Hi all, Just for the record, at home I have a 'budget' dual setup as follows:
19"CRT as main display running off a Geforce4 MX AGP (cheapie) 15"CRT as secondary display running off an(ancient but reliable) Tseng Labs ET6100 in a free PCI port. According to Micro$oft, this should not be possible with this particular PCI card, but is (for those who are interested) if you set the PCI video card as the primary in your BIOS. Voi la! Dual monitors on a budget! Just my $0.02, TC -----Original Message----- From: John A. Ross [RSDTV] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 6 August 2004 10:16 AM To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: Re: [PEDA] Multiple Displays > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Monroe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 7:54 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] Multiple Displays > > I'm getting ready to add a second monitor for use with DXP04 > running on Win2k. > > I'm hoping those with experience can guide me in the right > direction. I'm thinking about adding a 15 or 17 inch flat > panel as the secondary display to my 21 CRT. I thought the > flat panel would be used for display of panels and reports > while the CRT would be used for the editing workspace. > > Here are some things I'm curious sure about: > > 1. Is this a good strategy? Jim Most definitely a wise move although be aware of the trade off on LCD panals as most at 17" will only support 1280x1024 so in some instances a case can be made for a second 21" @ 1600x1200 plus instead. > 2. Is my proposed mix of CRT and flat panel even feasible, > and can the flat panel be set for a lower resolution than the > CRT. If this is hardware dependant, is there anything special > I should know? There is also a lot to be said when swapping panels between monitors of same resolution so as not to lose a part of the panel off screen! Yes they can be mixed, I have used matrox cards for long and weary and never seen an issue, first was G100/MilleniumII up to Parhelia (2 monitor mode, don't use 3 monitor stretched). > 3. I'd like to hear about multi-display configurations that > work especially well (or don't work well). Currently at home I use a Parhelia working in 2 monitor mode, and an additional nVidia PCI card for the third monitor all at 1280x1024 Flat panel display (2 x DVI, 1 x RGB). I thought this would be good for a while but find this configuration slightly less productive than the dual 1600x1200 20" CRT. I had considered a 4th but there is no desk space left :-) John * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
