Dana Clarke 2003-02-03 01:11
My machine must perform two functions - high end gaming and dual monitor for work purposes, so I am now about to upgrade my video card(s). I am looking (for gaming purposes) at either the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro or the NVidia 4TI 4600. Now the question. Considering the dual monitor function - is it better all around to put a second PCI video card in the system OR run both monitors from the same card (in terms of performance, conflicts, etc.)? I am running under WinXP. Any thoughts?
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Mark Jerde 2003-02-03 02:19
I have no experience (yet) with XP, but I recommend a single card for these reasons:
- Guaranteed to work out of the box.
- Single source for drivers.
- Saves a slot.
My $0.02.
-- Mark
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Jason 2003-02-08 05:18
i went dual cards at first then switched to a single AGP because it was taking so much resources on PCI bus that multiple different network cards i tried were unreliable.
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Nite 2003-02-09 03:44
Only notable benefit from a separate PCI-card is that you get Video Overlays on every monitor. (most dualhead cards only support overlays on the primary head.)
Nite - "can't rain all the time"
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