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    currently, i run dual head using nvidia twinview, or amd catalyst. this works fine (nvidia performance is > amd) for everything i use, including compositing.

    but there are a few issues...

    - rotated display hurts performance
    - triple head using xinerama breaks compositing
    - unsuccessful using both nvidia and amd video cards in one machine

    so... i am considering move to triple head or one really big monitor to avoid the headache...

    thing is, eyefinity could save the day. but does it work with linux? and compositing?

    thoughts?

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    Unfortunately i don't have any clear answers... I do want to follow this thread though...

    One point of clarification -
    Originally posted by thehighhat View Post
    but there are a few issues...
    - triple head using xinerama breaks compositing
    Do you mean two video cards with three active heads? Or one video card with 3 heads?

    I know there are issues with xinerama spanning multiple video cards, that's my current headache. I was hoping to be able to get around this by moving to a single video card with 3 or 4 heads... but haven't researched that move enough yet.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by internalkernel View Post
      Unfortunately i don't have any clear answers... I do want to follow this thread though...

      One point of clarification -


      Do you mean two video cards with three active heads? Or one video card with 3 heads?

      I know there are issues with xinerama spanning multiple video cards, that's my current headache. I was hoping to be able to get around this by moving to a single video card with 3 or 4 heads... but haven't researched that move enough yet.

      Xinerama across video cards does not work with compositing. In fact, Xinerama on a single cards with multiple outputs does not work. (this does not include vendor based multi-head options like Twinview)

      I think that AMD/ATI Eyefinity will do the triple head (+ rotation & compositing) job... eventually. So far, it does not appear to fully supported yet.

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