[vlc] Re: dual monitor support

[elefino]

On Saturday 21 May 2005 17:49, james wrote:
> your right I think the problem is the second monitor is hooked up to the
> crappy built in card. if had a free slot I would go back to having a
> second actuall video card. maybe its time to by a dual headed video
> card.

I don't know about vlc support, but Matrox dual-head cards are 
usually pretty good.  nVidia makes some decent ones. Many people 
have reported much greater satisfaction from a dedicated dual-head 
card, rather than trying to run mismatched individual video adapters. 
Usually the dedicated cards have at least some of the co-ordination 
performed by circuitry, and the rest by well-designed drivers, which 
beats having the operating system trying to get the best out of a 
mismash of unrelated video components.

At the office, I've got a PNY dual-head that's based on the nVidia 
Quadro 1300, running with Win XP Pro, and it's mostly good, but 
I get assorted glitches with the SereneScreen aquarium screensavers 
(known to be moderately demanding).
I'll be finding out this week if said glitches are in fact a power-supply 
problem (the video card says it needs a power-supply that's perhaps 
a little ooomphier than the lowest-bidder unit currently in my DELL.

The only other fellow in my office with a dual-monitor setup also had 
video and system glitches until he upgraded to a real power supply, 
and then everything ran smoothly.... something that other folks might 
consider if they are using high-demand video cards or combos.

K.

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