Ah - mine already has dual DVI outs. So maybe it will work for the purpose. Sorry for asking the dumb questions but I have never setup a multi-monitor solution before.
What controls which signal goes to which card output? Is it a graphics card setting under the windows desktop or something with the VM? Did you get Powerstrip working with it? On 12/21/07, Tharin Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uhm, shouldnt matter. I just used an ATI 9600 agp video card. The idea was no > virtual environment, just a dual screen desktop. One DVI output for the > desktop monitor and the other output for the HDTV. > > Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Which card did you use? > > On 12/21/07, Tharin Olsen wrote: > > Unfortunately a Virtualized environment isn't going to be of much use for > > multimedia/gaming purposes. Most of the hardware is emulated in the guest > > os. > > > > I have a consolidated HTPC and Desktop that I built for use at my > > girlfriends place and it works fine. My secret was to use a dual-head video > > card. ;) > > > > -Tharin O. > > > > Brian Weeden > wrote: I wanted to pick everyone's brain a bit about building a > > virtualization machine (vm). > > > > Right now I have 2 machines, my main desktop and my HTPC. I would > > like to consolidate them into one box. It would be in my office > > behind the wall where the A/V rack is for the home theater. The goal > > would be to have 3 VMs running at all times: > > > > 1 dedicated to HTPC functions with video out from the card to the A/V rack > > Either 1 work XP VM OR 1 gaming Xp VM > > 1 VM linux web server > > > > The hardware would be an Intel quad-core (probably Q6600), 4GB of > > DDR2. I would like to continue using my Radeon Sapphire X1950XT card > > but I think that might be a problem. It has 2 DVI outputs with HDCP > > but I'm not sure how it would work if I tried to game and feed a DVD > > at the same time. > > > > Questions I need to get answered before I can pull this off: > > > > - If you install some new software or have another reason to reboot > > one of the VM instances > > can you just restart it and avoid rebooting the whole machine? > > > > - When you boot up, is there a primary OS that loads and then you run > > the different VMs inside of it or do you boot straight to a VM? > > > > - Can you divvy up the resources for running multiple VMs at once so > > like each gets a GB of RAM and 2 cores? > > > > - Would I need 2 Video cards, one associated with the HTPC VM and one > > associated with the Work/gaming VM? > > > > - If I do need 2 cards, how would that work hardware wise? Never done > > it before in the same box. Do I just get a board with 2 PCI-Express > > slots and slap a card in each? We're not talking about SLI here - but > > two different cards working independently. > > > > -- > > Brian Weeden > > > > > > > -- > Brian Weeden > > -- Brian Weeden
