Hardware Requirements for Multiple Display Support in Windows 98
ID: Q182708
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SUMMARY
This article describes the hardware requirements for multiple-display
support in Windows 98.
MORE INFORMATION
All the display adapters used in a computer with multiple-display support
must be Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) or Accelerated Graphics
Port (AGP) devices using multiple-display-enabled display adapter drivers
included with Windows 98. Industry Standard Architecture/Extended Industry
Standard Architecture (ISA/EISA) display adapters are not supported.
The display adapters installed in the computer do not have to be
identical. Each display adapter and monitor combination is separately
enumerated and can be configured to use different screen resolutions and
color depths. For example, the primary display can be set to 1024 X 768 X
256 and the secondary display can be set to 800 X 600 X 32K.
For information about how to enable multiple-display support, see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q179602
TITLE : How to Enable Multiple Display Support Using Windows 98
Unsupported Display Adapter Chip Sets
Display adapters with the following chip sets cannot be used as a
multiple-display support device:
- Permedia (this does not include the Permedia NT and Permedia-2 chip sets)
Supported Display Adapter Chip Sets
Any combination of the following supported PCI-based display adapters
can be used with multiple-monitors. Only display adapters based on the
following chip sets work as primary and secondary adapters.
Note that only the PCI adapters listed below are supported as the primary
adapter. However, other PCI adapters may work even though they are not
supported.
NOTE: You also need to use the specified driver.
The following drivers are supported by Microsoft and are included on the
Windows 98 CD-ROM:
Driver
- ATI Mach 64 GX (GX, GXD, VT)ATIM64.drv
- ATI Graphics Pro Turbo PCI
- ATI Graphics Xpression
- ATI WinTurbo
- ATI Rage I, II, & II+ATI_M64.drv
- ATI All-In-Wonder
- ATI 3D Xpression+ PC2TV
- ATI 3D Xpression
- ATI 3D Xpression+
- ATI Rage Pro (AGP & PCI)ATIR3.drv
- ATI Xpert@Work, 4 & 8 MB
- ATI Xpert@Play, 4 & 8 MB
- ATI All-In-Wonder Pro
- S3 765 (Trio64V+)S3MM.drv
NOTE: Only certain updates work. These are 40, 42, 43, 44, 52, 53, & 54.
Note that if the card is at one of these updates, then Windows 98 will
recognize the card as a Trio 64V+, provided the Microsoft driver is used.
If the card is not at one of these updates, then it is recognized as a
Trio 32/64. Some OEM drivers don't care which update is present; be sure
to note carefully which Microsoft driver Windows 98 selects when you use
this card.
- S3 Trio64V2(DX/GX)S3MM.drv
- Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2001
- STB PowerGraph 64V+
- STB MVP 64
- Miro TwinHead 22SD
- Hercules Terminator 64/Video
- Number Nine 9FX Reality 332
(S3 Virge)
- Number Nine 9FX Reality 334
(S3 Virge GX/2)
- Number Nine 9FX Reality 772
(S3 Virge VX)
- California Graphics V2/DX
- Videologic GraphicsStar 410
- Cirrus 5436CIRRUSMM.drv
- Cirrus Alpine
- Cirrus 5446CIRRUSMM.drv
- STB Nitro 64V
- S3 ViRGE S3V.drv
- (ViRGE (325)
- ViRGE VX (988)
- ViRGE DX (385)
- ViRGE GX (385))
- Diamond Stealth 3D 2000
- Diamond Stealth 3D 3000
- Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro
- Number Nine 9FX Reality 332
- STB Nitro 3D
- STB Powergraph 3D
- STB Velocity 3D
- STB MVP/64
- STB MVP/64 3D
- STB WorkStation (2 & 4 output)
- Miro Crystal VR4000
- ET6000ET6000.drv
- Hercules Dynamite 128/Video
- STB Lightspeed 128
- Compaq Armada S3MM.drv
- Trident 9685/9680/9682TRID_PCI.DRV
/9385/9382/9385
- Jaton Video - 57P
For additional information about Multiple Display Support for Windows 98,
see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q179602
TITLE : How to Enable Multiple Display Support Using Windows 98
Additional query words:
multi dual
Keywords : kbhw win98 multimon
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo
Last Reviewed: February 2, 1999