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TO: Matrox triple-head vid card (parhelia)

Gerry Aitke

TO: Matrox triple-head vid card (parhelia)

by Gerry Aitke » Mon, 24 Feb 2003 05:30:47

Does this card work with win98se?
Ashley McConnel

TO: Matrox triple-head vid card (parhelia)

by Ashley McConnel » Mon, 24 Feb 2003 08:59:00


It doesnt - there arent any drivers!

All the best,
Ash
http://www.siroccoracing.com

Gerry Aitke

TO: Matrox triple-head vid card (parhelia)

by Gerry Aitke » Mon, 24 Feb 2003 17:13:11




> > Does this card work with win98se?

> It doesnt - there arent any drivers!

Ash

So you have to have XP or Win2k, the *** o/s's of choice...not!

Cheers

Gerry

Ashley McConnel

TO: Matrox triple-head vid card (parhelia)

by Ashley McConnel » Mon, 24 Feb 2003 18:46:23

Yep, I'm pretty sure....when i tried to install it said something about an
invalid O/S (there were no 98 drivers on the CD or the website).  Although i
have made a move from 98se on both machines to 2000 on one and XP on the
other and I am pretty happy with the results to be honest.  Things are more
reliable and the performance cost is hardly noticable.

All the best,
Ash
http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Larr

TO: Matrox triple-head vid card (parhelia)

by Larr » Tue, 25 Feb 2003 02:27:35

Oh, boy.  Here we go again :)

Larry



> So you have to have XP or Win2k, the *** o/s's of choice...not!

> Cheers

> Gerry

ssra

TO: Matrox triple-head vid card (parhelia)

by ssra » Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:26:34


>Oh, boy.  Here we go again :)

>Larry




>> So you have to have XP or Win2k, the *** o/s's of choice...not!

 Has anyone heard any inkling if NVIDIA or ATOI will do a triple (or
conversley Matrox releasing a top card)
 2 moniters does not seem to be right but three looks perfect.(though
if anyone has experience with a dual how well does it work)
Mr Q

TO: Matrox triple-head vid card (parhelia)

by Mr Q » Tue, 25 Feb 2003 17:53:10

Dual monitors is not great for ***. Most game interfaces are set up to
focus the action around the centre of the display, which on 2 monitors means
right where the join is.  :(

Three monitors would be much better as you'd have the centre monitor as the
main focus and peripheral vision on the side monitors. From the Matrox
screenshots, triple-head *** looks awesome (now if they'd only release a
card that could run those games at a reasonable frame rate).

--
Mr Q
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Ruud van Ga

TO: Matrox triple-head vid card (parhelia)

by Ruud van Ga » Wed, 26 Feb 2003 00:31:56

On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:53:10 +1100, "Andre Queree \(Mr Q\)"


>Dual monitors is not great for ***. Most game interfaces are set up to
>focus the action around the centre of the display, which on 2 monitors means
>right where the join is.  :(

Indeed, that I've experienced too. You immediately want to shift your
eyes around a bit; the focus is there where the monitor sidewall is.
:(

I have a Parhelia and tested it, but indeed at some point got back to
my Geforce3, which was especially much faster in windowed OpenGL
(approx. 10x). May have been fixed in newer drivers by now though.

Ruud van Gaal
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