Radeon-OpenGL-2screen_support ??

Er4z3r · Apr 5, 2004, 12:46 PM

Hi, i'am new here and normally i speak german *gg* so .......

I have a question:

my father is working with a nvidia card, at the moment, on 2 Flat screens,
he works with ProEngineer, if someone knows it ....., a CAD programm which uses
only OpenGL. Now my question is: does the ati driver support OpenGL on 2screens,
so that my father can work on both with OpenGL support .... now ??

....... 6months ago, my father bought (buy*gg*) a Radeon9600pro, installed the ATI drivers
and was shocked, the OpenGL support was only on 1screen ..... so, has something changed in
this case ? is the 2screen OpenGL support now available with the Catalyst drivers on all Radeons?

my father was very angry, so he asks the ATI support on the Cebit Hannover, they told him to
buy a SPECIAL ati card with 2screen OpenGL support, so he normally had to buy a card for 800€ or so .....
only with this support he was asking for, so now he uses a nvidia card ..... WITH 2screen openGL support

Can anyone help me in this case if its possible NOW to work on 2Screens at the same time with OpenGL support with all Redeon Cards ? (perhaps with the newest Catalyst Drivers ??)
My father wants to have a ATI card but he also wants to have THIS SUPPORT he really needs for his work .........

if you know what i mean .......

perhaps anyone can answer me and help me to solve our problem ...... or anyone knows a better OpenGL card for this application (ProEngineer) for a LOW price, thx in advance !!!!!

p.s.: SORRY FOR MY BAD BAD BAD ENGLISH, I AM FROM GERMANY !!!

FluffyChicken · Apr 5, 2004, 01:49 PM

you may find here
http://www.proecentral.com/portal/fo....asp?for_id=32
or here
http://www.proe.com/
or ask PTC themselves.

Do you use certified nVidia drivers (why the rush to use ATI ?)
Buy a better nVidia card and/or look towards Matrox and 3DLabs

Er4z3r · Apr 5, 2004, 01:55 PM

ATI cards are cheaper i think ... perhaps they have also better OpenGL performance ......

thX for the Links, i will look for some answers there too, but if anybody knows it ....
pls let me now it !!!

FluffyChicken · Apr 5, 2004, 02:12 PM

NVidia cards (well the Pro CAD ones) are generally faster than the ATI one. This should fall over to the 'gaming' cards as well.
Gaming and ProCAD/3D are two different beasts !

Nvidia and Matrox have by far the better multimonitor support

Best bet though is go here http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/w...11&submit.y=10 (the driver page)
read the releasenotes and then ask ATI themselves. OR just test it (probably quicker

)

Apr 5, 2004, 12:46 PM	#1
Er4z3r DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Radeon-OpenGL-2screen_support ?? Hi, i'am new here and normally i speak german gg so ....... I have a question: my father is working with a nvidia card, at the moment, on 2 Flat screens, he works with ProEngineer, if someone knows it ....., a CAD programm which uses only OpenGL. Now my question is: does the ati driver support OpenGL on 2screens, so that my father can work on both with OpenGL support .... now ?? ....... 6months ago, my father bought (buygg) a Radeon9600pro, installed the ATI drivers and was shocked, the OpenGL support was only on 1screen ..... so, has something changed in this case ? is the 2screen OpenGL support now available with the Catalyst drivers on all Radeons? my father was very angry, so he asks the ATI support on the Cebit Hannover, they told him to buy a SPECIAL ati card with 2screen OpenGL support, so he normally had to buy a card for 800€ or so ..... only with this support he was asking for, so now he uses a nvidia card ..... WITH 2screen openGL support Can anyone help me in this case if its possible NOW to work on 2Screens at the same time with OpenGL support with all Redeon Cards ? (perhaps with the newest Catalyst Drivers ??) My father wants to have a ATI card but he also wants to have THIS SUPPORT he really needs for his work ......... if you know what i mean ....... perhaps anyone can answer me and help me to solve our problem ...... or anyone knows a better OpenGL card for this application (ProEngineer) for a LOW price, thx in advance !!!!! p.s.: SORRY FOR MY BAD BAD BAD ENGLISH, I AM FROM GERMANY !!!

Apr 5, 2004, 01:49 PM	#2
FluffyChicken DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: England Posts: 320 Rep Power: 0	you may find here http://www.proecentral.com/portal/fo....asp?for_id=32 or here http://www.proe.com/ or ask PTC themselves. Do you use certified nVidia drivers (why the rush to use ATI ?) Buy a better nVidia card and/or look towards Matrox and 3DLabs __________________ [COLOR=#455b64]Team mauisun.org [/COLOR]

Apr 5, 2004, 02:12 PM	#4
FluffyChicken DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: England Posts: 320 Rep Power: 0	NVidia cards (well the Pro CAD ones) are generally faster than the ATI one. This should fall over to the 'gaming' cards as well. Gaming and ProCAD/3D are two different beasts ! Nvidia and Matrox have by far the better multimonitor support Best bet though is go here http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/w...11&submit.y=10 (the driver page) read the releasenotes and then ask ATI themselves. OR just test it (probably quicker ) __________________ [COLOR=#455b64]Team mauisun.org [/COLOR]

Apr 5, 2004, 01:55 PM	Thread Starter #3
Er4z3r DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	ATI cards are cheaper i think ... perhaps they have also better OpenGL performance ...... thX for the Links, i will look for some answers there too, but if anybody knows it .... pls let me now it !!!