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Re: Re[2]: PCI or AGPHi,
I have tried the Matrox AGP / PCI combination and for me it worked pretty
well. I used both screens as one big desktop and the matrox cards run some
pretty high resolutions on analog screens .. 1920*1440 if I remember
correctly. I am currently using the PCI Matrox MMS card. This provides four
discreet graphics chips, one for each monitor. It is also available with a
TV tuner so you can have a TV window that actually looks pretty good. The
nice thing about the MMS cards is that one PCI card runs 4 screens and you
can add as many cards as your PC can hold. These cards also go to some
pretty high numbers resolution wise.
These cards run around $150-200 on ebay and sold for more than 600 new. They
are very stable and work great for tradestation level graphics.
Here is a link to one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2789522884&category=40160&sspagename=STRK%3AMESSE%3AIT&rd=1
Its not as cheap as the two or three card combinations, but it only takes
one slot and the software that makes everything one big desktop works
flawlessly.
I havent tried the PCI AGP combination with different vendors cards but that
would seem like asking for trouble from the compatibility side.
Just my two cents.
----- Original Message -----
From: Abhijit Dey
To: Mark Brown ; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: PCI or AGP
WinXp can make them appear as one desktop.. that's what I have. Since both
of my card s are nVidia, I use nVidia's nView Desktop management thing. All
4 monitors act as one big desktop. It's possible to stretch apps accross
different monitors etc.
I think it works pretty much the same way for NT & win2k as well.
Check http://www.9xmedia.com/Pages/Products.html for some nice eyecandy.. I
didn't buy from them, but the site showcases nicely what's possible.
Thanks,
Abhijit
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Brown" <markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 4:28 PM
Subject: Re[2]: PCI or AGP
> Hello donc,
>
> d> I run one AGP and two PCI (single-port) cards, all unique, and have
> d> no problems.
>
> how do you handle the desktop? i mean do you have three desktops? or
> do they all act as one? and resolution matching?
>
> i like the sound of this setup - might give it a try myself.
>
>
> --
> Thank You,
> Mark Brown
> www.markbrown.com
>
>
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