On Thursday 16 January 2003 06:32, Jon Clausen wrote:
Hi
I have this dualhead setup. Identical monitors (Hansol 710P) and two different cards (one nVidia whatever, one Matrox millenium II)
While this setup "works", I *am* having a spot of trouble. (See the thread "Konsole font... or X ? or... help?" of about two weeks ago)
I'm getting tired of fighting this, and seeing as the Matrox 550 cards have dropped in price, I'm sorely tempted to ditch the two old/disparate cards...
So I'd like to know about success/failure stories WRT the 550 card and 8.1?
I'm not particularly bent on getting the Matrox card, but it just caught my eye the other day. I remember it being discussed on this list before, and from what I remember it should be pretty good?
Anyone know of alternatives in the same price range, that supports dualhed?
3d/Gaming isn't a big issue, but would be nice touch. The main thing is that I just want my dualhead to work properly...
I bought a Matrox G550 in an emergency a while ago, and it has been well behaved and pleasant under SuSE8.0 and 8.1, but since I've never run it dual-headed my experience may not help much. It gives good 2D performance, and I was able to set it up to use 3D with SAX2, but apart from a bit of a go at Tux Racer to check it was working properly I've barely used the 3D. It's not an expensive card by comparison with some, so I can recommend it happily with a single monitor setup - but the dual head is an unknown quantity for me. HTH Best Fergus
TIA Jon Clausen
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