Is it possible to use two graphics cards in the pegasos2?
I Have two boards installed: Radeon 9000 Pro in the AGP slot and one Radeon 9250 PCI.
ATM i can only get display from the PCI card if both cards are installed at the same time, i have played around with the cmplength tooltypes etc but still i cant see any screenmodes for the Radeon9000 card.
Dual graphics cards
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Re: Dual graphics cards
Not sure about the peg2 but you need to do at least the following to get OS 4.x to work with two graphics cards.
I have not been able to get it to work myself with a Sam flex. during my attempt I could see that both graphics cards were active.
The PCIgraphics monitor driver and Picasso96Settings are in the archive below.
- download the dual graphic cards setup from here:
http://www.acube-systems.biz/download/D ... dSetup.lha
- place a Radeon 9xxx monitor driver in Devs/Monitors
- place a PCIGraphics monitor driver in Devs/Monitors
- copy Picasso96Settings into DEVS:
The following were Sam440ep specific instructions to get a Radeon HD to work.
The first line probably may be adapted for your card if needed .
- run Picasso96Mode, select the Radeon HD board from the "Attach settings to" menu, then Save
- disable rtg.library DMA with "setenv save Picasso96/UseDMA 0"
- if running the Sam440ep_setup, run it with the "SNDGFX" argument
I have not been able to get it to work myself with a Sam flex. during my attempt I could see that both graphics cards were active.
The PCIgraphics monitor driver and Picasso96Settings are in the archive below.
- download the dual graphic cards setup from here:
http://www.acube-systems.biz/download/D ... dSetup.lha
- place a Radeon 9xxx monitor driver in Devs/Monitors
- place a PCIGraphics monitor driver in Devs/Monitors
- copy Picasso96Settings into DEVS:
The following were Sam440ep specific instructions to get a Radeon HD to work.
The first line probably may be adapted for your card if needed .
- run Picasso96Mode, select the Radeon HD board from the "Attach settings to" menu, then Save
- disable rtg.library DMA with "setenv save Picasso96/UseDMA 0"
- if running the Sam440ep_setup, run it with the "SNDGFX" argument
smf wrote:Is it possible to use two graphics cards in the pegasos2?
I Have two boards installed: Radeon 9000 Pro in the AGP slot and one Radeon 9250 PCI.
ATM i can only get display from the PCI card if both cards are installed at the same time, i have played around with the cmplength tooltypes etc but still i cant see any screenmodes for the Radeon9000 card.
Sam460ex : Radeon Rx550 Single slot Video Card : SIL3112 SATA card
Re: Dual graphics cards
Thanks for your reply. Those files won't work with my peg2 it seems. os4 won't even boot up properly with pcigraphics installed in the monitor directory.
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Re: Dual graphics cards
Some firmware setting or variable may be needed to tell Amiga OS which is the primary graphics card.
If you connect a monitor to each graphics card at boot up does it look like both cards are recognised by the computer or not ?
If you connect a monitor to each graphics card at boot up does it look like both cards are recognised by the computer or not ?
smf wrote:Thanks for your reply. Those files won't work with my peg2 it seems. os4 won't even boot up properly with pcigraphics installed in the monitor directory.
Sam460ex : Radeon Rx550 Single slot Video Card : SIL3112 SATA card
Re: Dual graphics cards
I have a monitor connected to both graphics cards but there's no sign of life from the one connected to the agp slot. it's recognised by Ranger btwIf you connect a monitor to each graphics card at boot up does it look like both cards are recognised by the computer or not ?
I'm thinking about removing my soundblaster card so that i can fit another gfx card on the pci bus and see if two pci graphics cards can work at the same time, i have an old voodoo3 lying around here somewhere.
I dont think there's any smartfirmware settings to set the default gfx card so unless someone can confirm that they got it working on peg2 i'm giving up on this
Re: Dual graphics cards
I have been doing some tests with the voodoo3 now. i have 3 graphics cards installed but the Voodoo is the only one displaying anything.
I have screenmodes for both voodoo & radeon but if i try to use a radeon screenmode it's displayed on the voodoo anyway. I have been using that pcigraphics monitor and also tested with just Voodoo & Radeon files in the monitor drawer and my conclusion is that this does not work whatever i do.
I have screenmodes for both voodoo & radeon but if i try to use a radeon screenmode it's displayed on the voodoo anyway. I have been using that pcigraphics monitor and also tested with just Voodoo & Radeon files in the monitor drawer and my conclusion is that this does not work whatever i do.
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Re: Dual graphics cards
I think the Pegasosfirmware does not support 2 graphicards.
With Aone XE it works with a AGP and a PCI GFX Card in a 33MHZ PCI Slot.
With Aone XE it works with a AGP and a PCI GFX Card in a 33MHZ PCI Slot.
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Re: Dual graphics cards
Has anyone got a result as I would like a dual screen setup on my Pegasos 2
Pegasos 2 1GHZ G4 AmigaOS 4.1.6