan is
excellent.
terrence smart
Ron Augustine wrote:
>
> Don't know about the other cards, but I use a ColorGraphics with four 17"
> monitors it's a great set up. Check with their tech-support people first to
> make sure your getting the right card for your machine-- particularly if
> you're running a not-Intel chip. Their tech-support is excellent.
>
> http://www.colorgfx.com/
>
> One of the problems with the Windows multi-monitor set-up is that it
> requires a slot on the mother-board for each monitor's video card as well as
> an IRQ for each card. Most machines purchased today don't have enough of
> these resources available to facilitate the video cards. If you go this
> route, you may need to disable things like a Sound Card, a Modem, or a Port
> to free-up enough resources-- which means that you need to have the
> technical skills to do these things.
> _____________________
> >-----Original Message-----
>
> >Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC - multiple monitors
> >
> >I'm curious to know, too.
> >
> >Anyone know anything about the Appian Graphics cards which are advertised in
> >S&C for multi-monitor use?
> >
> >Incidentally, my hardware vendor told me that Win98 is not very good at
> >multi monitor. I therefore had Nt4 installed.
> >
> >
> >
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