IgnorantAlmond Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Hola... I've recently been thinking about purchasing a new video card for my hackintosh/XP dual boot. However, having an artist for a girlfriend complicates things a bit... She wants dual monitors. So, What has worked for you people? I was thinking about picking up the Gigabit Radeon x1600Pro (being that I'm running 10.4.7, and the OSXProject hardware list had this as one of the better PCI-E cards working...) Lemme know what has worked! I'd hate to grab something and have limited functionality. Gracias. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovof Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Hi, i've got the same question, i want to buy the gigabyte x1600pro silentpipe, and i need also dual monitor Thanks for answers BR Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-295641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvornik Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 (edited) BFG Geforce 7600GT, PCIe with dual DVI. 1600x1200x2. Bought it cause it was cheap. Works with dualhed Natit. I could run Specviewperf on it - looks OK but couldn't write the summary file. I can calibrate both monitors with either Spyder2 or Eyeone. [edit] Oh, it's in 10.4.8... Not sure Natit would work in earlier versions... Edited February 7, 2007 by dvornik Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-295756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleIIGuy Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I get dual monitors fine on my Geforce 6800 pci-e Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-295873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 What kind of monitors are your's AppleIIGuy? VGA, DVI, TV? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-295886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgnorantAlmond Posted February 9, 2007 Author Share Posted February 9, 2007 So...thusfar we've got one person who actually runs dual monitors... The card (7600GT) isn't much more expensive, and seems to do what I would like it to. I do have an update for 10.4.8 that I've been aprehensive to install, seeing that 10.4.7 is running flawlessly as it stands... If anyone else is running dual monitors on their Mac, let me/us know. There's a few of us in here who would like to know if it is possible, and with what cards/methods. Gracias. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-297813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 (edited) im running dual monitors (capable of dual 30" ) with XFX cards (my preference) both the 7600GT pci-e 265mb and the 7600GS pci-e 256mb fanless edition. ive been using an editied version of bofor's dual screen natit.kext. just click the link in my sig to get my installer and instructions for my installer. * just to be safe upgrade to 10.4.8 with a 8.8.1 kernal ( semthex, mifki or daemonES dosent matter)* i will be trying with an XFX 7300GS pci-e 256mb tonight so stay tuned for how that goes. Edited February 9, 2007 by DiaboliK Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-297917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleIIGuy Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 my 6800 had 2 dvi ports one connects to my Viewsonic 19 lcd via a dvi cable the other connects to a 17 inch dell with a dvi/vga adapter Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-297935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthology Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Greetings All, Most of my specs are in my signature below. BFG 7600GT OC on AMD and XFX 7600 GT on Intel C2D. Dual DVI 22 inch Samsung screens on Intel - Natit 0.02 Dual Head Single 19 LCD with VGA adapter on AMD - Titan 2 Both Cards PCI-E Both 10.4.8 and running Semthex latest. Cheers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-297939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samobor Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Most nvidia cards get Dual monitors, some ati cards have trouble Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-297944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvornik Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 (capable of dual 30" ) with XFX cards ... Are they dual dual-link DVI? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-297952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 sure are dual-link havent tried the s-video out but ihave no use for them yet. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-297956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XsaGti Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 I have a nVidia Quadro Fx 540. with DVI + VGA. All both function separately. I have the last Semthex Kernel, and Titan. Ce/Qi perfectly. I don't obtain Dual Monitor. What Have I do to function dual monitor? My monitors are CRT 19" and TFT 19"w , with VGA connection Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-298067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nargot Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 So, What has worked for you people? I was thinking about picking up the Gigabit Radeon x1600Pro (being that I'm running 10.4.7, and the OSXProject hardware list had this as one of the better PCI-E cards working...) it doesn't do dual monitors or tv out AFAIK (i have tried) but it has working dvi Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-298152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo50 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 (edited) i've ACD 23" and old Nec 1560VM both DVI on XFX GeForce 7300 GT 256 mb. using Natit_dual v1.02 and my card recognised correctly and fully supported! doesn't need to edit any esle kext's, only put Natit in extensions folder. Nvidia is a right way at the moment for Dual monitors setup, Edited February 9, 2007 by boo50 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-298160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovof Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 i've ACD 23" and old Nec 1560VM both DVI on XFX GeForce 7300 GT 256 mb. using Natit_dual v1.02 and my card recognised correctly and fully supported! doesn't need to edit any esle kext's, only put Natit in extensions folder. Nvidia is a right way at the moment for Dual monitors setup, With this XFX 7300, can you make your computer sleep properly ? If's very important for me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-300081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgnorantAlmond Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 i've ACD 23" and old Nec 1560VM both DVI on XFX GeForce 7300 GT 256 mb. using Natit_dual v1.02 and my card recognised correctly and fully supported! doesn't need to edit any esle kext's, only put Natit in extensions folder. Nvidia is a right way at the moment for Dual monitors setup, So...Basically, from what I've seen here... So long as you choose an Nvidia card, you don't hanve an issue dual screening with Natit's patch... If that, is in fact, so... Land me some instructions for the Natit fix - Take note - I'm lazy, and don't want to fix this {censored} on my own.. Right now, I'm working with a single 21" monitor, but I will be switching to a DS soon... Thanks again, guys. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-300544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Not everyone with Dual Display on NVidia cards have success. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-301021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbierxn Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 With this XFX 7300, can you make your computer sleep properly ? If's very important for me. I can't with my 7300, but it might be a mobo issue. I have a gigabyte 945GM-S2. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-301233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
derlordhelmchen Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 My Problem is, I have a x800 xt pe and I wan´t to use dual Screen. Now I wan´t to buy a NVidia Card. My Question is. Does Natit work with a AGP card? THX Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-301433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zikade Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Tried the dual-screen quite a while using a couple of different cards (ATI x1600 Pro, ATI 9600, some older nvidia - 5200 I guess; all AGP) but didn't succeed. Changed my motherboard and got a 7300GT-Card - and it works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41341-dual-monitor-question/#findComment-301841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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