Re: Multiple Devices

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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:56:11 +0100

For the dual head case, how would I specify different camera location to
each head when I have only one device?

Thanks,

Fred

"Phil Taylor" <ptaylor@private-citizen.com> wrote in message
news:eBNlEezcEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> for dual-head cards, DX9 changes make it so you need 1 device for both
heads
> and dont have to duplicate textures and other resources. much better.
>
> for multiple cards, then you do need multiple devices.
>
> do remember the 2nd card is going to be PCI, since there is only 1 AGP
slot.
> this means you need to think about perf on a PCI card and design
> accordingly.
>
> "Fred Elliot" <fred@elliot.com> wrote in message
> news:uQwOTLXcEHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Now I know if I use a graphics card with dual monitor support I can then
> > create mutliple devices and control the output to two monitors
> > independantly, but what if I want more than two devices and so control
> > output to 4 or more monitors. MDX will support more than two devices (I
> > assume), and yet I can only find motherboards that support 1 AGP port.
> Does
> > anyone know if there are any motherboards available that support more
than
> 1
> > AGP port and so multiple graphics cards? And will this work with MDX.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > F
> >
> >
>
>

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