Please post how it goes as I have a Dell with that card (ATI), and I'm yanking it in favor of a couple G450's. I would like to see if you have OS issues before I do this though. I have a Dell 4400 with XP home. Jay
I would addd that the FAQ section of the Appian website has a lot of info on compatibility. Apparently S3 went out of the graphics chip business and as a result, anything running S3 chips lacks an XP update. I couldn't find anything useful on the microsfot site, although it's so disorganized I wouldn't swear there is nothing there. They do list several of the Matrox multi cards as compatible, but don't address any of the older pci single cards. It would be nice to know if old standbies like the millenium will work with xp.
For some reason I can only find hardware compatibility ratings for Win2000 and ME on the Microsoft website. Do not see where there is any XP combatibility pages? Am I looking in the wrong area or what?
You might need to check with the manufacturer. When I bought a P4, Win2000 system, I'd planned to take the cards out of my W98 system and put them in my new one. Nope. ATI's drivers for my old cards would not work in Win2000... had to buy new cards. Check this issue thoroughly before you install drivers. While it might not cause any trouble, it might too.... and possibly enough to make you reinstall your system from scratch.
The Appian site mentioned something that I was not aware of. Apparently the agp slots were changed at some point, perhaps whne the P4 came out, and the older agp cards will not fit in or work with the new slot. Anyone thinking about buying an older agp card should check this out.
I stumbled across this: HOW TO: Configure and Use Multiple Monitors in Windows XP Video Adapter Chip Sets Supported in Windows XP You can use any combination of the PCI or AGP-based video adapters that are listed in this section with multiple monitors. Only video adapters that are based on the chip sets that are listed in this section work as primary and secondary video adapters. The following drivers are supported by Microsoft and are included on the Windows XP CD-ROM: Company Name Device Name 3DFx Voodoo3 2000 AGP 3DFx Voodoo3 2000 3DFx Voodoo3 3000 AGP 3DFx Voodoo3 3000 3DFx Voodoo3 3500 TV 3DFx Voodoo4 4500 AGP 3DFx Voodoo4 4500 3DFx Voodoo5 5500 AGP 3DFx Voodoo5 5500 3DLabs Inc. 3DLabs Permedia2 Compatible Graphics Adapter 3DLabs Inc. 3DLabs Permedia2 Compatible Graphics Adapter 3DLabs Inc 3DLabs Oxygen VX1 AGP 3DLabs Inc. 3DLabs Oxygen VX1 PCI 3DLabs Inc. 3DLabs Oxygen VX1 1600SW 3DLabs Inc. 3DLabs Permedia3 Create! Accel Graphics Accel Graphics AccelStar II AGP Accel Graphics Accel Graphics AccelStar II Appian Graphics Jeronimo Pro ATI Technologies, Inc. RADEON DDR ATI Technologies, Inc RADEON SDR ATI Technologies, Inc. All-in-Wonder Radeon AGP ATI Technologies, Inc. All-in-Wonder Radeon SDR AGP ATI Technologies, Inc. All-in-Wonder Radeon PCI ATI Technologies, Inc. RADEON VE ATI Technologies, Inc. RADEON M6 ATI Technologies, Inc. RAGE 128 AIW AGP ATI Technologies, Inc. RAGE 128 AIW PCI ATI Technologies, Inc. RAGE 128 GL AGP ATI Technologies, Inc. RAGE 128 GL PCI ATI Technologies, Inc. RAGE 128 VR AGP ATI Technologies, Inc. RAGE 128 VR PCI ATI Technologies, Inc. RAGE 128 4X AGP ATI Technologies, Inc. RAGE 128 4X PCI ATI Technologies, Inc. RAGE 128 PRO PCI ATI Technologies, Inc. RAGE 128 PRO AGP 2X ATI Technologies, Inc. RAGE 128 PRO AGP 4X Creative Labs, Inc. Graphics Blaster Extreme Creative Labs, Inc. Graphics Blaster Extreme Diamond Multimedia Fire GL1000 Pro AGP Diamond Multimedia Fire GL1000 Pro Digital Comet Elsa GLoria Synergy AGP Elsa WINNER 2000/Office AGP Elsa GLoria Synergy Elsa WINNER 2000/Office Leadtek Winfast 3D L2300 AGP Leadtek Winfast 3D L2300 Matrox Millennium G200 SD PCI Matrox Marvel G200 PCI Matrox MGA-G200 AGP Matrox Mystique G200 AGP Matrox Millennium G200 AGP Matrox Marvel G200 AGP Matrox Mystique G200 VIDEO AGP Matrox Millennium G200 SG AGP Matrox Millennium G200 SG LE AGP Matrox Mystique G200 SD AGP Matrox Millennium G200 SD AGP Matrox Millennium G250 AGP Matrox Millennium G250 LE AGP Matrox G400 AGP Matrox Marvel G400 AGP Matrox Millennium G400 DualHead Max Matrox Millennium G400 DualHead Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead LE Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead PCI NVidia Riva TNT NVidia Riva TNT2 NVidia Vanta NVidia Riva TNT2 Ultra NVidia Aladin TNT2 NVidia Riva TNT2 Model 64 NVidia GeForce 256 NVidia GeForce DDR NVidia Quadro NVidia GeForce2 GTS NVidia GeForce2 Pro NVidia GeForce2 Ultra NVidia Quadro2 Pro NVidia GeForce2 MX NVidia GeForce2 Go NVidia Quadro2 MXR NVidia Geforce3
Call me a skeptic, but I hardly believe you can mix and match these cards with each other. Perhaps Microsoft is talking about using combos of individual card makers? If you can mix and match all of these cards with each other that would be great.
Well, I'm not sure how much mixing and matching you can do, but I just slapped an ancient matrox mill in next to the ATI card and they worked ok together.
Why wouldn't you be able to mix and match? If the drivers are certified by MSFT then they should work together. I used to work in MSFT support, and it's much more likely that any official combo will work together than not.
ATI 3D Rage II. Tried these cards and got nothing. The device manager recognized them but I got an error message that they "won't start". I'm assuming that means that they are not compatible with XP. Can anyone tell me what the differences are betwen the various Matrox cards? They feature the G450 MMS and G200 as multimonitor cards, but the 550 is also offered in a dualhead configuration at a much cheaper price. I've found for trading purposes that just about any card that will drive the monitor is adequate. All this attention to multimonitors is dangerous, because I've been working out in my head how I could put in a frame to hold three more monitors above the line of three that are currently running QCharts. That would rock, oh yeah.