radeon 9500pro dual display?

[jihiggs]

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=N82E16814102273
is this card capable of dual display? i dont mean as a second card, i mean, will it run two monitors. it comes with a digital-vga adaptor. is that what its for?

my computer is so fast, it completes an endless loop in less than 4 seconds!

 

[Crashman]

It has two monitor outputs and comes with the DVI to VGA adapter <A HREF="http://images2.newegg.com/productimage/14-102-273-02.JPG" target="_new">Seen Here</A> so you can use it with two standard monitors (aka CRT's).

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[jihiggs]

so it will give two desktops? and i can run different resolutions and refresh rates on each monitor? will xp simply see it as two different cards? as far as the settings page is concerned anyway.

my computer is so fast, it completes an endless loop in less than 4 seconds!

 

[cheekybeast]

I know for sure that you can run different resolutions, but i dont know about refresh rates.

 

[Crashman]

XP will see it as two different cards, a Primary and a Secondary. The secondary appears as a PCI device. There have been over a dozen post in here by people asking "What's wrong with my card, why does it appear twice, why is one showing up as a PCI device?", and people are dumb enough to try and tell them how to "fix" it when that's the way it should be for independant displays.

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[TheGreatGrapeApe]

I wouldn't say that's the way it 'should' be, so much as that's the way it is.
Id prefer if it only called PCI devices PCI devices, and instead named it what it is, 2ndary/slave agp monitor output/controlller. Since some of us have PCI cards to run additional monitors.
Anywhoo, you're right there's no way to fix it, that's just the way it is.

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[jihiggs]

ok, but will it allow different refresh rates? im 99% sure it will, but i really need to know. the monitor im planning to use is a 21 inch beast that is only designed to run at one res and 72hz.

my computer is so fast, it completes an endless loop in less than 4 seconds!

 

[Crashman]

I believe since the two outputs are addressed by the OS as different cards, you'll be able to use different refresh rates. Remember that the card also has Dual DAC's for the output, and I think the DAC controlls the refresh rate.

This is the problem with many Radeon 8500LE's, as some came with a second DAC and could be used with the DVI to VGA adapter, and most did not. Meanwhile the full version card always did. And later cards like the 9500/Pro still do include the second DAC. In fact, if a card comes with a DVI to VGA adapter, it has a second DAC and should be able to run separate refresh rates.

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