[G4] Dual Display Video Card for VGA monitors

[Dahlinger family]

There is another [he says in his best Yoda voice]...
the Village Tronic MPDD Pro has video connections for either a VGA or Apple
RGB monitor. $99.

Eric Dahlinger


> Message-ID: <F58376A73054D411A63B00508B6C8FDA08CDF135 at pbwtex1.pbwt.com>
> From: "Goldberg, Franck (x2187)" <FGOLDBERG at PBWT.COM>
> Subject: Re: [G4] Dual Display Video Card for VGA monitors
> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:34:13 -0500
> 
> Do I understand this correctly: If I keep the GE Force 2MX, and install an
> ATI Radeon in the PCI slot, I will have dual monitor display - not only
> mirroring but desktop extension as well- from the Monitor control panel in
> X?
> Thanks.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mel [mailto:mkrewall at mac.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:25 PM
> To: Power Macintosh G4 List
> Subject: Re: [G4] Dual Display Video Card for VGA monitors
> 
> 
> You don't have many choices in the Mac world for PCI video cards. Right
> now the only retail card available that I know of is the ATI Radeon
> 7000. The Radeon Mac Edition PCI was more powerful in both 2D and 3D,
> but I don't know if it is selling at retail anymore. The rest of ATI's
> cards are AGP. Unless you want to go through a lot of ROM-flashing
> gyrations there are no NVidia PCI cards for the Mac. Formac made the
> ProFormance III, but I don't think there are any OS X drivers. It is no
> longer at retail, either. I would recommend trying eBay for the Radeon
> Mac Edition.
> Mel
> 
> On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 02:17 PM, Goldberg, Franck (x2187) wrote:
> 
>> What video card should I get for dual display, with two Viewsonic VGA
>> monitors?  This is a PC work environment.  Our Mac is a 'digital
>> audio'G4
>> 733/133, currently with an AGP GE Force 2MX, running Jaguar 10.2.4.
>> This is
>> for graphic/photo work, not gaming.
>> Thanks.