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To: James Thai who wrote (4802)	12/9/1999 12:07:00 PM
From: qcom_datadept	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17977

OFF TOPIC Disclaimer This is not a recommendation by Lycos, Quote.com or any of its affiliates, but by me personally. The G400 Matrox Millennium Max (32Mb VRam) is one of the best video cards out there and it has two video output connections. It also support very high resolutions and 32-bit color... from a gaming standpoint (one of my hobbies,) it is simply amazing. Jay Frank Financial Data Analyst Client Services, Quote.com

To: James Thai who wrote (4802)	12/9/1999 5:22:00 PM
From: jebj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17977

>can someone recommend a video card that will support dual monitors? - James IF you are running Win98 or 2000, dual monitors are supported - up to 5 I believe - in the program. Finding the video cards that will work together, however, is a problem. You can, of course, purchase special purpose cards - at a special purpose price to match :). If you are a serious gamer on the same computer this might be the way to go. However, it can be done very inexpensively as well - I use a Diamond Viper 330 as my primary card and a diamond Stealth II 220S for the second monitor. The 220S is an older card - hey, the Viper is an older card now - and may be hard to find but it took us a very long time of trying before we found someone at Diamond that knew that two Vipers would not work together. I run 4 megs of memory on the cards but you can add more if you like. Both of these cards were the hottest thing going at one time and do a very good job. Not heavy into games but have had absolutely no troubles with some of the ones I have tried. Good luck - we had a very hard time finding this above information so hope it helps you as it did us. jb

To: James Thai who wrote (4802)	12/9/1999 5:34:00 PM
From: Gary E	Respond to of 17977

<<<<<< Secondly, somewhat off topic, can someone recommend a video card that will support dual monitors? Is there a TNT based one out there? I still like to play my games :)>>>>>> I have been using a 2 monitor card from STB Systems in Richardson TX ever since my 486 computer,,,I dont have a link, perhaps you can search for it. Hal

To: James Thai who wrote (4802)	12/10/1999 3:01:00 AM
From: SMALL FRY	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17977

TNT? A RIVA 128 as primary adapter will not support multi-display due to incompatible driver used, your PC will hang on boot up unless you have disabled your secondary graphics adapter before last session shutdown: support.microsoft.com Some PC's (Micron Millenia PII Max with ATX MB and NVidia RIVA TNT 128 for example) will allow you to use multiple display if you turn OFF (disable) your video bios cache (shadow feature)in your CMOS setup. If you wish to use multiple display... it may be best to check this first: support.microsoft.com Hope that helps, SF

To: James Thai who wrote (4802)	12/12/1999 3:14:00 PM
From: Mark The Trader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17977

You have probably had a lot of answers on this however my 2 cents on this is : I use Win 98 and a ATI cards . 1) ATI all in Wonder PRO is the main card ATI Expert 128 is the second card . 2) If you install a second card be careful when you install the software for the new card , I found it best to just install the drivers for the new card. When I installed the full software suite for the 128 Expert it messed up my cap drivers for the ATI Pro . I then had to spend a lot of time fixing the problem . If you are using NT or Win 95 then an Apian card would be good . elitetrader.com Mark

To: James Thai who wrote (4802)	12/12/1999 6:10:00 PM
From: Dan Clark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17977

James, This is definitely OT, but... Be careful in your choice of cards, especially the new Matrox multi-monitor cards. If you are an active trader, you will probably want to upgrade with WindowNT (assuming that you haven't already). Within the next 3-4 months, the new version, Window2000 will be released. Here's where the fun begins... I tried a Matrox G400 card on Windows2000. It isn't supported because Windows2000 doesn't support some of the graphics functions that the G400 uses. Currently I use two separate video cards for a dual monitor display. I use an ATI PCI card (3D Rage Pro) with a 3dfx Voodoo AGP card. Works Great. If you decide to use an ATI card, ensure that you only have one on your system. Each ATI card fights for dominance. Two ATI cards won't work together. (I tried.) Regards, Dan.