Now that Win2k SP1 is out...

[Minstrel]

How long do you think it'll be until we get "real" dual-head from our G400s

I hope it is a simple change that they can integrate into their next driver release.

[Rags]

Not gonna happen. Dual Head as we know it in win9x is not happening right now in win2k.

Rags



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[Minstrel]

Do you have any more information or background about this. Last I understood, SP1 was going to include the capability that matrox needed to include 9x style dual-head (or what you get with 2 cards) in win2k. When did this change? Or is it just one of those Microsoft-decided-not-to-fix-it issues?

[Rags]

Yes, I know, believe me

Matrox has never officially stated that it would appear in SP1. They have stated that they were trying to get it included in SP1. Which apparently MS decided it was not cost effective/necessary/important/etc.

Rags



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[PR-man]

Rags from what i read MS decided that adding dual-head to win2k involved too much rewriting of the win2k kernel and because of this they put it off till the next major update.

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Celeron 300a@464 on a Abit BH6 Rev 1.01, 192 Pc100, Matrox G400 32 SH, SBlive Value, Supra Express 56i ISA, all running on Win2k pro with other odds and ends

[C=64]

By major update do you mean a Windows 98 SE type mess, or Whistler?

Either way, it looks like it's time for me to give up on the dream... sigh... Bye G400 Max. It was (almost) nice having you in my system...

C=64

[dZeus]

according to the latest info I've heard, MS won't put it in any servicepack for Win2k.... so I really hope they will include it in Whistler

[LrngToFly]

BTW- the SP can be found in links here:
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200....html?dtn.head

and the readme for the list of fixes is here (in three parts)
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q260/9/10.asp

ps- guess MS fixed a "slow DirectX" problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q263/1/16.ASP

[This message has been edited by LrngToFly (edited 31 July 2000).]

[Arsa]

So I have to get two 19' now? Ok... i'll try ;-)

[Satch]

Looks like I'm going to slap in my old Millenium. As any one got a system with both a G400Max & Millenium installed and running in W2K ?

[Arsa]

Actualy my problem is that I can't run two monitors on my DH on different resolution.

[MartinS]

Resolved to running a single desktop across 2 monitors (booo, hissss )I seem to remember that there was a way to prevent windows dialogue boxes appearing split over the monitors.

Can anyone remember how to do this please?

OS: Win NT4.

Ta
Martin

[CarterTG]

A tip on preventing split dialog boxes was found at:
<CENTER><A HREF="http://www.windows2000faq.com/" TARGET="_top">Windows2000faq.com</A></CENTER>

I don't really have any complaints about spreading a single desktop over two monitors, in fact, it's EXCELLENT for timelines that Video Editing (DV) involves. My only beef with the G400 is that its Win2K drivers apparently do not support "video overlay" in DualHead mode. I've tried all the resolution combinations, but it's a no-go. Having the feature would've allowed the camcorder to overlay a live 30fps high-detail image on the VGA desktop without sacrificing CPU & GPU horsepower. If the future nVidia GeForceMX TwinView cards support video overlay (even if at least on ONE screen), I'll have to abandon the Matrox.


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Tyan Tiger 100 rev.F
Dual PentiumIII 650e CuMine Slot1
Dual 128mb PC100 generic
[C:] 10.2g Seagate ATA66 5400rpm
[D:] 10.1g IBM ATA66 7200rpm
Promise FastTrack66 RAID
[E:] Dual 30.7g Maxtor ATA66 7200rpm DM+
[F:] Plextor 12x10x32x CDRW
Dual SVGA 17" screens
Matrox G400 DualHead AGP 32mb
SBLive PCI
NDC 10/100 PCI
Canopus DV Raptor
USB IntelliEye
FourPoint2000
Windows2000 w/SP1
Canon XL1

[Greebe]

Carter, Nvidiot will have the same problems that Matrox has with this, especially because they stole DH technology from them.

[Brian R.]

Satch - Matrox has not released a W2K driver for the Millenium.