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[ale] multiple monitors - different desktops
- Subject: [ale] multiple monitors - different desktops
- From: esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)
- Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 10:32:38 -0400
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- References: <ED82B8B59EA2D44C9E64E228028E4B34029D19@poly_ethylene.corp.polyengineering.com> <[email protected]>
Dow Hurst wrote:
> there is a card with 4 output available, was it Matrox? Might find one
> on Ebay as I don't know if they are still sold new.
>
> You can also use SLI enabled motherboards with dual Nvidia cards to get
> more than two monitors hooked up. the driver will allow certain
> combinations of dual monitor single desktop or multi-monitor multi-desktop.
>
> A big plus with the nvidia setup is that different monitors are handled
> very well. You can have a 12" old CRT with limited vertical Hz refresh
> rate next to a 20" LCD from Dell at 60Hz and the driver will accelerate
> and join into a seamless desktop both monitors. Nvidia had that for
> Linux before they had it for Windows!
You can also do that with xinerama. :) Had my 20" viewsonic with a 15"
dell.
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Until later, Geoffrey