DirectX 8, Windows 2000, and DualHead
Will Microsoft's DirectX 8 allow the Matrox driver engineers to implement true DualHead support for Windows 2000?
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- Box 1:
- dual-boot OS'es: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Case (chassis): P.o.S. $35 mid-tower.. (gonna get a new full-tower soon, any recommendations?)
- Video card: Matrox Millenium G400 Max
- Monitor: Hitachi SuperScan Elite 751 (CM751)
- Sound card: Sound Blaster Live! Platinum
- Speakers: Cambridge SoundWorks DeskTop Theater 5.1 DTT2500 Digital
- Motherboard: Abit BP6
- CPU: 2 x Intel Celeron 366 OC'ed to 550 = 1.1 Ghz (;-)
- Memory: 128MB pc133
- Keyboard: Microsoft Internet Keyboard
- Mouse: Microsoft IntelliMouse with IntelliEye
- Hard drive: IBM Deskstar 34 GXP (27gb)
- Printer: Epson Stylus Color 440
- Ethernet card: 3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC (3C905C-TX)
- Floppy drive: Teac 1.44MB
- CD-ROM drive: Plextor UltraPlex 40max
- DVD-ROM drive: I/O Magic MagicDVD 8x
- CD-R drive: Panasonic 7502
- SCSI controller: Diamond Fireport 20
- Scanner: UMAX Astra 2200 (SCSI)
- Modem: SupraExpress 56i Sp V.90
- Webcam: Logitech QuickCam Express
- Box 2:
- operating system: FreeBSD 4.1
- CPU: Intel Pentium 60
- memory: 32 MB
- hard drive: Quantum Fireball 1 GB
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True Dual-head display is not related to Dx neither Matrox drivers, it has to do with the windows NT kernel. Microsoft would have to rewrite the kernel to allow win98-like DH display. I guess it would be too hard to include a feature that a previous OS has for almost 2 years.
Damn you Microsoft. Maybe Nvidia with the GF2 MX Twinview can force microsoft to do it - they are in bed with them anyway.
Oh and I have Dx8 beta for win2k installed + SP1 and no signs for true-dualhead so far.
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