Geforce 4 NView vs. Matrox G400 DualHead

[LightningCount]

Well, I have been a dedicated Matrox user for a few years now, but I have always dreaded the 3d performance of my Matrox Marvel G400 card. On the other hand, its video editing / dualhead capabilities are marvelous. Now this Geforce4 Nview function has come up in the video world, and I couldn't help but wonder if it supported a feature like the DVDMax of the Matrox. This feature enables me to open any video file in WMP/PowerDVD/etc, and it to be, automatically outputted full screen onto the other display, while running in window mode on the first display. This feature works great with my tv, and helps a lot during video editing. Hats off to Nvidia if NView has this sort of feature, I briefly looked into it but it seems as if it doesn't. If you have any more information on this subject I'd gladly like to hear it. =P

 

[LightningCount]

bizump?

 

[osmononame]

i thought too that i would be able to play a dvd on my tv and surf the internet on the moniter so i biught a gforce4 mx but using nview u cant. nvidia is releasin NVDVD and on thier website it says that it is compatible with NView so i suppose that is eqivelant to DVDMax but i havent been able to download it so far. there is a 3rd party program, www.movieplayer2002.com, but it is only supported under windows xp just now.

 

[LethalWolfe]

:| grrr...first double post....:|

 

[LethalWolfe]

If you are looking for a "beefier" dual monitor card I'd look at the Radeon 8500. ATi's "hydravision" (their dual monitor software) runs a close second to Matrox's dualhead. It's getting better, but Nview seems to always feel like a last minute add on just so Nvidia can say "hey, we have dual monitor support too..."

Lethal

EDIT: and if you ever use the term "bizump" again I'm going to have to kill you.