Fwd: Re: [AG-TECH] ATi Radeon 9700 Pro video card?

[Robert Olson]

Hey cool - we should try this (either something other than the g450, or a 
machine other than the Duron box).

--bob

>Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 23:10:33 -0400
>From: Matthew Wolf <mwolf at cc.gatech.edu>
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>That's odd -- I've got a parhelia installed in my display machine along
>with a quad-head G200, and it's doing just fine.  It just popped in &
>seems to be working as advertised (although it took me some time to
>figure out where I wanted to put the 3 AGP outputs in our layout).
>
>I don't have a PCI g450 handy, or I'd try it tomorrow.  What type of
>hardware are/were you using?  (I'm using a Dell WS530.)
>
>Matt
>
>Robert Olson wrote:
> >
> > That's unfortunate. We've run into a similar thing with the Matrox
> > Parhelia; apparently the system hangs when you try to boot it up with
> > another Matrox PCI card in it (I think we tried a G450).
> >
> > --bob
> >
> > At 06:31 PM 8/20/2002 -0400, Matthew Wolf wrote:
> > >I actually was all ready to go out & buy one of these today.  However,
> > >to quote from Q10 on their 9700 FAQ...
> > >
> > >"ATI does not support the use of an additional PCI graphic card or
> > >integrated video in a system with the RADEON™ 9700 PRO to run three or
> > >more displays. "
> > >
> > >So unless someone has additional info and/or an in with someone on ATI's
> > >device driver team, this probably doesn't look like a good fit.  Shame
> > >... I really wanted to have a good excuse to get one.  :)
>
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>         -- Matthew Wolf
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>         -- College of Computing, Georgia Tech
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