RE: [OT] Windows XP & Multiple Monitors

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The only time I had a problem was when I added a second PCI Express
graphics card to an ASUS m/b that supports two graphics cards but isn't
fully SLI capable. The second card was an ATI (first card was my NVIDIA
7800GTX) - whilst windows sees the cards, the NVIDIA and ATI drivers hated
each other and world war three ensued! The only way I got around this was
to replace the ATI with another NVIDIA.

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Phil Harris
> Sent: 13 June 2006 21:41
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Windows XP & Multiple Monitors
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> > Phil Harris wrote:
> > > I already run two monitors on my XP machine (using a dual
head AGP
> > > card) but does anyone know for certain whether XP supports
three or
> > > more monitors by the addition of an additional PCI graphics
> > card (as
> > > opposed to using a single Matrox-type card with four
outputs).
> >
> > Should do.  I'm running XP on a dual-head matrox card, but my
> > partner is running two monitors using a pair of cards (an AGP
> > nvidia and some ancient PCI card).  I've seen Win2000 do four
> > monitors on a pair of dual-head cards, so no reason to
> > suspect that XP can't.
>
> I did just try adding a PCI GeForce FX5200 to my machine which has an
AGP
> GeForce 6600GT in it and it simply began to bluescreen on booting once
it
> had installed the drivers for the new card ...
>
> ... After removal it was still bluescreening and so I've just done a
Ghost
> restore of the entire machine to fix it.
>
> :-(
>
> Phil
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