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Ahhh found your beast... I think.

I'm sure they used to be worth heaps...
 

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Re: How to Run Multiple Monitors....

So I looked up "genius" in the dictionary and it just said "see SevenFX".

All working!

Yep, thats the card - dual head & also came with cables that fan out allowing to connect 4 monitors.

Thanks SevenFX - I really appreciate it. I am off to have a play around with these 3 screens now!
 
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Yes, the picture you have of the card and cables - that's mine. And yes I think you are right about them once being worth heaps, but not anymore. Technology has moved on and I bought these for $US50 on eBay (plus postage).
 
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No worries Timmy...

You must be smiling at all those screens and will in the next few days see the benefits...

Maybe check you have the latest drivers they released for that card...

Win 98 Win Me Win NT4 Win
2000 Win XP Win XP 64-bit Linux Linux 64-bit Win Server 2003
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/corpo/support/drivers/latest/home.php


p.s how much did it cost you as they used to be close to 1k or more

Enjoy
Cheers
SevenFX
 
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SevenFX, the card including the cables was $US50 - it is a used card but if I get a couple of years out of it I will be happy. The card itself without cables is $US25, so I suppose if the card does stop working it is a cheap replacement. I bought it from a seller in the UK - I was expecting it next week sometime but it arrived today, I only ordered it on Thursday last week - 6 days from Edinburgh to Sydney.
 
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Timmy said:
SevenFX, the card including the cables was $US50 - it is a used card but if I get a couple of years out of it I will be happy. The card itself without cables is $US25, so I suppose if the card does stop working it is a cheap replacement. I bought it from a seller in the UK - I was expecting it next week sometime but it arrived today, I only ordered it on Thursday last week - 6 days from Edinburgh to Sydney.
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Good find, as they are quality built and should last many years...

Worth noting if your using the drivers that comes with WindowsXP, they may be slow (clunky) So the right drivers will change that.

Here a link if anyone else wants the same card(sssssssss) and their are a few US/UK buyers to choose from...so be choosy... but bare in mind that they a older card and priced accordingly.

http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1&fsoo=1


Cheers
SevenFX
 
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Scuba said:
Hi all, there are other solutions to these things also for instance the Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition which are connected to a DVI (of a fairly decent graphics card) and allows spanning or cloning of monitor real estate (BUT) the monitors need the same resolution (and at present can only support 4:3 formats)... Or purchase nearly any graphics card nowadays with dualhead capability and run any mix of format and resolution... FWIW I run LHS 4:3 @ 1280x1024 x32bit & RHS 16:9 (primary monitor) @ 1680x1050 x16bit which is nothing special at all nowadays but the difference in use was really something when upgrading from a single 4:3 monitor!
Regards,
Dave


BTW Timmy, Google Matrox 200
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Thanks Dave - Googling the card was a good idea. Sorry, I missed your post in my rush to get the card installed. That dual/triplehead2go is apparently a really good solution and very simple, comes at a pretty hefty price though compared to installing a card.
 
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SevenFX said:
Good find, as they are quality built and should last many years...

Worth noting if your using the drivers that comes with WindowsXP, they may be slow (clunky) So the right drivers will change that.

Here a link if anyone else wants the same card(sssssssss) and their are a few US/UK buyers to choose from...so be choosy... but bare in mind that they a older card and priced accordingly.

http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1&fsoo=1


Cheers
SevenFX
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Thanks Tek - I went to the Matrox site and downloaded the latest drivers, screens are working great. That ebay link has the seller I bought from in the UK, I read a lot of his feedback and was very impressive so I bought from him - and very happy. Yes, older card, and a lot of the offerings are second hand, but fingers crossed mine lasts a while....
 
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Hi Guys
Im running three laptops and two LCD screens, Thats five screens, on two broadband connections. On the screens i run dynamic depth, dynamic ticker set a minimum of 25000 volume, Live announcements, commodity prices and one for scanning around.
 
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Snakey said:
Hi Guys
Im running three laptops and two LCD screens, Thats five screens, on two broadband connections. On the screens i run dynamic depth, dynamic ticker set a minimum of 25000 volume, Live announcements, commodity prices and one for scanning around.
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Snakey mate, you`re back.:) and dropped the d.t. tag too.
 
Re: How to Run Multiple Monitors....

Hi, have a computer question, which isn't entirely about multiple monitors, but thought I would stick it in here anyway.

Thinking of doing an upgrade of my trading rig after christmas and was after a couple of opinions-

Processors- Dual core? Quad core? Is the extra cost of a quad core processor going to be worthwhile for running trading apps:confused:

RAM- was probably going to go for 2 gig of ram- my current rig only has 1, and copes(barely). Or should I get as much as I can??

graphics card- currently have one graphics card that runs 2 monitors. Would it be better to just get a second graphics card that will run another 2, or should I be looking for one card that will run 4 monitors.

which follows on to the next question- a stand that will hold 4 monitors- I really don't want to have 4 monitors side by side on my desk, it would be like spending a day at a tennis match, and would much prefer to have 2 of them stacked on top of two on the desk. Anyone have any experience with stands at all? Where would I get one from? Are they worth the cost? Or should I look at some other way of setting them up that is cheaper?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated:)
 
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Just quickly on the ram front, unless you're willing to go to Vista 64, there's not much point getting more than 2 gig of ram. Vista 32, xp etc are limited to 32bit of address space so your computer won't be able to see much more.

I'm running vista 64 at the moment and its a constant battle. Several of my older peripherals and several different apps that i'd use regularly simply don't work.
 
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doctorj said:
Just quickly on the ram front, unless you're willing to go to Vista 64, there's not much point getting more than 2 gig of ram. Vista 32, xp etc are limited to 32bit of address space so your computer won't be able to see much more.

I'm running vista 64 at the moment and its a constant battle. Several of my older peripherals and several different apps that i'd use regularly simply don't work.
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It will be running XP. Don't think I will to upgrade to Vista until I absolutely have to. Thanks for that:)
 
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professor_frink said:
Processors- Dual core? Quad core? Is the extra cost of a quad core processor going to be worthwhile for running trading apps:confused:
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Morning Professor.

Here's my take on Things.

Processor, I just recently went for a Higher clock speed core2 Duo processor (E6850 3.00Ghz) than the Quad Core (2.4Ghz) purely because the most (if not all) applications today (other than newest games) wont use the quad processor technology. and the E6850 @ 3.00Ghz will do a better job without
breaking out into a sweat. (While there are faster processors available in both varieties, Both of these are currently good value, while Intels :)p:)fights off AMD :)().

professor_frink said:
RAM- was probably going to go for 2 gig of ram- my current rig only has 1, and copes(barely). Or should I get as much as I can??
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While I generally agree with DJ, my experience in running multiple monitors (& multiple cards), hence multiple apps under XP, has seen all all 2gb of memory exhausted where apps shut down, and a example where a 2gb ram is installed and swap file switch off, will highlight this issue (swap file is only used when real physical memory runs out.)

Some older or poorly written apps (incredible charts sorry colin) often doesn't release memory or copoperate with other apps or XP for that matter to manage memory pools well, hence another reason for more memory.

Lastly on Ram, of the 4gb of quality ram (Kingston) and which is DDR2 @1066mhz speed, I can say a large portion (1.4gb) is reservered for system resource tasks when you run multiple video cards & general misc motherboard system requirements

professor_frink said:
graphics card- currently have one graphics card that runs 2 monitors. Would it be better to just get a second graphics card that will run another 2, or should I be looking for one card that will run 4 monitors.
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It would be cheaper to get a OLDER quad processor card and the Martrox at $50 is cheap, but you get what you pay for.. and if that one card fails you loose all monitors.

Cards also have come leaps n bounds, and today you can run dual or tripe DVI card each of them having 2 heads giving you (4 or 6 monitors) if your motherboard supports it. Preference is given to PCIE cards for best throughput & latest technology overall.

Also if you choose the Nvidia cards (called SLI)you can parallel them up to combine your video processor power which your motherboard must support.

There are great stands that support 6 monitors with flexijoints at $600 or you can build your own if your that way inclined.

Lastely your motherboard must support all the above and more, so choose wisely or can advise further. I use a higher end Gigabyte board.

Above is a short summary on such a long story, can flesh out more

Cheers
SevenFX
 
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SevenFX said:
Morning Professor.

Here's my take on Things.

Processor, I just recently went for a Higher clock speed core2 Duo processor (E6850 3.00Ghz) than the Quad Core (2.4Ghz) purely because the most (if not all) applications today (other than newest games) wont use the quad processor technology. and the E6850 @ 3.00Ghz will do a better job without
breaking out into a sweat. (While there are faster processors available in both varieties, Both of these are currently good value, while Intels :)p:)fights off AMD :)().



While I generally agree with DJ, my experience in running multiple monitors (& multiple cards), hence multiple apps under XP, has seen all all 2gb of memory exhausted where apps shut down, and a example where a 2gb ram is installed and swap file switch off, will highlight this issue (swap file is only used when real physical memory runs out.)

Some older or poorly written apps (incredible charts sorry colin) often doesn't release memory or copoperate with other apps or XP for that matter to manage memory pools well, hence another reason for more memory.

Lastly on Ram, of the 4gb of quality ram (Kingston) and which is DDR2 @1066mhz speed, I can say a large portion (1.4gb) is reservered for system resource tasks when you run multiple video cards & general misc motherboard system requirements



It would be cheaper to get a OLDER quad processor card and the Martrox at $50 is cheap, but you get what you pay for.. and if that one card fails you loose all monitors.

Cards also have come leaps n bounds, and today you can run dual or tripe DVI card each of them having 2 heads giving you (4 or 6 monitors) if your motherboard supports it. Preference is given to PCIE cards for best throughput & latest technology overall.

Also if you choose the Nvidia cards (called SLI)you can parallel them up to combine your video processor power which your motherboard must support.

There are great stands that support 6 monitors with flexijoints at $600 or you can build your own if your that way inclined.

Lastely your motherboard must support all the above and more, so choose wisely or can advise further. I use a higher end Gigabyte board.

Above is a short summary on such a long story, can flesh out more

Cheers
SevenFX
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Cheers tekmann,

that's given me plenty to think about for the time being:)

Will be getting the local computer guy to do it for me, so he will be making sure all the parts will work together- I possibly could figure out how to do it myself, but would prefer to get it done by someone that really knows what they are doing- at least I know the job will be done well, and done quickly.

Have you got any links to somewhere that sells the monitor stands?
 
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professor_frink said:
Cheers tekmann,

that's given me plenty to think about for the time being:)

Will be getting the local computer guy to do it for me, so he will be making sure all the parts will work together- I possibly could figure out how to do it myself, but would prefer to get it done by someone that really knows what they are doing- at least I know the job will be done well, and done quickly.

Have you got any links to somewhere that sells the monitor stands?
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Suggestion, tell him what feature n functions you want first, see what you get for a cheaper quote and then see how much extra to for quality brand name stuff rated at higher speeds with quality components in mind. IMO

Also not sure what state your in and assuming you mean LCD as opposed to CRT tube monitors right...

Here some ideas, but I have another one in mind which will find.

http://www.esis.com.au/LCD-Monitors/MonitorArms.htm

Also consider maximun size of monitors are limitation on some of these stands...

SevenFX
 
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SevenFX said:
Suggestion, tell him what feature n functions you want first, see what you get for a cheaper quote and then see how much extra to for quality brand name stuff rated at higher speeds with quality components in mind. IMO
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Good idea, thanks for that:)

SevenFX said:
Also not sure what state your in and assuming you mean LCD as opposed to CRT tube monitors right...

Here some ideas, but I have another one in mind which will find.

http://www.esis.com.au/LCD-Monitors/MonitorArms.htm

Also consider maximun size of monitors are limitation on some of these stands...

SevenFX
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In NSW, and yes, LCD's.

Thanks for the link, will check it out:)
 
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XP can't cope with more than 3 GB ram. You *MAY* start to run into trouble if you try add more..


Running RAM on a dual channel motherboard is a good option. Not all motherboards around run in dual channel still...



Cheers,
 
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Stan 101 said:
XP can't cope with more than 3 GB ram. You *MAY* start to run into trouble if you try add more..
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Well someone better tell my machine that, as it being running 4GB for over a year now...

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEmem.mspx


Stan 101 said:
Running RAM on a dual channel motherboard is a good option. Not all motherboards around run in dual channel still...
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Not sure what you mean here...???? Can you explain further...???

SevenFX
 
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