GeForce 2MX and Twin View

[Tweakin]

Am I to understand NVIDIA in that the latest drives fully support dual monitors using a GeForce 2MX card under Win 98 and Win2K? Seperate refresh rates and resolutions? The only hitch in the white papers was that statement of a second ramdec chip...do these cards already have one? I want to get rid of my g400 and g200 setup.

 

[dougjnn]

I've been sniffing around the same questions.

As for the need for the second Ramdac, remember that Nvidia makes the chipset, and a reference card, but not the cards for sale. So card makers might or might not put on a second Ramdac.

The only card that I can clearly establish supports two CRT/RGB monitors is made by Inno3d. These guys sell them. Found via various pricewatch searches until something worked. Pricewatch listed the price $10 lower last I looked. Probably can talk them down to the pricwatch price.

Most of the MX boards are sold with TV out as their second monitor. Why there hasn't appeared a bigger market for the 2nd monitor out, a la the Matrox 400/450 cards, is a mystery to me.

 

[Tweakin]

I'm specifically looking at the Leadtek WinFast GeForce2 MX DH Pro. It has two vga conectors and appears to be able to run just like dual video cards. There are a couple of reviews I've found that praise this card. I actually found some in stock at sg3d.com for $133. Decisions, decisions decisions......

 

[Wag]

I have a Gainward Cardex MX twin-view. It's very good. One thing I can say about twin-view though is that the ramdac for the second VGA port leaves alot to be desired. Start bumping it up to higher resolution/refresh rates like 1152*864/100Hz and the quality gets poor. The text fades, picture gets blurry, etc. The primary output looks great though.

I hear this is pretty much the case on all the twin-view cards.