nView vs. Hydravision

[jjessico]

What is the difference between an nView setup and a Hydravision setup? I have a choice of either a geForce based card or an ATI card right now and I don't play games much, so I'm wondering which is the better setup for dual monitors.

Thanks,
Jason

 

[SectorZero]

I've used both and think they're both good solutions.

I didn't really see where one had a major advantage over the other.

Don't think multi mon needs to be a big factor in your decision, since both support it quite well.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

For me it would depend on which particular manufacturer and generation/model of geforce card it is. I've never used or viewed a radeon with bad 2D IQ but some companies Geforce offerings 2D IQ is absolute garbage in my personal experience. If the price is equal I'd get the radeon because imo that's the safest/surest bet.

 

[Alkali]

I prefer the Hydravision scheme saving/recall method...

 

[yhelothar]

I personally think there's like a lot more features in nview... after using both...
could you do horizontal/vertical span with hydravision so your windows thinks your monitor outputs is one so you can have your games span to both monitors?
i didn't see that in hydravision..
and there's that nvkeystone, nvrotate, can't think of anything special for hydravision other than the multiple desktop schemes..

 

[jjessico]

Does hydravision allow you to setup two side by side independent desktops? The thing is I have a 21in CRT and I would like to run it in 1600x1200 and a 19in LCD I want to run in 1280x1024. With nview I can't seem to make the two screens have independent resolution. This would be best in my situation as I have a citrix connection open nearly 24/7 for work and would like that on its own independent 1280x1024 desktop with the rest of my crap on my 1600x1200 CRT. I really don't play games and currently have a GF Ti4600 128mb from visiontek. For my ATI options I have a Radeon 9000 64mb or a All In Wonder 7500 64mb. Any suggestions from here?

Thanks,
Jason

 

[Pete]

I think Hydravision will let you do that in XP, but not in 2K. nView should let you do so in both. I think it's established that nView is a bit better than Hydravision, but I don't really follow that feature.

Visiontek was reputed to have good 2D on its GF4 line, unlike many other vendors. Why are you considering changing to ATi? The only advantage I'd see would be better DVD playback, but you'd be taking a step back in most other ways (if your Vtek has signal quality comparable to ATi).