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Two Video Cards, work in 98, not NT4

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Name: Lee
Date: November 8, 1999 at 20:26:15 Pacific
Subject: Two Video Cards, work in 98, not NT4

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I have a Voodoo3 2000 PCI and an Oxygen VX1 video cards. They work with two monitors in Win98, but not in Winnt4. Why would that be? I am using the NT drivers...but to no avail. Either card works by themselves in NT, just not together. I know they work together from previous experience on the same computer...but since the reformatting and reinstall of NT, they do not work together. Any suggestions?

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Response Number 1

Name: DrWatson
Date: November 9, 1999 at 12:59:27 Pacific

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As far as I know, Windows NT 4.0 is not able to deal with two DIFFERENT videocards. Win98 is the first Windows-OS (Macs supported that for ages) that supports two different video cards. Maybe you should ask the manufacturers of 3dfx for further detail, but I think, it is just not possible with Win NT.

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Response Number 2

Name: sunmech
Date: November 12, 1999 at 07:28:50 Pacific

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Watson's right, NT4 isn't capable of handling different video cards for dual displays. The cards must be identical. (Still older technology.) What I WASN'T aware of was that 98 COULD do that. Thanks for the update!

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Name: .
Date: June 20, 2000 at 18:11:35 Pacific

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