[AG-TECH] Multi Display Cards Recommendation

[Natalia Costas Lago]

what's the difference between strech mode and multiscreen mode??

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter DeSantis" <peter at jumbovision.com.au>
To: "Derek Piper" <dcpiper at indiana.edu>; "Todd Zimmerman" <toddz at sfu.ca>
Cc: "'ag-tech'" <ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov>; "Westgrid-AGTECH" 
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Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 3:49 AM
Subject: re[2]: [AG-TECH] Multi Display Cards Recommendation


> 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
>
>