Dual monitors in W2k

[dougjnn]

Is there any difference from dual monitors in Win98?

Can one do the same extended desktop between the two monitors as one can in Win98SE?

Does anyone know if Geforce2 MX twinview (if fully implemented with a second Ramdac on the actual card, as some of Inno3d's do) works as well as the Matrox 400/450 Twin head's cards do?

If this has been done recently, sorry. I did run a search.

 

[Vegito]

The G400/450 has 1 chip driving 2 cards, so basically if you have 800x600 each "head" w2k will see it as 1 big head, 1600x600..etc. So popup that gomes up middle of the monitor will now be in between TWO monitor.

If you use two seperate video card ie 1 agp/1pci even in g400/450, then you can have 1 monitor at 800x600 and the other at 640x480 or whatever resolution you want in w2k, 2 seperate monitor.

The only single card I know is the Appian ones, it has 2/4 seperate chips and stacking cards gets you up to 8 monitors (all pci cards). It lets you have 2/4 seperate monitor resolutions per head out..

Win98 for the matrox allows you to have 1 at 1 resolution and the other at a different resolution. W2k require 2 physical chips to drive two display at different resolution..

 

[dougjnn]

Forcesho

Thanks for all the good info.

I think that the TwinView in the Geforce2 MX series uses different chips. I recall seeing ads saying that you could have support different resolutions.

When you run two cards, can you put the PCI card in slot 1 next to the AGP slot, generally? I know that that is usually considered to be the last PCI slot that you should fill, due to potential conflicts with the AGP.

I'm planning my 1.0 ghz system build in a few weeks, so I have lots of Q's. (Living with only a laptop now.)

 

[SUOrangeman]

Hold up, hold up.

For what *I* understand, Matrox integrates the second RAMDAC into the main chip for its DH capabilities. nVidia uses an external chip for the second RAMDAC (no, not two GeFrrce MX chips on the video card) to create TwinView.

I *believe* that TwinView is more akin to a two-card setup in that it takes advantage of Win98/2K's natural multiple display modes. Matrox engineers its drivers to generate the same effect. Because Matrox has been at it for just a little while longer, their drivers may offer a few more features than nVidia at this time. However, I think nVidia takes the cake in overall graphics "power" (3D, etc.) with a GeForce-based chip.

-SUO