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To: Dave Hanson who wrote (6056)	2/7/1999 1:53:00 PM
From: Gary E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Dave, I really appreciate the education I'm getting here on Si, It looks like it boils down to basic $ with me. Spend 300 and get what will work, or spend what a new one will cost, aprox 5x and get supercharged performance, that maybe I won't need. Looks like I should get a new one in the future as well, and when I do, I'l look for advise as to just what I should have in the box. Thanks HG

To: Dave Hanson who wrote (6056)	2/7/1999 2:56:00 PM
From: Alf	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

Dave I thought that I had decided on all the parts that will go in to the computer that I will have built. It will be NT os I want to run 3 monitors Original plan was the Matrox Millenium g200 AGP and then I thought I could put in 2 Millenium g200 PCI cards in and I would be all set, well I can not find any Matrox PCI cards and even the AGP cards seem to be becoming scarce. From what I can tell the Diamond Viper V330 8mb PCI cards will work in a multi monitor NT set up (up to 4 monitors) diamondmm.com Can I use more that one monitor from the same system? Yes, the Viper V330 supports up to four monitors from one machine under Windows NT™ 4.0, allowing for a much larger desktop area to view your work (up to 3200x2400 with 4 monitors). In order to use multiple monitors, you must have the following: A Viper V330 PCI card for every monitor you wish to use (maximum of four) Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 installed Diamond's InControl Tools for Windows NT 4.0 (these utilities are loaded when you install Diamond's Windows NT 4.0 drivers) Note: You cannot mix Viper V330 PCI cards with a Viper V330 AGP card. BUY.COM has the Viper V330 for $ 77.95 and then there is a $ 30 rebate If I did go with the Matrox AGP card would I be able to then use 2 Viper PCI cards ? Are there other PCI cards that I could use with the Matrox g200 AGP ? I hate to waste the AGP slot and use 3 Viper cards but in reality if it will work I am about to pull the trigger .....I want my new puter :-) Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated Tim