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Oxidize
December 15th, 2008, 05:23 PM
Im going to be putting a fresh copy of Ubuntu 8.10 onto my Dual screen system (Nvidia GPU) but wanted to check first if there are any real support issues regardin dual screens with Ubuntu

Thnx in advance

/usr/bin/hacked?
December 15th, 2008, 06:09 PM
depends on the model of your gpu. anything before 7000 might have issues, anything after is likely ok. My 4400 ti can do dual screens with some fiddling, but my 5500 can't.

BbUiDgZ
December 15th, 2008, 07:05 PM
worked a treat with my 7600gs but if you have one screen at a diffrent rez from the other it dosnt work too well.

Oxidize
December 15th, 2008, 07:19 PM
Thanks for the info, my cars the 8800 GTS and i know it copes with it fine on Vista but now that im switchin this sys to Ubuntu i just wanted to check :)