TV out & VGA monitor at the same time on V3 possible??

Yes,Guys,I I´m trying to watch Divs movies on a Voodoo 3 3000,but When I choose Tv output,the Vga monitor goes black.It dificults me because My Tv is on the Living room and the Computer on my bedroom..
Is there a way to make both outputs to function at the same time??

thanks folks...

Aropredator · 06-21-2002, 02:52 | posts: 1,934 | Location: Malaysia

It impossible cause voodoo3 only have one ramdac and use it for both output. One ramdac can only display for one output at one time, not both.

(ramdac = random access memory digital analog converter) used to change the digital signal processed by graphics card to analog signal used by monitor/tv.

**thanks -** 06-21-2002, 20:51 | posts: n/a

Thanks for the information,Now I can Stop fighting with drivers and so on...
But one more question,Is there any other voodoo model(4,5),that would support both outputs??

Thanks Aeropredator...

**about ramdac -** 06-21-2002, 20:58 | posts: n/a

To be able to have both outputs at the same time,Its necessary to have 2 Hamdacs??
I have an MSI Geforce 2 MX400,that I can have both outputs,but on its specifications,it´s not mentioned that the card has two ramdacs...

Aropredator · 06-22-2002, 03:03 | posts: 1,934 | Location: Malaysia

A certain gf2mx cards which has dual display (they call it nView) have 2 ramdac. You can check them better at nVidia website. Another option for a dual display cards were Matrox G450 (they're the pioneer of dual display cards) or ATi radeon7xxx/8xxx series.