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Well, I'll start this topic in english and italian, any contribute in both languages is welcome.

 

I'm an happy owner of an Asrock P4Dual-915GL motherboard, I run Tiger 10.4.6 and use it with Logic Express 7.2 with a Motu 828MkII. I use mobo GMA 900 video card but it would useful to have a second

monitor for mixing tracks, as I've done with Cubase-WinXp for a long time.

 

Asrock claims its mobo to support both AGI slot and chipset video cards, but reading some posts

on this forum ( I don't rembember where ) shows that this function doesn't work as expected.

 

Maybe this question has been asked several time, but I will do it again:

 

Any supported EXTENDED DESKTOP-QE-CI video card working ? ( I mean VGA and DVI with adapter both ) :D

 

ATI x1600 PCI-E cards are a mistery to me, I can't understand how they may doesn't work

as this kind of graphic is present on Apple MacIntel major models.

 

I think we have to wait for so long yet...

 

Thrasher

 

P.S. Big Thankx for Asrock, for me the best hardware producer since last two years, U really rock!

 

My MacIntel:

 

PIV 3.00 Ghz HT 800 FSB

Asrock P4Dual-915GL

1Gb DDR400 dual channel ( 2x512 Elixir modules )

2 80Mb Serial ATA Maxtor HD

NEC DVD Recorder

Lacie firewire 400+USB2 PCI card

MOTU 828MkII for audio

 

OSX 10.4.6 native install with SSE3 patches.

 

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Per gli italiani: il mio inglese è più che comprensibile e non ho molto tempo per tradurre,

in sintesi vi chiedo se qualcuno è riuscito a collegare due monitor ad un qualche diavolo di scheda

AGP o PCI-E che sia. Magare con qualche risoluzione "tosta" e con il supporto QE+CI ...

 

Ciaooo

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i do not own a gma900 but i guess that actuall pc gpus cant do opengl on both connectors (in dual view,2 desktops or extended desktop.. as you wish :gun:) the only thing you can try is span view (1 desktop stretched on both monitors),

but i have no idea on how to do it on macos

 

or maybe using 2 gpus.. i dunno

 

i have got an nvidia and 2 monitors but an awful clone view is the only thing i've managed eheh

 

 

p.s: anchio sono italiano ma inglese è meglio! :P ciaoooo

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Well, after two weeks I've finally received that ADD2 card but..surprise! The DVI connector

was a DVI-D type one, so I can trash out my DVI-I to VGA converter :)

 

I own 2 LCD display with standard VGA input so.. :D

 

Maybe in a couple of years I will have a DVI tv or projector to use this output (only digital)

but till then, it seems I must surrender to use on monitor, I don't want to spend further 200 euros

to buy a DVI-D to VGA converter.

 

Hoping you may be luckier than me.

 

Thrasher

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Well, after two weeks I've finally received that ADD2 card but..surprise! The DVI connector

was a DVI-D type one, so I can trash out my DVI-I to VGA converter :offtopic:

 

I own 2 LCD display with standard VGA input so.. :dev:

 

Maybe in a couple of years I will have a DVI tv or projector to use this output (only digital)

but till then, it seems I must surrender to use on monitor, I don't want to spend further 200 euros

to buy a DVI-D to VGA converter.

 

Hoping you may be luckier than me.

 

Thrasher

 

 

There are ADD2 cards out there with VGA outputs, and DVI -Analog, haven't got one myself, but I've read posts where people have bought and used them (I'm about 95% sure on that). For some reason they are hard to find, check ebay.

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