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DUAL-Monitor-System with ATI&NVIDIA
Hello!
I have 2 VGA-cards in my PC. 1x ATI RADEON X850 - 2 Monitore 1x NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro With XP there was no problem... After the Vista installation a new driver vor the NVIDIA-Card was loaded. But the second VGA Card still did not work! German Error: "Dieses Gerät wurde angehalten, weil es Fehler gemeldet hat. (Code 43)" Any Ideas? RGDS Frank Sorry for the CC |
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DUAL-Monitor-System with ATI&NVIDIA
It's a limitation of Vista that if you use multiple graphics cards then they
must use the same driver, thus they must be from the same chip company (i.e. both nVidia or both ATI). Besides, the Riva card won't support Aero so you'd want to upgrade that anyway. -- /Slugsie "Frank Lauter" wrote in message ... Hello! I have 2 VGA-cards in my PC. 1x ATI RADEON X850 - 2 Monitore 1x NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro With XP there was no problem... After the Vista installation a new driver vor the NVIDIA-Card was loaded. But the second VGA Card still did not work! German Error: "Dieses Gerät wurde angehalten, weil es Fehler gemeldet hat. (Code 43)" Any Ideas? RGDS Frank Sorry for the CC |
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DUAL-Monitor-System with ATI&NVIDIA
Hi
"Slugsie" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... It's a limitation of Vista that if you use multiple graphics cards then they must use the same driver, thus they must be from the same chip company (i.e. both nVidia or both ATI). I hope this is a bad joke... because I think that 80% of all Multiscreen user have different VGA-Cards... Besides, the Riva card won't support Aero so you'd want to upgrade that anyway. No not realy because this second VGA-Card is only for Screen 3 of 3... -- /Slugsie Frank |
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DUAL-Monitor-System with ATI&NVIDIA
It is not a joke. Microsoft will only allow one video driver.
"Frank Lauter" wrote in message ... Hi "Slugsie" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... It's a limitation of Vista that if you use multiple graphics cards then they must use the same driver, thus they must be from the same chip company (i.e. both nVidia or both ATI). I hope this is a bad joke... because I think that 80% of all Multiscreen user have different VGA-Cards... Besides, the Riva card won't support Aero so you'd want to upgrade that anyway. No not realy because this second VGA-Card is only for Screen 3 of 3... -- /Slugsie Frank |
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DUAL-Monitor-System with ATI&NVIDIA
Unfortunately, no, this isn't a bad joke.
Doesn't matter if its for a secondary monitor or not. Unless all cards support Aero, you won't get Aero. -- /Slugsie "Frank Lauter" wrote in message ... Hi I hope this is a bad joke... because I think that 80% of all Multiscreen user have different VGA-Cards... No not realy because this second VGA-Card is only for Screen 3 of 3... |
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DUAL-Monitor-System with ATI&NVIDIA
I think your estimate is way off. I'd guess the majority of multi-screen
(vs. multiple display card) users have only one card in their system, since most current cards have the ability to drive two displays. And if I DID have a second display card in my system, I would probably buy a card from the same manufacturer of my original card because of brand loyalty and a desire to try to minimize driver hassles, like maintaining the current version of the drivers and conflicts between cards/drivers. Just my $0.02. Clint "Frank Lauter" wrote in message ... Hi "Slugsie" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... It's a limitation of Vista that if you use multiple graphics cards then they must use the same driver, thus they must be from the same chip company (i.e. both nVidia or both ATI). I hope this is a bad joke... because I think that 80% of all Multiscreen user have different VGA-Cards... Besides, the Riva card won't support Aero so you'd want to upgrade that anyway. No not realy because this second VGA-Card is only for Screen 3 of 3... -- /Slugsie Frank |
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DUAL-Monitor-System with ATI&NVIDIA
Hi
I think your estimate is way off. I'd guess the majority of multi-screen (vs. multiple display card) users have only one card in their system, since most current cards have the ability to drive two displays. And if I DID have a second display card in my system, I would probably buy a card from the same manufacturer of my original card because of brand loyalty and a desire to try to minimize driver hassles, like maintaining the current version of the drivers and conflicts between cards/drivers. For 2 Screens no problem, but for more this is a problem.... You don't find the same (Powerfull) VGA-Card one for AGP one for PCI... e.G. 2 NVIDIA PCIexpress have problems with the IRQ (and the lanes) and don't run together (XP) Just my $0.02. Just my 100 bucks... :-) Clint Frank |
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DUAL-Monitor-System with ATI&NVIDIA
That's quite obviously not the case, otherwise SLi would never work. If you
put two identical PCI Express cards into an SLi motherboard, but disable SLi, then you get two working independant high powered cards. Anyway, unfortunately for you running 3 or more more monitors is incredibly rare, and considered a specialist solution. There are hardware solutions that do allow you to run more than 2 monitors off one graphics card (highest I have seen was 8 monitors IIRC) -- /Slugsie "Frank Lauter" wrote in message ... For 2 Screens no problem, but for more this is a problem.... You don't find the same (Powerfull) VGA-Card one for AGP one for PCI... e.G. 2 NVIDIA PCIexpress have problems with the IRQ (and the lanes) and don't run together (XP) Just my $0.02. Just my 100 bucks... :-) Clint Frank |
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DUAL-Monitor-System with ATI&NVIDIA
Hi
"Slugsie" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... That's quite obviously not the case, otherwise SLi would never work. If you put two identical PCI Express cards into an SLi motherboard, but disable SLi, then you get two working independant high powered cards. Yes of course but I have "only" AGP & PCI - New Mainbord 200 Bucks New CPU 900 Bucks New 2 PCIx VGA Cards 700 bucks... So 2100 to get Vista running?! Anyway, unfortunately for you running 3 or more more monitors is incredibly rare, and considered a specialist solution. There are hardware solutions that do allow you to run more than 2 monitors off one graphics card (highest I have seen was 8 monitors IIRC) rare? Yes for the consumer market but for developer I think nearly everybody has at least 2 Screen... (ok that works with one VGA card...I know..) Frank -- /Slugsie "Frank Lauter" wrote in message ... For 2 Screens no problem, but for more this is a problem.... You don't find the same (Powerfull) VGA-Card one for AGP one for PCI... e.G. 2 NVIDIA PCIexpress have problems with the IRQ (and the lanes) and don't run together (XP) Just my $0.02. Just my 100 bucks... :-) Clint Frank |
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DUAL-Monitor-System with ATI&NVIDIA
"Frank Lauter" wrote in message
... Hi Yes of course but I have "only" AGP & PCI - New Mainbord 200 Bucks New CPU 900 Bucks New 2 PCIx VGA Cards 700 bucks... So 2100 to get Vista running?! I was responding to your statement: "e.G. 2 NVIDIA PCIexpress have problems with the IRQ (and the lanes) and don't run together (XP)" Not suggesting a course of action. You should be able to quite cheaply purchase a PCI card that matches your AGP card chip manufacturer and add additional screens that way. Total cost probably around $100, maybe less if you buy second hand/ebay. (oh, and 200+900+700 2100 ) rare? Yes for the consumer market but for developer I think nearly everybody has at least 2 Screen... (ok that works with one VGA card...I know..) Not true. I am a software developer for one of the largest IT companies in the world, and no-one where I work uses dual monitors (mostly becuase the company wouldn't fork out for the cost). The fact still remains, probably 95%+ of the market only uses a single screen. Of those that use more than 1 screen, probably 99%+ only use two screens. So more than that is a vanishingly small market. (BTW, I've been a dual screen user at home since Windows 98 was in beta) -- /Slugsie |
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