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- Feb 12, 2002
I have a TI4200 that supports dual monitors. I also have a 3D drawing app that supports dual monitors.
My questions is, should I add a decent PCI video card for the second monitor or should I just plug into the existing card?
At first thought I'd assume that the PCI card will offload all the work involved in the second monitor and thus be faster but 1) since the information in the scene will remain the same, perhaps it would be a waste of money/hardware, perhaps it would even be slower.
And:
2) Would my CPU have to send info to the two cards separately, slowing things down?
3) Is "Dual RAMDAC" all I need/want/"the best"? (The TI has that)
My questions is, should I add a decent PCI video card for the second monitor or should I just plug into the existing card?
At first thought I'd assume that the PCI card will offload all the work involved in the second monitor and thus be faster but 1) since the information in the scene will remain the same, perhaps it would be a waste of money/hardware, perhaps it would even be slower.
And:
2) Would my CPU have to send info to the two cards separately, slowing things down?
3) Is "Dual RAMDAC" all I need/want/"the best"? (The TI has that)