Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 22:02:00 -0700 From: "jdow" <jdow@earthlink.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: WOW! {Or Holy whatever} Message-ID: <00f601c792c0$57cb0ed0$0225a8c0@wednesday> References: <20070509220908.GA50232@thought.org><20070509230946.GA50585@thought.org><F87B8C94-1473-4EB7-9DC2-6432D3F036E7@gmail.com> <20070510013453.GA52298@thought.org>
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From: "Gary Kline" <kline@tao.thought.org> > On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 07:18:52PM -0500, Eric Crist wrote: >> On May 9, 2007, at 6:09 PMMay 9, 2007, Gary Kline wrote: >> >> >On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 03:09:09PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: >> >> >> >> I asked somebody directly, but I may as well ask the entire list. >> >> I'm looking for a video-card. The more recent mobo's (like the >> >> i815) have them builtin. My 750MHz machine uses the SRAM for >> >> its v-RAM. My old Kayaks came with Matrox Millennium 8MB video >> >> card that give me Plenty of resolution under xorg. I just did a >> >> web search and find an "AGP" card for seriously cheap with 256MB >> >> of memory. It's an "eVGA e-GeForce FX5500" Whatever! >> >> >> >> I'm no gamer (but just-might-wanna play some auto racing games). >> >> All I care about is a) that the card fits by KVM plug with a >> >> three-row pinout, and of course, b), that FBSD has a driver for >> >> this card. ....All of my computers have this 3-row male pin, >> >> so need a 3-row female jack/socket. >> >> >> > >> > Ok, I found the type of connnector or jack or socket I need. >> > It is an HD15 "15 pin high denisity D-SUB female connector" with >> > sockets 1 to 5 on the first row, 6 thru 10, 2nd, 11 to 15 on the >> > bottom. This on http://pinouts.ru. VGA. >> > >> > I'll google aroubd further, but still would be much obliged for >> > input from anybody ... . >> > >> > gary >> > >> >> Gary, >> >> Most cards that might come with DVI output instead of the standard >> VGA output usually include at least one DVI-VGA adapter, an >> additional one could be purchased at most computer retailers or your >> local Radio Shack. >> >> HTH > > > It does help, thanks, Eric. I may have missed the cord adaptor > that was stuck in the box. Need help to open/check. Meanwhile, > I need to look at the specs for this Dell 8200 to see what kind > of card is in there. What's there is a jack with two rows of > sockets. I'm guessing this is the standard Dell "DVI" connector, > yes, no, other? :-) It is not a cord adapter. It is a solid piece not much bigger than the connector on the end of a VGA cord. > Also, in your opinion, since I'm not a gamer and just want to > display at extreme most 1600x1200, do I need anything seriously > upscale? I've seen and skipped past lots of questions about lots > of drivers. So let's say that I went totally ape and bought some > AGP card with 256M of memory:: do we have a driveer for those > kinds of very high end cards? VGA should work fine as long as your cables are short (10' - 15' maximum total length) and the KVM is suitable for your scan rate and scan settings. > thanks again, > > gary > > PS: Does anybody know of a website that 'splains VGA, SVGA, > EVGA, and all the rest? I've been seriously guilty of being > lazy; I'm fessing up! .... can you spell http://wikipedia.org ? {^_^}
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