win2k and dual monitors!!!!!!!!!

nightowl · Post by **nightowl** » Sat Nov 04, 2000 5:25 pm

has anybody bin able to get a dual monitor setup running properly in win2k??
if you have please tell me what graphics cards you used and what you did to set it up......

my primary display is a AGP diamond viper 32meg......that works no problem.....
i tried using a PCI s3 virge DX 2mb graphics card for the second display.........didn't work windows gives a (code 10) error for the driver..........i tried the same thing with my ATI 2mb card and gave me the same error

the stupid thing is that this setup works no problem with win98se and winME...

please help me

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Sat Nov 04, 2000 5:28 pm

Looks like Win2K does not support those two video cards as of yet. Check the companies website for any updated Win2K Drivers.

nightowl · Post by **nightowl** » Sat Nov 04, 2000 8:39 pm

i did...but they only have winnt4 drivers

striderf1 · Post by **striderf1** » Sat Nov 04, 2000 11:41 pm

question: if i put in 2 video cards and 2 monitors, will it display everything double size or will it keep everything the same size and you will just be able to run 1 app in 1 half of the screen and another app in the other half of the screen? if you could run 1 app on one side and another app on another side that would be tight.

[This message has been edited by striderf1 (edited 11-04-2000).]

nightowl · Post by **nightowl** » Sun Nov 05, 2000 12:07 am

yes its like a continuous screen you can run one app in one screen and another app on the other.......the primary screen (the screen that shows the bootup process on startup) is the one that can only display hi end graphics like a game, 3d graphics,etc, but on the other you can use the internet, word processor...any regular windows graphics........
goto microsofts site for more info.......