[GEM-dev] multiple displays

[B. Bogart]

Hey all,

on nvidia I've created both two gemwins on two each screen (on linux and
OSX with nvidia) also I've spanned one window over two screens on linux on
nvidia without issue.

no dropping back to software rendering...

.b.


On Thu, June 22, 2006 10:24 am, chris clepper said:
> A single window across the dual heads of the Quadro is no problem.  In
> every
> case I have tried, spanning over multiple cards will throw the rendering
> back to software.
>
> A solution is to use something like the Matrox Dual Head to Go for each
> head
> of the Quadro:
>
> http://www.matrox.com/graphics/offhome/dh2go/home.cfm
>
> You can use the PCI head as the control display.
>
> On 6/22/06, Oisin Lavery <oisinlavery at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Can GEM output to multiple displays? Can I generate multiple GEM windows
>> or do I have to span a single window across say 4 displays?  I am using
>> an
>> NVidia Quadro FX 500/600 with dual output and will be adding a PCI Video
>> card (or 2) to achieve 4 outputs and possibly another display as a
>> control
>> panel. The screens will be displaying medium resolution avi files so
>> OpenGL
>> computing power should not be an issue (hopefully hard drive will not
>> bottleneck) Has anyone experimented with anything similar?
>>
>> Any info or advice appreciated,
>> Oisín
>>
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