Smeagol Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Hello im just wondering if anyone has gotten multiple monitors to work and or tv-out (i reckon tv-out needs proper drivers but) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcCoy Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 yup, me works perfect: intel D915GEVLK and a silicon image orion DVI card. hooked the lcdisplay to the DVI, hooked the 20" CRT to the VGA (onboard). works exactly as on any other mac... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-3431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehntoo Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Really? Lucky. All I can get is a mirror on my Geforce 6600 GT Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-3444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtndew Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 also curious if anyone has it working on an nvidia card... I've got a 6600GT that I'd love to power both of my 19" LCD's with (that's what I do when I boot to win) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-11546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
katz Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 I'm sure this wil bring this thread back TTT... some time has elapsed.... I'm looking for the same functionality that is mentioned; I have deadmoo running on a HP/Compaq nc6000 which has the ATI Raedon 9600 Mobile chipset. To get it running I nuked the ATI kernel extensions and it runs nicely in VESA mode with the attached 21" monitor mirroring the data on my laptop's LCD. The major issues I can see.... ** The only way to get some kind of dual monitor setup to work would be to have the actual ATI drivers work. ** Then from there it can act like my PowerBook at home or my XP setup; 1024x768 on the LCD and 1600x1280 on the 21" monitor at my desk at the office..... Has anyone gotten the native ATI or nVidia drivers working? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-19708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Not yet. Only Mirror is possible with some cards, but it can not be selected in System Preferences. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-19727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vigilante Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 I have a 6600gt too.....i guess it's a long wait for the x86 drivers huh Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-19840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nek Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 I'm getting a new rig that should work with mac os x aswell. Shuttle SD31 INTEL 945G and a GeForce 6800GT with 2 DVI outputs. Under win I put both LCDs on the geforce DVIs. When I boot on mac os x if I unplug the DVIs and plug one LCD in the VGA of the onboard GMA950 will it work? Or do I need to take out the GeForce? And if I plug one LCD to the GMA950 (vga) and one to the GeForce dvi, will that give me multiscreen? thanks for help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-19857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pants Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 adding an agp or pci-e card always disables the onboard video, afaik Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-19868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vigilante Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Anyone got an ETA on the drivers? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-20091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravimoh Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 i've got a geforce mx440 dual head working fine with the nvidia alpha driver....it ONLY MIRRORS at this point. i really need that extended desktop!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-20498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 I've also got a nice D915GUXL and a Silicon Image ADD2 card and am nicely enjoying dual display support. Now only if it was dual DVI instead of one DVI and one VGA. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-20573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwiksilver Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I can get a dual display w/two different adapters. The onboard on the dell works, and the geforce pci card works, but i have one at 1280x1024, and one at 1024x768 and i cant figure out how to get them both at 1280x1024 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-47677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 (edited) I ordered an Dell / Silicon Image Orion ADD2-N card today. I should get it in about a week and will try to use it to run two 20" panels at 1680 x 1050 on my machine. Edited January 24, 2006 by bofors Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-47727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipJaw Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I can get a dual display w/two different adapters. The onboard on the dell works, and the geforce pci card works, but i have one at 1280x1024, and one at 1024x768 and i cant figure out how to get them both at 1280x1024 How did you enable the multiple displays? I'm using 3 video cards, and only one is being used. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-52689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek_No Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I just tested connecting my Iiyama 17.4 inch TFT to the external video of my HP Pavilion (Radeon 9000) laptop. I am able to get the external monitor into 1280x1024x32 using "Graphics Mode" but the picture qualtiy is terribly bad So my question is: on Windows XP the picture quality on the external Iiyama screen is superb, the quality of the Mac Os X desktop is quite good on the build-in tft (1024x768x32) although it's being stretched to 1280x800 by the laptop itself (no way to disable this in the BIOS) but when activating the external video port the picture is very bad (tested this with both TFTs active and only the external TFT active). The colors are ugly and the picture is in no means as sharp as on the build-in TFT! I have this problem in both VESA mode and with the ATI8500.KEXT loaded... Any ideas why this is happening? Thx for any advice or comments Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-53068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrogers Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Just to add more fuel to this fire... I have an XFX GeForce 6600GT with dual DVI on an Asus A8N-SLI mobo with an AMD64 3000. I have a working 10.4.3 installation (am currently resizing a partition to install 10.4.4), and mirroring works by default. I'm a little confused by what people are referring to when they say they got dual-display to work. What are these ADD2-N cards people are referring to? Is there ANY way to get real dual-display working on a GeForce? I can't seem to find anyone who's actually put any effort into it. It doesn't seem to be a popular thing around here, but if I can't have dual monitor support then that alone will keep me from using OSX. EDIT: it certainly seems that using nVidia cards for multiple displays should work. The PowerMac G5 page on Apple's site specifically talks about using GeForce 6600 cards to support up to eight displays. That has to tell us something... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-63026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATKJEDI Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I have two ATI cards that 10.4.5 sees and can use (depending on which one I set as primary in bios) How can I get then to both work at the same time? "Extended Desktop"? OS: OS 10.4.5 CPU Type: Intel® Pentium® D CPU Number Of Cores: 2 CPU Speed: 4 GHz L2 Cache (shared): 1 MB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed: 800 MHz ATI Radeon x1800 (using AppleATIx1000.kext) ATI Radeon 7000 (Using AppleRadeon.kext) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-75092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetubleu Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 My f***ing bios disable the GMA 900 when my Quadro 540fx PCIE is pluged. I need the Quadro for XP, and if I want to use OS X with a higer resolution than 1280x1024@60Hz, I need to unplug my Quadro to boot OS X with the GMA... ( I have an Intel 915 GUX ... ) :( Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-77231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
salax Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I have two ATI cards that 10.4.5 sees and can use (depending on which one I set as primary in bios) How can I get then to both work at the same time? "Extended Desktop"? OS: OS 10.4.5 CPU Type: Intel® Pentium® D CPU Number Of Cores: 2 CPU Speed: 4 GHz L2 Cache (shared): 1 MB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed: 800 MHz ATI Radeon x1800 (using AppleATIx1000.kext) ATI Radeon 7000 (Using AppleRadeon.kext) I don't know the brand or model of your motherboard, but if it's similar to the Asrock dual 775 like i have, then read the mobo manual to check if there's a jumper for the "surround" video mode as the manual calls it. If so, and you decide to use more than one graphics adapter, this particular jumper must be shorted in order to utilize more than one card. Don't know if this works because i don't have a second card to test it with OSX Hope it works for you.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/569-multiple-monitors/#findComment-77384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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