what's the difference between strech mode and multiscreen mode?? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter DeSantis" <[email protected]> To: "Derek Piper" <[email protected]>; "Todd Zimmerman" <[email protected]> Cc: "'ag-tech'" <[email protected]>; "Westgrid-AGTECH" <[email protected]> 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 - [email protected] - (812) 856 0111 > >> IRI 323, School of Informatics > >> Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana > >
