What are your most convuleted Multi GPU / Multi API setups? \ VOGONS

What are your most convuleted Multi GPU / Multi API setups?

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First post, by Rhuwyn

Posted on 2016-12-23, 16:39

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I was just curious what sort of convoluted setups people have gotten working. I know a lot of people use a Voodoo5 with a Voodoo1 things like that. What about a Voodoo5, with a Voodoo1, and a Matrox m3D or another PCX2 card. How many diffrent propritary APIs in addition to the DiretcX, Direct3d, OpenGL standard ones have you gotten to work all in one box without having to physically swap cards.

Reply 1 of 2, by Ampera

Posted on 2016-12-23, 17:11

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Not one that I set up, but the Commodore 128 has two seperate video generators, a 40 column VIC-II chip, and an 80 column CGA like chip. The strange part is that in C128's basic and CP/M (This computer ALSO has dual processors, a Z80 and 6510 based CPU) BOTH chips can be used at the same time allowing for dual monitors in 1989.

It has two completely different video outputs, a digital RGBi output, compatible with CGA monitors, and a Chroma/Luma based output. Each work with 80/40 columns respectively.

Reply 2 of 2, by dr.zeissler

Posted on 2017-03-26, 15:41

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Currently:

AGP - MatroxG200 8MB
PCI - 3DFX Voodoo1
PCI - MatroxM3D

The Matrox seems to have lots of Problems with D3D or OpenGL but it has a very nice, sharp and colorful image.

Retro-Gamer 😀 ...on different machines

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