Microsoft KB Archive/296538

= Hardware Requirements for Multiple-Display Support in Windows XP =

Article ID: 296538

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

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This article was previously published under Q296538



SUMMARY
This article describes the hardware requirements for multiple-display support in Windows XP.



MORE INFORMATION
All of the video adapters that are used in a computer that has multiple-display support must be Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) or Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) devices that use the multiple-display-enabled video adapter drivers that are included with Windows XP. Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) and Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) video adapters are not supported.

The video adapters that are installed on your computer do not have to be identical. Each video adapter and monitor combination is separately enumerated by Windows; you can configure each combination to use different screen resolutions and color depths. For example, you can set the primary adapter to 1024 X 768 pixels and 16 million colors and the secondary adapter to 800 X 600 pixels and 32,000 colors.

For additional information about how to enable multiple-display support, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307873 HOW TO: Configure and Use Multiple Monitors in Windows XP

Video Adapter Chip Sets Supported in Windows XP
You can use any combination of the PCI or AGP-based video adapters that are listed in this section with multiple monitors. Only video adapters that are based on the chip sets that are listed in this section work as primary and secondary video adapters.

The following drivers are supported by Microsoft and are included on the Windows XP CD-ROM:

Company Name                Device Name 3DFx                        Voodoo3 2000 AGP 3DFx                        Voodoo3 2000 3DFx                        Voodoo3 3000 AGP 3DFx                        Voodoo3 3000 3DFx                        Voodoo3 3500 TV 3DFx                         Voodoo4 4500 AGP 3DFx                        Voodoo4 4500 3DFx                        Voodoo5 5500 AGP 3DFx                        Voodoo5 5500 3DLabs Inc.                 3DLabs Permedia2 Compatible Graphics Adapter 3DLabs Inc.                 3DLabs Permedia2 Compatible Graphics Adapter 3DLabs Inc                  3DLabs Oxygen VX1 AGP 3DLabs Inc.                 3DLabs Oxygen VX1 PCI 3DLabs Inc.                 3DLabs Oxygen VX1 1600SW 3DLabs Inc. 3DLabs Permedia3 Create! Accel Graphics              Accel Graphics AccelStar II AGP Accel Graphics              Accel Graphics AccelStar II Appian Graphics              Jeronimo Pro ATI Technologies, Inc.      RADEON DDR ATI Technologies, Inc       RADEON SDR ATI Technologies, Inc.      All-in-Wonder Radeon AGP ATI Technologies, Inc.      All-in-Wonder Radeon SDR AGP ATI Technologies, Inc.      All-in-Wonder Radeon PCI ATI Technologies, Inc.      RADEON VE ATI Technologies, Inc.       RADEON M6 ATI Technologies, Inc.       RAGE 128 AIW AGP ATI Technologies, Inc.      RAGE 128 AIW PCI ATI Technologies, Inc.      RAGE 128 GL AGP ATI Technologies, Inc.      RAGE 128 GL PCI ATI Technologies, Inc.      RAGE 128 VR AGP ATI Technologies, Inc.      RAGE 128 VR PCI ATI Technologies, Inc.      RAGE 128 4X AGP ATI Technologies, Inc.      RAGE 128 4X PCI ATI Technologies, Inc.      RAGE 128 PRO PCI ATI Technologies, Inc.      RAGE 128 PRO AGP 2X ATI Technologies, Inc.      RAGE 128 PRO AGP 4X Creative Labs, Inc.         Graphics Blaster Extreme Creative Labs, Inc.         Graphics Blaster Extreme Diamond Multimedia          Fire GL1000 Pro AGP Diamond Multimedia          Fire GL1000 Pro Digital                     Comet Elsa                        GLoria Synergy AGP Elsa                        WINNER 2000/Office AGP Elsa                        GLoria Synergy Elsa                        WINNER 2000/Office Leadtek                     Winfast 3D L2300 AGP Leadtek                     Winfast 3D L2300 Matrox                      Millennium G200 SD PCI Matrox                      Marvel G200 PCI Matrox                      MGA-G200 AGP Matrox                      Mystique G200 AGP Matrox                      Millennium G200 AGP Matrox                      Marvel G200 AGP Matrox                      Mystique G200 VIDEO AGP Matrox                      Millennium G200 SG AGP Matrox                      Millennium G200 SG LE AGP Matrox                      Mystique G200 SD AGP Matrox                      Millennium G200 SD AGP Matrox                      Millennium G250 AGP Matrox                      Millennium G250 LE AGP Matrox                      G400 AGP Matrox                      Marvel G400 AGP Matrox                      Millennium G400 DualHead Max Matrox                      Millennium G400 DualHead Matrox                      Millennium G450 DualHead Matrox                      Millennium G450 DualHead LE Matrox                       Millennium G450 DualHead PCI NVidia                      Riva TNT NVidia                      Riva TNT2 NVidia                      Vanta NVidia                      Riva TNT2 Ultra NVidia                      Aladin TNT2 NVidia                      Riva TNT2 Model 64 NVidia                      GeForce 256 NVidia                      GeForce DDR NVidia                      Quadro NVidia                      GeForce2 GTS NVidia                      GeForce2 Pro NVidia                      GeForce2 Ultra NVidia                      Quadro2 Pro NVidia                      GeForce2 MX NVidia                       GeForce2 Go NVidia                       Quadro2 MXR NVidia                      Geforce3

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