At 18:35 -0500 2009/03/02, Yersinia wrote: >Removing the NVIDIA would mean not being able to use >the second monitor anymore!
No! See below! >I had originally asked him to remove the >NVIDIA last year (Feb 2008) because I had bought a Radeon 9200 which I >thought would be better, so he took the NVIDIA out and installed the >Radeon....it only made a marginal difference, but I kept it in there >anyway, didn't bother him to switch back. Later on in the year I realized >I actually had a good reason to have 2 monitors on the G4 (an idea I >actually got from him -- when I visited him in the summer, I saw he had >*3* monitors on HIS G4, but it took me awhile to figure out why I'D want >more than the one I had!). But, for me to have 2 monitors, I had to have >2 video cards -- so I kept the Radeon where it was and asked him to put >the NVIDIA in another slot and hook the second monitor up. He did, and I >love having the two monitors. The Radeon 9200 will drive two monitors by itself! >From the manufacturer's web site: >Advanced Dual Display Support > Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions > and refresh rates >Specifications > ... > Integrated TV-Out supports up to 1024x768 resolution > Multiple Display connections > DVI-I port > VGA port > S-Video port > DVI-I to VGA & S-Video to Composite adaptors included - Aaron --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
