magic6435 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Its a huge undertaking truddging though the hundreds of video card threads trying to find good hardware matches so i thought it would be cool if everyone simply posted their set ups who have spanning working. Ps. ive searched the forms like a mad man for 5 days looking into this and did not come across anything that really helped aside from a 63 page thread that was like reading the next harry potter, so if i missed something sorry. Ati X1600pro - 1 vga - 1 dvi: No spanning with all curent methods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobD Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Wow, me too magic, and I've got the exact same card! I mean, how difficult can it be!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delish Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Works with current card (x1900xt 512mb) also worked on my reserve card (7600GT 256mb) Running 1 DVI + 1 VGA(on adapter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic6435 Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 Wow, me too magic, and I've got the exact same card! I mean, how difficult can it be!? Yea i know it makes me sad because osx runs so stable and so smooth on my rig having dual screens is the only thing keeping me fron runniung it as my rull time os (aside from games) I started this thread because i think im just going to go ahead and buy a new card (200 bucks is 2,000 cheaper than a new mac). So thanks to anyone whos posting their results in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhalls Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 works here with two machines with xfx 7600GS 256 MB, dual dvi or dual cga or mixed. works well with asrock conroe945dvi with internal vga and dvi addon card (gma950). but i needed different drivers for my intel bad axe 2 and my asrock conroe 945vdvi board for getting full suppoert for dual screen with the 7600 gs: natat dual 0.1 on the intel and natuit dual 0.2 on the asrock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nykwil Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Specs: CPU: core 2 duo e6600 Ram: Corsair xms2 2gig ddr2 800 Mobo: Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 HDD: Seagate 7200.10 500gb PSU: Seasonic M12 600w VID: SAPPHIRE X1950xtx 512mb The motherboard tray was from a coolermaster wavemaster case the video spans across both displays just fine via DVI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobD Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 ... I started this thread because i think im just going to go ahead and buy a new card (200 bucks is 2,000 cheaper than a new mac). That makes sense. Could those who post their success stories please also post a screen capture of their display settings... ? (and/or their System Profile video card readings). Nice pics nykwil. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorefinger Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I want to do the same thing with 2 Dell 30" monitors but they need a dual DVI card for each monitor so i would need a dual PCIeX Intel motherboard and i want to be able to rotate the the displays also. Any ideas ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveNZ Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Spanning works fine with a 256Mb XFX 7900GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I replaced my X800 with a 7600GT just so I could get dual screens. I also had to buy a second monitor because for some reason I can't determine, you can't have dual screens with one screen. lol. Anyway, it works perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthosx86 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Specs: CPU: core 2 duo e6600 Ram: Corsair xms2 2gig ddr2 800 Mobo: Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 HDD: Seagate 7200.10 500gb PSU: Seasonic M12 600w VID: SAPPHIRE X1950xtx 512mb The motherboard tray was from a coolermaster wavemaster case the video spans across both displays just fine via DVI Hi nykwil. . I have the same graphics card, but I have som problem with the fan noise, when installing the Jccool Drivers. My Dual display is working but my GPU fan is going 100% Constantly. What drivers are you using. If you are using the same driver, did you change the cooling fan (GPU water cooling ???) of your graphics card, or are you just living with the noise??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthosx86 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 That makes sense. Could those who post their success stories please also post a screen capture of their display settings... ? (and/or their System Profile video card readings). Nice pics nykwil. Cheers AND name of driver + version - would be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nykwil Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Hi nykwil. . I have the same graphics card, but I have som problem with the fan noise, when installing the Jccool Drivers. My Dual display is working but my GPU fan is going 100% Constantly. What drivers are you using. If you are using the same driver, did you change the cooling fan (GPU water cooling ???) of your graphics card, or are you just living with the noise??? I am using the latest Jcool drivers that are posted in the drivers section of the hardware forum. Unfortunately I took off my default fan and replaced it with a water block, so I don't have the fan noise issue. Although I did have that problem, when I was using the default fan on the card. I'm not sure if they fixed that fan issue or not since last I checked it seemed like he wasn't looking to develop any fixes to the xtx series cards. yeah the fan noise really was a pain to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobD Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 OK, got myself a Sapphire X1950XT 256Mb PCI-E. I had to reinstall a fresh my Jas 10.4.8 Intel 3 times, still no dual sh*t. Tried jscool and phue's (or something similar in name) but no joy, just one bluish screen and another all vertical lines after reebot, no matter what I do (-s, -v, -x...) and blocked, can"t do sh*t. I'm scared to try any other driver for fear of the same. Right now, it's two crappy resolution screens, painful to look at. That bottle of wine I just downed doesn't help much either... I'm so frightened to try anything else, I don't wanna spend another hour just to reinstall after a screwed up test again... Where's that drink... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 AND name of driver + version - would be great For my setup (see above), I just had to install Natit v0.2 Dual Screen. The screens turn black for 10-20 seconds on boot, but I rarely reboot, so it's not that much of an annoyance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic6435 Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 Has anyone gotten spaning working on a 6800pro i can get one for free for a buddy. or has anyone gotten spaning working while using 2 cards? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic6435 Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 i mean 6800 gt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roxen Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 I use a AGP GeForce FX 5200 (40 Euro) with DVI and D-Sub (VGA). One screen doesn't work if I use a DVI->VGA adapter or a KVM switch, but if I connect one monitor with a VGA cable and the other with a DVI cable then it works fine. In a test with an ATI Radeon 9600 I had to add the EDID data in the info.plist. magic6435 have you tried dualx1600natit.zip? http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry232783 Chipset Model: GeForce FX 5200 Type: Display Bus: AGP VRAM (Total): 128 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0322 Revision ID: 0x00a1 Displays: HX191D: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Supported Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported HX191D: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Supported Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported 10.4.9 - 8.9.1 Drivers: AGPGart.kext GeForce.kext Natit.kext (thanks!) NVDANV30Hal.kext NVDAResman.kext Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic6435 Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 magic6435 have you tried dualx1600natit.zip?http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry232783 Yup and it just gives me the same support as the titan drivers right out of the box full res support and QE but no dual screen spaning (extended desktop) only a clone onto the second screen. Im a web developer and have been using photosop dual screen for so long i tried working on it today with one 19 widescreen and it felt like working on a 15 inch crt!!!!! i hope this 6800 gt works out. Thanks for posting your sucesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobD Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Success with a Sapphire X1950XT 256Mb PCI-E on an Asrock Conroe945G-DVI. Used jccool's method (thanks lots) > http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=264398 X1950XT Installer 0.3.pkg.zip Dual screens, two IIyama Vision Master Pro 450 (CRT) on dvi-vga adapters (provided with the card). System Profile readings; ATI Radeon X1950 Series: Chipset Model: ATI Radeon X1950 Series Type: Display Bus: PCIe VRAM (Total): 256 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x7244 Revision ID: 0x0000 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 85 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Supported Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported VGA Display: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 85 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Supported Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported Running on Jas 10.4.8, kernel 8.8.1 Previous attempt on an Asrcok 775 DUAL VSTA wouldn't work 'cos this mb can't handle PCI-Ex16, only x4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic6435 Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 Good news. Spanning working right out of the box with BFG 6800 GT OC with DiaboliK.1049.NVidia.Installer Im a happy man now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewvideo Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 So which PCI-E card is best to use with Dual Montor. I am a little confussed. Got to be cheap . Dont forget which make. If possable have a link to the card to buy in the UK Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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