I have used several nVidia based cards with dual monitor setups. My main system has two 20.1" 1600x1200 DELL LCD monitors both on DVI and works great. Another system is actually a DELL laptop with a CRT externally again both 1600x1200.
I also had some other cards that didn't support the same resolution on both displays but worked fine. All this under Windows XP pro and I have used DXP 2004 on these configurations. Once you go there though it is very difficuly if not impossible to go back even for normal computing needs. Chris. BTW the dell LCD monitors regularly go on sale for around $800 not bad for 1600x1200 with VGA, DVI, SVIDEO and composite video inputs. > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Pobursky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 12:27 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Multiple Displays > > On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 11:53:56 -0700, Jim Monroe wrote: > > 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? > > > > 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? > > I run in the same configuration you're proposing: Win2K, 21" CRT, 17" > LCD, two different resolutions stretched across the Windows > desktop. As > far as I know, Matrox Dualhead cards are the only ones on the market > that can pull this off. When I was looking at ATI and Nvidia > cards, their tech support told me they couldn't do (and never would). > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
