Colin: We've tried a dual-head video card and some 3-d accel tests. If the sprite is on either monitor, there is 3d accel. When it's across two monitors, we're kicked back into software rendering...
I think there are digital to analog adapters for those connectors on the video card that will allow you to connect a regular monitor to the card... At 05:30 AM 2/14/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>Here's where I need your help...can some folks out there (the ones who >>have powerful computers) run the macromedia >>http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/ts/documents/render_test.htm >>"Shockwave player 3D rendering test" >> >>but only use SOFTWARE RENDERING! > > >There's a problem in your approach, I think. The speed of software >rendering for the teapot may show up as a 100 frames second, or whatever, >but it may be that software rendering across the width and height of three >monitors may be a tad slower than the little area of the screen used in >the test movie. > >Also, I'm not sure it will be valid proof that the same machine can drive >three monitors at the same performance. > >Is there any chance your design can work with one sprite across two 3D >monitor widths, and another separate 3D sprite for the third monitor? If >that was possible you might be able to run two monitors from one video >board, and the other from a second board. I'll know later today whether >it's possible to have a two monitor wide sprite that stays hardware 3D, >I'll let you know how that goes. > >Another thing for you to worry about is the outputs, and what kind of >monitors are going to be used. The latest, greatest, nVidia board does >have two fast outputs, but they're both digital, not analog. > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L >is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > James Tu [EMAIL PROTECTED] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
