Third-Party Solutions to Multiple Monitor Support

 Last reviewed: February 9, 1998
Article ID: Q162928
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.51 and 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51 and 4.0

SUMMARY

Third-party companies, such as Color Graphics, MATROX, STB, INTERGRAGH, ALTEX Electronics, and other companies provide solutions to multiple monitor support for Microsoft Windows NT.

MORE INFORMATION

Color Graphics has a full line that support anywhere from two to eight monitors. The Color Graphics cards are based on the S3 chip set.

MATROX Millenium video cards in the same computer support multiple monitors.

STB Inc. provides the MVP-2X dual SVGA video card (ISA) with Microsoft Windows NT drivers supplied by STB. The card comes with MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, and OS/2 drivers. In addition, STB provides model MVP2X/MC for Micro Channel.

Other manufacturers that provide the capability of multiple screens are ALTEX Electronics and INTERGRAGH. These manufacturers make video cards with multiple VGA chips on them that drive several monitors in a video wall arrangement spread across 2, 4, 8, or 16 screens.

Additional query words: OEM video display
Keywords : nthowto nthw NTSrvWkst kb3rdparty kbdisplay kbhw kbsetup
Version : WinNT:3.51,4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: February 9, 1998
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