Dual monitor possible?

[Ashley Benton]

I would say the slot is long and pink, so apparently the manufacturer
changed the color for fun. The computer is about from 2003 so I wouldn't say
ISA and my BIOS settings were on PCI before I changed them to AGP so I would
guess it is a PCI (never went in the BIOS settings before I installed Ubuntu
about 2 months ago). I also went to check in the BIOS and the settings of
the nvidia card last night but didn't see anything that would help. Maybe it
is there but I don't see it, so I will try again tonight or tomorrow
morning. As from the Matrox Parphelia driver I'm missing something and don't
understand. Yet I I saw the option of the Nvidia 6800 GT with dual output
maybe interesting for later. I also have a stupid question from what I read
you usually don't like ATI and prefer Nvidia because of the driver problems
if I understood and I saw some reference for ATI card, why? Isn't it easier
to use Nvidia and don't they have equivalent product?
Thank you
Megan

On 10/5/07, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 05/10/2007, Ashley Benton <meggalen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm sorry if I didn't specify that I had an integrated graphic card but
> I
> > didn't know it before somebody asked me. Yes I know I'm messing up with
> > things I don't understand but at least now I understand a lot better.
>
> It's a learning experience for us all!
>
> > And for the question PCI or AGP I don't know. I went in the Bios and
> changed
> > from PCI to AGP/onboard.  The screen is still working so I really don't
> > know, and don't know where to look.
>
> /General/ rule of thumb concerning the actual slot connectors on the
> motherboard:
> slot is long & black: ISA, also known as AT-bus
> slot is long & white: PCI
> slot is long & brown: AGP
> slot is short (2cm or so), on the end & brown: audio-modem riser. Ignore
> these.
> slot is blue: PCI Express (PCIe) multilane slot for a graphics card
> slot is very short (2cm or so) and black or white, and interspersed
> with longer slots: PCI Express single-lane slot. Nothing much uses
> these yet but they're gradually catching on.
>
> These are only generalisations. Some manufacturers chance the colours,
> just to screw with people's heads.
>
> Combinations:
> You might find:
> - ISA + PCI
> - ISA + PCI + AGP
> - PCI + AGP
> - PCI + PCIe
> - PCIe alone.
>
> You will rarely see PCI-only.
> ISA-only disappeared 15yr ago.
> PCIe + PCI + AGP is very rare and the chipset will be a compromised
> one that performs like a dog, so it's best avoided.
>
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