I have a Matrox 550 Dual Head Video Card and two monitors. The card has one analogue output and one digital output.

My primary monitor I use for photo editing is connected to the analogue output. When I calibrate with Spyder 2 the analogue connection gives very good results, whereas the digital doesn't seem to change.

I am considering a new monitor, but see that some only have a digital input.

I am doing something wrong, or, is an analogue input better for calibration.

Many thanks for any help on this one

from memory I don't think you can calibrate both monitors with this cards, as I think it only has one LUT. I could be wrong but, it was one of the excuses I used to upgrade my graphics card back then (man, this is scary its years ago...late 90's)

Henrik

LOL, I know what you mean, the video card is quite old, but has done well. I do see though that other systems display the photos I take more clearly.

What is a good up to date dual head card?

Again thanks for your continued help over this one

Sorry, Ard, I think the world of Matrox and would probably have stayed with them on my last machine, but went with Nvidia Quadro FX-3400 work station board which is also now a bit long in the tooth :-) ( I am actually trying to think of a good reason why....but I really can't think of one)

If the G-550 works for you, no need to look any further ( I was just thinking out loud! I am sorry about!) reading it now, it was quite inappropriate, so please accept my apology.

I still have a Matrox Parhelia 128 AGP!!! damn it was revolutionary back then! 3 screens on one card!!! and it worked, but it was quite slow and I don't play any games (lack of time I suppose! or just not enough time!).

I still think that Matrox, delivers some of the best quality 2D cards, but they have become very pricy for what they deliver.

Don;t toss it, alternatively you could get another card or similar PCI card, (given that the G-550 is AGP) which you could pair up and you would be able to calibrate both of your monitors. that is one solution and I don;t think it should set you back too much.

What mainboard are you using, or what computer? the more details the better!

I hope this helps!

Henrik

PS:just having a look there is not that much choice in PCI cards these days

what model G-550 do you have, is it PCI or PCIe or AGP ??

thanks

Henrik

PS: If it is PCIe and you have a spare PCIe slot well then you got plenty of choices but it if you are using AGP, then you would need to get a PCI card as the second card.

Much of the dual-display really took off with PCIexpress

Its a Matrox Graphics Millennium G550 AGP (32 MB)

Tived, no need to appologise, the card has done well, but it's old now

Anyone know about the analogue vs digital output for calibration purposes

Thanks for the replies

Anyone