[AG-TECH] Multi Display Cards Recommendation

[Peter DeSantis]

We used the new matrox PCI express variation of the (QID) matrox card.

It works fine in the horizontal stretch mode, but in the multiscreen mode the vic windows corrupt the screens all over with screen courruption occuring as you drag windows around.  We tried to use the multiscreen mode, so we could have1 screen for the control monitor at a lower res than the other 3 screens.

Also the pci express driver dont support 1400x1050 which is comon in new projectors today. I emailed matrox repeatedly about them upgrading thier drivers to correct the problem, but all i get from them is that "they are not aware on any problems with the product".  This is what i call "weasonable" behavior

Peter


 >>      What Matrox card did you get that you weren't happy with? We recently 
 >>  got a Matrox QID card (AGP) in our node and it works great. 4 x DVI 
 >>  outputs. We have a Matrox Millenium P650 PCI to drive the 'operators 
 >>  console' TFT, so it's a 5 display machine.

 >>      Derek

 >>  Todd Zimmerman wrote:
 >>  > Hey all,
 >>  > 
 >>  > I'm just writing up a suggested hardware list and am not sure what to 
 >>  > suggest for a multi-out (tri or quad) video card - especially since the 
 >>  > last experience I had with a quad out card (from Matrox) was less than 
 >>  > satisfactory.
 >>  > 
 >>  > All of our display machines are G5's - so we just add a second dual 
 >>  > display card to get 4 outputs, which works well.  However, for a Windows
 >>  
 >>  > display computer, I'm not sure this would work.
 >>  > 
 >>  > Any recommendations??
 >>  > 
 >>  > Thanks,
 >>  > 
 >>  > Todd
 >>  > 

 >>  -- 
 >>  Derek Piper - dcpiper at indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111
 >>  IRI 323, School of Informatics
 >>  Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana