W2K DH limitations

[schmosef]

I seem to remember that W2K didn't support dual independant desktops on Matrox hardware.

Is this right or am I remembering wrong?

A friend of mine is thinking of getting a P650 for his two CRT monitors. He's a W2K user and doesn't want to upgrade to XP.

I kind of remember that he'll have to use stretched mode. Can anyone confirm?

Are there other limitations that I need to tell him about?

[Marshmallowman]

I do believe they do support dual head independent mode, it was matrox who first came up with the idea to use 2 in the control panel, allowing proper dual head.

[schmosef]

thanks

[ObieWan]

FWIW, I'm running a G400Max (not a p650) on W2K in Dual-Head Multi-Display mode, using monitor 1 for most things, and monitor 2 for monitor (no pun intended) programs like Process Explorer, MBM, Gaim buddy list... I don't know how independant you want, since #2 is a continuation of #1, although at a different resolution.

[schmosef]

cool, that sounds fine. I just thought I remembered that there was a limitation, or used to be. It's been so long since I've used W2K that I wanted to be sure.

[Maggi]

I seem to remember that W2K didn't support dual independant desktops on Matrox hardware.

just the other way round ... Matrox was the only company that managed to offer independant DH config on Win2k