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Caffeine
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 Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2003 8:05 am Post subject: Multiple video card setup |
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Hi there,
Does anyone have any experience using both an AGP graphics card and an PCI graphics card at the same time?
My current card (nVidia GeForce2MX) has only one output, and is using the AGP port. What I want to do is watch TV/DVD's on my telly, which means getting another card which has TV out. I have a spare monitor, so I was thinking I could just get a PCI nVidia card, plug the TV and spare monitor into it.
Clear as mud?
This should be possible with the Xinerama extension, but I thought I'd run it by you guys for advice before I run out and grab a new PCI graphics card.
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Carlos
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| Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2003 8:31 am Post subject: |
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I'm using an AGP GeForce 3 Ti200 and a PCI SiS something or other with Xinerama, and they work swimmingly. I've never dealt with TV-out or anything, but if it's really no different than outputting to a regular monitor (except for the out-to-a-TV part), it should work fine with Xinerama. See this thread for more information, as well as a link to the great Xinerama HOWTO.
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hertog
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Here another successstory.
A GeForce 4 (With 2 monitors attached) combined with a cheapo SiS PCI card.
Jup. That's three monitors connected  |
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Caffeine
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Cool. Thanks for the replies. I'll grab myself another nVidia.
What's the story with TV out? Does X control that as well? Or does mplayer/xine take care of that? |
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dreamer3
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| hertog wrote: | Here another successstory.
A GeForce 4 (With 2 monitors attached) combined with a cheapo SiS PCI card.
Jup. That's three monitors connected |
I have a GeForce 4 440MX with 2 VGA outs... was it any hassle to get it setup with 2 monitors under linux? Right now I only have 1 monitor, but I could use two in the future... |
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Carlos
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| dreamer3 wrote: | | I have a GeForce 4 440MX with 2 VGA outs... was it any hassle to get it setup with 2 monitors under linux? Right now I only have 1 monitor, but I could use two in the future... |
I don't have a card like that so you shoul take this with a grain of solt, but nVidia's TwinView (I think that's what it's called) should be even easier to set up, since you won't have to mess with Xinerama. The disadvantage is that you won't get some of the nice features of Xinerama (for example, supporting WMs prevent new windows from spanning screens).
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