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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... TIA Jon Clausen
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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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Jon Clausen wrote: <snip>
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?
Fwiw, I'm running SuSE 8.1 with a Matrox 450, no problem; dual head on two 19" Sony's. At home, using a Creative GeForce Ti4400, with dual head (19" Iyama and Sony 17"), and had no problems there either (SuSE 8.1). The Matrox is cheaper, but if you'll hope / plan / expect to play games, then there are other options, such as the Creative card (although you do have to download and install the nVidia drivers - haven't read your earliar thread, so don't know what problems you've experienced). I do have a 550 sat waiting to go into this PC, but haven't tried it yet, sorry. If something isn't broke, I'm wary of messing with it! :) Carl -- carl huber | wet web work glue London, Campaign's Agency of the Year 2002
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Thanks for the answers. On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:57:38AM +0000, Carl Huber wrote:
Jon Clausen wrote: <snip>
So I'd like to know about success/failure stories WRT the 550 card and 8.1?
The Matrox is cheaper, but if you'll hope / plan / expect to play games, then there are other options, such as the Creative card (although you do have to download and install the nVidia drivers
I have no problem with dl/install of nVidia drivers. Question is, will this card handle two CRT monitors?
- haven't read your earliar thread, so don't know what problems you've experienced).
It's an X thing. It mainly shows up when I use Mutt in Konsole, where the 'threading' doesn't show 'right'. It looks awful, and it's sort of annoying. I made a screenshot: http://bund.dk/~jon/konsole.png It *did* work with 8.0, but I'm fed up with trying to work out what exactly has changed.
I do have a 550 sat waiting to go into this PC, but haven't tried it yet, sorry.
Don't be :)
If something isn't broke, I'm wary of messing with it!
A wise attitude ;) cheers, Jon Clausen
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