3 Displays w/Radeon 9600 Pro?

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I've got a Radeon 9600 Pro, w/ tv out, and dual VGA out.

I can use any two displays simultaneously without difficulty.

Is it possible to use all 3?



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I've got a Radeon 9600 Pro, w/ tv out, and dual VGA out.

I can use any two displays simultaneously without difficulty.

Is it possible to use all 3?



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if you realy want 3 displays you need to add a PCI video card to drive the
3rd monitor.
to make it easy on you start your reading here check the database for what
cards work together and it has a forum to ask you ?
http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/
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I've got a Radeon 9600 Pro, w/ tv out, and dual VGA out.

I can use any two displays simultaneously without difficulty.

Is it possible to use all 3?



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I've got a Radeon 9600 Pro, w/ tv out, and dual VGA out.

I can use any two displays simultaneously without difficulty.

Is it possible to use all 3?
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First the 9600 does not have DVI (as per another reply).
You can go "VGA VGA" or "VGA TV" but not "VGA VGA TV" - no I haven't
tried but all specs point toward this.

In a perfect world the answer would be:
VGA + VGA to share a desktop or have two desktops
TV OUT to the actual TV and then change the channel etc -- and not
affect the main viewing screen.

What bothers me is, EASYLOOK (when you see the actual easylook info on
the TV) doesn't function on the TV unless the main monitor is in a
certain mode. (which makes the monitor squished).
I can see the TV without EASYLOOK and not affect the computer.

Another bonus would be - have the RECORD work in the system tray and
not bother people using the CPU as it does not.

BTW: What version of MMC are you running with your 9600 - can you read
my FM problem and reply to it..

--- I want to know (A) what MMC e.g. 8.8 -- and do you know for sure
the radio was working ok.. and (B) did you (or advise when you do)
upgrade to 8.9 see if radio works or not (per my post)

Thanks..


"Running XP Pro SP1a.
Everything was upgraded - Catalyst at 4.10 (latest).
MMC 8.9

Anyways, when I am listening to the FM tuner it plays for a while
(minute - several minutes tops) - then it basically dies - you hear
garbage as if the signal is lost. I then shut it down and restart and
it is fine - again for a minute - several minutes. Repeat Repeat
Repeat.

It tells me - nothing wrong with the signal since each restart the
sound is fine.

It tells me either a hardware problem or software problem. Hopefully
software. Part of me wants to uninstall and put back 8.8 and see if
it causes problems....

teddy"
 
First the 9600 does not have DVI (as per another reply).
You can go "VGA VGA" or "VGA TV" but not "VGA VGA TV" - no I haven't
tried but all specs point toward this.

In a perfect world the answer would be:
VGA + VGA to share a desktop or have two desktops
TV OUT to the actual TV and then change the channel etc -- and not
affect the main viewing screen.

What bothers me is, EASYLOOK (when you see the actual easylook info on
the TV) doesn't function on the TV unless the main monitor is in a
certain mode. (which makes the monitor squished).
I can see the TV without EASYLOOK and not affect the computer.

Another bonus would be - have the RECORD work in the system tray and
not bother people using the CPU as it does not.

BTW: What version of MMC are you running with your 9600 - can you read
my FM problem and reply to it..

--- I want to know (A) what MMC e.g. 8.8 -- and do you know for sure
the radio was working ok.. and (B) did you (or advise when you do)
upgrade to 8.9 see if radio works or not (per my post)

Thanks..


"Running XP Pro SP1a.
Everything was upgraded - Catalyst at 4.10 (latest).
MMC 8.9

Anyways, when I am listening to the FM tuner it plays for a while
(minute - several minutes tops) - then it basically dies - you hear
garbage as if the signal is lost. I then shut it down and restart and
it is fine - again for a minute - several minutes. Repeat Repeat
Repeat.

It tells me - nothing wrong with the signal since each restart the
sound is fine.

It tells me either a hardware problem or software problem. Hopefully
software. Part of me wants to uninstall and put back 8.8 and see if
it causes problems....

teddy"
Click to expand...
Catalyst is 4.2 not 4.1.

Thanks
 
I've got a Radeon 9600 Pro, w/ tv out, and dual VGA out.

I can use any two displays simultaneously without difficulty.

Is it possible to use all 3?
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Yes, but you will not be able to do this using another ATI video card.
I have no idea why ATI has intentionally set up their drivers in such
a way to exclude other ATI cards in multi monitor displays, but they
have and they say so.

There are ways to use multiple ATI cards with work arounds, but it
isn't worth all the hassle. Just use another manufacturer. I have a
number of ATI All in Wonder cards, this AIW 7500 AGP is running with a
Matrox G200 PCI on two 22 inch monitors. I bought a new ATI PCI Radon
7500 figuring I would match the ATR for better driver support and
higher resolutions. Then I called tech support and posted here to find
out the best way to install the drivers and what kind of inherent
multi display support ATI had with their drivers. I quickly discovered
the bad news and the PCI card is still in the shrink wrap!

There is little display limitation in windows. I think even 98se
supports up to 9 displays. I have been using multi displays for many
years in everything from 98se - XP Pro and even Linux. I don't
understand how people get anything done on one display! Far and away
the best video card for multi display and 2D is Matrox. Unfortunately,
Matrox 3D sucks and they long ago abandoned any home/small office
TV/Video recording capturing support with any of their products.

So to do this with a Radeon 9600 Pro you will need to add additional
PCI cards and manually install the drivers.Then just go into display
properties and you will see the additional monitors. You can then
enable and configure them individually just like you would a single
monitor.

I have a new 9600 All in Wonder PRO that I am planning on running with
three monitors. The 9600 AIW PRO supports two VGA displays and I am
going to add the third by way of a Matrox G450 PCI dual head. I don't
see why this would be a problem but when dealing with dual displays
and ATI, .... you never know.
 
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