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ATI 9800 PRO and Dual Monitors
I am considering purchasing this videocard as I would like to do
gaming as well as more detailed Photoshop work on dual monitors (the PS on dual). On the ATI website they say that the 9800 supports dual monitors. On the website portion that discusses Hydravision they have a link to a list of ATI products that support Hydravision, but the 9800 series is not among them and the manual is not posted on the website to look this up. I was hoping someone could tell me if this card supports the Hydravision software. If not, what type of software does it use to support dual monitors? I was also considering Matrox for their dual support but gaming seems abysmal. Is the dual support with this card intuative and easy to use with a minimu of hassel? I don't want anything fancy, just the ability to put an image on one screen and Photoshop pallettes on the other and have the system remember the configuration when I open the program? Oh, and also can you have different resolutions on both monitors? I appreciate any info or clarification you folks can give. Thanks Howard |
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Ratzo...I am totally stymied on this to the point of it becoming ridiculous. I
am not sure that your experience directly applies since there is apparently well known difficulties with dual monitor card on Win2000 that ATI refused to correct and other manufacturers did. I use XP so I am not sure the dual monitor problems would be there. Nonetheless I want to be, like you, optimized for PS and still be able to play the occasional game. Sounds like, if only for 2D Parhelia might be the choice. Though there is so much internet chatter all claiming that any of the big 3 are fine for 2D that it is hard to believe that the 2D differences are anything but subtle...which leaves me wondering about the ATI 9800 for the same price as Parhelia which is also perhaps the best gaming card there is...almost like getting gaming for free. And I know that card works with my mainboard which is something the tech support at Matrox can't tell me yet. They say they ordered the board at the end of Sept to test (Gigabyte 8KXP) but have not yet received it yet. For Gods sake, I ordered one and got it in 72 hours...if you think I am kidding go look at the tech support forum at Matrox. Also I wonder how long they are going to be around in terms of long term driver support. So I am still going around in circles. With the dual monitor issue, I understand what you are saying about the color picker, but, frankly, that is one pallette that I do not use all that much. Also, why dont you just move that one pallette, which is really the only one that is finely color sensitive to the main monitor in one corner and leave the other pallettes on the second monitor. Howard |
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