RE: [OT] Windows XP & Multiple Monitors

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK - That's a second email saying that two NVIDIA cards should work
together
so I'm going to try it on a spare / test machine when I get a few hours
free...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Paul Gale
> Sent: 13 June 2006 22:19
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Windows XP & Multiple Monitors
>
> 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
> >
> >
> > > 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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