Recommendations for video cards sought
I have 2 Mac G4's which I have recently upgaded to 10.4
One was running dual monitors via a Matrox card and the
other via an ATI card. These are now history on OSX (previously
9.2.2 worked fine).
The AGP cards which the G4's shipped with have dual outputs
DVI & VGA and I keep getting different explanations as to
whether or not these will run dual monitors just as they are
or whether they can only run one or the other output.
One of the Gurus at the genius bar said they definitely can
run two monitors as this is what they are designed for, but
I am unable to make them work that way.
The local Mac dealer says the will never run 2 monitors
and I must buy another card to run more monitors on
OSX.
On the strength of the Guru's recommendation I bought a DVI
cable and tested it on various monitors and configurations
but could only get output from one or the other at one time
(DVI or VGA).
I actually hauled my computer to the store to test them.
Didn't want to buy another monitor before testing to see
that it works...
Does anyone know definitively if this can be made to work
or not ?
If not are there any customers for a brand new DVI cable...
TIA for any help you may care to offer.
From a snowy Toronto
One was running dual monitors via a Matrox card and the
other via an ATI card. These are now history on OSX (previously
9.2.2 worked fine).
The AGP cards which the G4's shipped with have dual outputs
DVI & VGA and I keep getting different explanations as to
whether or not these will run dual monitors just as they are
or whether they can only run one or the other output.
One of the Gurus at the genius bar said they definitely can
run two monitors as this is what they are designed for, but
I am unable to make them work that way.
The local Mac dealer says the will never run 2 monitors
and I must buy another card to run more monitors on
OSX.
On the strength of the Guru's recommendation I bought a DVI
cable and tested it on various monitors and configurations
but could only get output from one or the other at one time
(DVI or VGA).
I actually hauled my computer to the store to test them.
Didn't want to buy another monitor before testing to see
that it works...
Does anyone know definitively if this can be made to work
or not ?
If not are there any customers for a brand new DVI cable...
TIA for any help you may care to offer.
From a snowy Toronto
Comments
Why can't you return the DVI cable?
PS - all the snow melted.
DO YOU WANT THAT HOT OR COLD ?
;-)
Went to the Apple store and asked two different
Staff Gurus...
One said yes...
the other said no...
Here I sit with my DVI cable, and no further ahead...
Such is Macintosh unless you just buy the very latest model
Originally posted by CubaorPeru4amonth
Interesting that 200 reads (give or take) and no one has a firm answer ?
Went to the Apple store and asked two different
Staff Gurus...
One said yes...
the other said no...
Here I sit with my DVI cable, and no further ahead...
Such is Macintosh unless you just buy the very latest model
I never understood the question, so maybe that is why nobody has an answer. Let's try moving this to Genius Bar.
I never understood the question, so maybe that is why nobody has an answer. Let's try moving this to Genius Bar.
Thank you for that info....
Is there an easy way to do that ?