[CUBE] Help needed onNvida card problem
RedEclipseTurbo
GeForce3 at rochester.rr.com
Tue Mar 4 17:51:33 PST 2003
Good catch! If you want similar speed for 3D graphics then retrofitting
a Radeon 8500 into the cube would be one way,,, or you could find a
another twinview card that drops right in like the GF2mx twinview or a
Radeon 7500 if #D gaming isn't important.
Chris
On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 08:44 PM, Thubten Kunga wrote:
> nVidea G3 cards are not TwinView. Only one monitor will work on it.
>
> k
>
> On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 05:11 PM, Jim Cheal wrote:
>
>> Hi Gang,
>>
>> Well, while my desktop unit is awaiting a new CPU, I decided to
>> switch some
>> of my video work over to my Cube w/ PL 1 GHz upgrade. While I was
>> upgrading, I installed an 80 Gig Barracuda and a G3 Nvidia graphics
>> card;
>> now, I've never tried to support my two main monitors before, but for
>> some
>> reason, my 17" LCD comes on just fine, but my 21" Studio Display will
>> not
>> boot up; the Gforce G3 shows up fine in the system profile, but my 21
>> does
>> not show up under monitors in system prefs.
>>
>> Am I missing something? I purchased this display card from OWC at
>> the same
>> time as the PL upgrade card, while they were avail there.
>>
>> I've looked at the Nvidia website for drivers, but found nothing for
>> Macs;
>> any ideas out there? I need to put my Cube to work this week ( hard
>> work
>> that is!) while the parts for my dual 800 G4 comes in next week and
>> I'm
>> really in need of using both of my monitors with the type of video
>> work I
>> do.
>>
>> BTW, I'm running OS X too!!
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Jim
>
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