Is this card o.k. for dual monitors?

jayhink wrote on 1/6/2005, 4:00 PM

Has anyone used o do your know if this would be a card that would work well with vegas and using also for a second monitor.

RADEON 9600 .

I know there are newer models but this one supports dual monitors.

Thanks,

Jay

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epirb wrote on 1/6/2005, 4:08 PM

I have one it works great no problems, running 2 Lcd's
a 17" widescreen @ 1280x768 on the vga output
and a19" NEC@1280x1024 on the dvi.

goshep wrote on 1/6/2005, 4:09 PM

Any dual monitor configuration will work fine. Be it one expensive dual-head card or two el cheapo PCI cards. Technically you could run it on as many monitors as your MOBO will support. Configuration is simple but if you get stuck, do a search as there are many threads on this topic available.

bolt wrote on 1/6/2005, 4:14 PM

Does the card have any other outputs to place signal through a monnitor or even a home TV? eg. S Video etc?

I have the Matrox G550 and it only has 2 VGA outputs. I am looking again myself for a card which has more outputs?

epirb wrote on 1/6/2005, 4:23 PM

If your looking to use the output for an external monitor in Vegas, thay dont do that, besides the output from the s video is substandard anyway.
I use a ampliflied splitter after my camera to feed my ntsc monitor by my computer and simultainiously to my Mits widescreen in my living room. basicly to get an idea in both formats.
When you go out the S vid on the card (to view the same thinfg as your screens)your computer screen get squished and funky.
HTH's

jayhink wrote on 1/6/2005, 4:34 PM

What I want to do is be able to undock the view screen from the main screen and put it over on the other monitor where I can see it full screen and edit over on the other.

Thanks.

Jay

goshep wrote on 1/6/2005, 8:14 PM

Then epirb is right, you don't want to use your existing card. I thought you wanted to be able to edit your timeline, etc. on two screens. That can be done with any combination of cheap video cards. If you are looking for a preview monitor you need an actual NTSC monitor. As a last resort you could use a television if color values are not an issue.
You can use a second monitor to preview but what you see is NOT what you'll get from the final product.

jayhink wrote on 1/6/2005, 8:33 PM

Thanks for the help, asking for my son and he will be using a monitor that he got from work. He works at the local T.V. station and this isn't a regular compute monitor. I don't know if it is NTSC monitor or not but it is what they use at work when he edits there.

Again thanks,

Jay

bolt wrote on 1/7/2005, 5:32 AM

Anyone recommend dual headed graphics cards that also have Svideo and other outputs on them so I can use with a home TV??

gordyboy wrote on 1/7/2005, 6:35 AM

Not heard of any card which supports direct output to TV monitors in the way you want but the Vegas recommended method for getting stuff onto a TV monitor is:

a) out through the firewire card to a DV- to- analog media converter (such as the Canopus ADVC110) or

b) if you have a DV camcorder that supports pass-through, out through the firewire card through the camcorder.

Cheers

gordyboy

epirb wrote on 1/7/2005, 2:49 PM

Yup, the only other option is to use a VGA to composite or component converter. These plug inline from the vga connector on your std video card, then have a passthru toa regular computer monitor and an output to your tv.
Results are still no great text is still fuzzy and you have to mess with the cointroils on them to get the picture scan size etc right.
a decent one on the consumer level that I've seen is this one:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=173790&CatId=1430.
but again, like stated above best for Vegas use is the output of your cam or one of the canopus boxes.

bolt wrote on 1/8/2005, 2:59 AM

thx for this. i'll invest one of those analogue to digital converters. it seems the best option and moswt practical in the long run.

cheers

farss wrote on 1/8/2005, 3:30 AM

Actually what you want is a firewire to analogue converter. Think Canopus AVC-100 or something similar. Canopus do a number of units and there's also one from ADS that's a bit cheaper although I prefer the Canopus product.
If you have a DV camcorder or VCR almost all of them will give you the same functionality.
Yes, feeding composite video from the converter to the monitor may show text as fuzzy, well if you don't do your text right that's exactly how it'll appear on the average TV. Take S-Video from the converter it looks better, take component from the converter to the monitor and it should look about as good as it does on the Vegas internal monitor. However most viewers don't have the luxury of digital transmission and component connections. That's the whole idea of monitoring this way, you get to see it like they will.
Bob.