Earth Angel <none.TakeThisOut@none.none> wrote:
> "Arthur Hagen" <art.TakeThisOut@broomstick.com> wrote in message
> news:d0gf4u$he1$1@cauldron.broomstick.com...
>
>> More to the point, you have a TV, and not a second monitor.
>> The problem seems to be that the overlay *only* works with a second
>> monitor
>> if the monitors are in clone mode, and not independent mode.
>
> Are you using the standard ati control panel or the hideous catalyst
> control centre? I found that I couldn't output at a different
> resolution to a second screen when using the catalyst control centre
> whilst I could when using the old standard ati control panel....
> worth a look if you aren't already using it...
I used the non-.NET "old" style driver install -- both the one on the CD and
then the latest one from ATI. Coming from a Matrox Parhelia, I knew all
about the pains and bloat of .NET and wanted to avoid it.
..NET is evil and must be destroyed.
In the "Advanced" section of the display properties, the Overlay tab had
everything greyed out, and a notice that it would only work in "clone mode".
Running my primary at 1600x1200 and my secondary at 1152x864, I could get no
overlay to open on the secondary, no matter what I tried. Yet, I was not
allowed to drag overlay capable apps to the second monitor either (to
full-screen them there as a sad workaround), which means that the overlay
*limitations* are active, at least...
Anyhow, this is all water under the bridge now -- the ATI X800 Pro card is
back in its box I'm back to using the old Parhelia card until I can find a
card that really works for me. Too bad that marketing material and reviews
are very limited on multi-head specifics and limitations, and tend to focus
entirely on frame rates and 3d quality (in which this card was, I admit, a
killer. The only thing I didn't like was the reduced quality in 3DMark 2001
SE[1] and apparently not allowing multiple ICC profiles (this is only a
problem under W2k, as XP is "dumbed down" and doesn't allow it in the OS).
But all in all, a wonderful card, if it wasn't for the problems that makes
it unusable for *me*. I'm sure that most people would have a really good
experience with it. For single-head use it must be awesome.
[1] The headlights of the SUV in "car chase", for example, were visibly
reduced to a grid, and in "dragothic", it skipped re-drawing some objects at
every frame, causing visual stuttering but large numbers. This was
especially noticable with the church spire and people who got burned, both
of which would jerk several pixels at a time in a 16mm film fashion, despite
the claim of frame rates of 200+. This card is really fast enough that that
kind of cheat^H^H^H^H^Hoptimising isn't necessary.
Regards,
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