Re: 4 monitor problems
- From: Charlie Tame <charlie@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:00:05 -0500
Yes, I believe you are correct, when I had two older cards it did indeed install two drivers, in fact the same driver twice. The confusing part was that the first "Reboot" screen covered up the second "Install now" (or whatever) so until I figured out to check for a hidden screen driver #2 was not getting installed :)
KDE wrote:
<SNIP>you should make sure that all of these video cards can.leverage on the same driver. This means that you can install only one
graphics driver for all of these video cards.</SNIP>
That is not exactly true. If your graphics cards are of the "older" (winXP) variety, Vista will accept and install 2 video drivers as long as both are XPDM drivers.
Most the newer cards use WDDM and then Vista will only accept a single driver. Also you can NOT mix types. (i.e. 1 WDDM and 1 XPDM)
if you are unsure, check the websites for your PC mfg, and the graphics card you want to add.
"George Yin(MSFT)" <v-chanyin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%239CHjy65IHA.4056@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxHello,
Do you mean that you want to use two different video cards in your system?
Well, there are some restrictions when you do this. Of course, firstly you
should make sure the motherboard and these two video cards can work
together and all of them can officially support Windows Vista.
Besides, if you want to use different video cards in one machine running
Windows Vista, you should make sure that all of these video cards can
leverage on the same driver. This means that you can install only one
graphics driver for all of these video cards.
The detailed information is listed in the following article:
MultiMonitor Support and Windows Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/multimonVista.mspx
Please read this article in detail to prevent potential problems. In
addition, you should always contact the hardware manufacturers for more
detailed information.
Sincerely,
George Yin
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center
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