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Polare
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Fri Mar 29, 2002 9:08 pm

I'm looking to buy a GF4 4400, but I want a card with 2 VGA-outs (I don't care about TV-out, DVI, S-Video... just VGA). Can anyone point me to such a beast? Every brand I've looked at seems to have the wrong combination of connectors...

Alternatively, is there anywhere I could possibly get a VGA -> DVI adaptor (if it exists)?

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Fri Mar 29, 2002 10:55 pm

Do you want to go from a DVI connector on the card to a VGA connector on the monitor cable? Yes, DVI --> VGA connection adapters do exist. So then you could use the VGA, plus the DVI (with the DVI --> VGA adapter) to have two VGA outputs. I have done this with my Radeon 8500 (retail), and while its not an nVidia card, the technique is still applicable. The Visiontek GeForce4 Xtasy 4400 features VGA, S-Video, and DVI. So you would have both a VGA & DVI, and I believe it even comes bundled with the DVI --> VGA adapter.
 
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Sat Mar 30, 2002 12:47 am

On 2002-03-29 21:55, lenzenm wrote:
Do you want to go from a DVI connector on the card to a VGA connector on the monitor cable? Yes, DVI --> VGA connection adapters do exist. So then you could use the VGA, plus the DVI (with the DVI --> VGA adapter) to have two VGA outputs. I have done this with my Radeon 8500 (retail), and while its not an nVidia card, the technique is still applicable. The Visiontek GeForce4 Xtasy 4400 features VGA, S-Video, and DVI. So you would have both a VGA & DVI, and I believe it even comes bundled with the DVI --> VGA adapter.


Hooray! Thanks.

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Sat Mar 30, 2002 1:24 am

Not so fast. Just because a card has a DVI output doesn't mean you can just throw on a DVI-VGA adapter and run an analog monitor. The card itself needs a secondary RAMDAC to be able to run two VGA monitors.

Hercules' 8500LE card is a good example of this: it has DVI and VGA outputs, but only one RAMDAC so a DVI to VGA adapter doesn't work for dual analog monitors.
 
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Sat Mar 30, 2002 1:41 am

Dissonance:
True enough, but the theVisiontek I mentioned has dual 350MHz RAMDACs. I should have mentioned them when I posted.
However, just because the Visiontek does have dual RAMDACs, does not meant that another company's will. So, read the specs on whichever company's Ti4400 that you're considering, Polare.
 
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Sat Mar 30, 2002 10:45 am

OK, thanks for the warning. I had been looking at that though so not to worry :smile: Actually, every GF4 4400 I've looked at so far -- no matter the outputs -- has included 2 RAMDAC's on it.

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Sun Mar 31, 2002 9:39 pm

Sigh. I lost my post.

Anyway.

It might be a good idea to double check the specs because DVI connectors can technically support only analog (with adapter), only digital, or both. I would assume a newer card such as a GF4 Ti with native digital support and twinview would support all four possible configurations. (Analog+Analog, Digital+Analog, Analog+Digital, or Digital+Digital)

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