G450 Dualhead as a second card, can I use it to view DVDs/movies

[RobbyRob]

Situation:
I have a Ti4200 as my primary card ( AGP ) and just got a G450 Dualhead as my secondary card ( PCI ). I only need to use two monitors so I'm using the Ti4200 and the primary monitor plug on the G450. This is all on an athlon system ( via chipset ).

Question:
I want to use my second monitor to watch DVD's, AVI's, etc.. Basically I want the G450 to be able to do overlay. I know the G450 can do this when its the primary card using DVDMAX. I didnt see any settings to turn on/off DVDMax. Is this possible to do?

[WyWyWyWy]

I seem to remember reading a review somewhere said it can't be done. Don't quote me on this though.

And just to let you know, DVDMAX is disabled on non-intel chipset boards as far as I know.

[wg34]

Originally posted by WyWyWyWy

And just to let you know, DVDMAX is disabled on non-intel chipset boards as far as I know.

Well DVDMAX works on my system in both XP and Win98.


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[dZeus]

Originally posted by wg34


Well DVDMAX works on my system in both XP and Win98.

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he's talking about the PCI version

[wg34]

My bad

http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/mill_g450/pci_faq.cfm