Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 18:34:53 -0700
From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>
To: Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com>
Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: WOW! {Or Holy whatever}
Message-ID: <20070510013453.GA52298@thought.org>
In-Reply-To: <F87B8C94-1473-4EB7-9DC2-6432D3F036E7@gmail.com>
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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? :-) 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? 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! .... > > Eric Crist -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix
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