[SGVLUG] Dual video cards -- possible/supported?

[John E. Kreznar]

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"Emerson, Tom" <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> writes:

> I just got an alienware ad in my inbox -- it seems they have a
> couple of models of notebooks that have DUAL video cards -- per the
> site, one card renders "the top half of the display", while the
> second card manages the lower half.

> ...(I presume there is an inter-card connector that passes through
> "the other half" of the video signal to the actual VGA/DVI connector
> -- that *should* independent of any software, but I'll bet a corner
> or two was cut...)

Maybe they mean "display" in the technical X sense -- which may
include several screens.  Then there would be multiple VGA/DVI
connectors, one for each screen.  X handles two-screen displays just
fine.

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 John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13

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