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Subject: Re: 2 * DVI configuration
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Matthew D. Fuller wrote:

> I'm quite fond of Matrox cards.  I'm pretty sure the 550 exists in
> dual-DVI config.  They're not great on 3D, but they're excellent on
> 2D, and the driver is rock solid.  Of course, for cards newer than the
> 550, they went the way of everybody else and stopped releasing info
> for drivers...

I had a Matrox G400 DH in my former system - this one needed the Matrox
driver for dualhead support. IIRC since 450DH the driver wasn't needed
any longer which is good because the driver was i386-only. Problem here
is, that I know that it will only support DRI on the first screen.


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