From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 10 08:09:32 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B60B16A400 for ; Thu, 10 May 2007 08:09:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97D5913C44B for ; Thu, 10 May 2007 08:09:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l4A8CIOp054474; Thu, 10 May 2007 01:12:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l4A8CHmF054473; Thu, 10 May 2007 01:12:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 01:12:17 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Eric Crist Message-ID: <20070510081217.GA54352@thought.org> References: <20070509220908.GA50232@thought.org> <20070509230946.GA50585@thought.org> <20070510013453.GA52298@thought.org> <5CA2CC6B-72B6-46A1-9712-E258CFB4EB11@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5CA2CC6B-72B6-46A1-9712-E258CFB4EB11@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: WOW! {Or Holy whatever} X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 08:09:32 -0000 On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 09:21:57PM -0500, Eric Crist wrote: > On May 9, 2007, at 8:34 PMMay 9, 2007, Gary Kline wrote: > > >On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 07:18:52PM -0500, Eric Crist wrote: > >> > >>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! .... > > > Gary, > > A DVI connector has 3 rows of 8 pins and a set of 4 hole is a box > shape next to it: > > +------------------------+ > | o o o o o o o o o|o | > | o o o o o o o o --+-- | > \ o o o o o o o o o|o / > +--------------------+ > > There's also a mini-DVI format that's kinda like this: > > +-----------------+ > | o o o o o o o o|| > | o o o o o o o o|| > `---------------' > > I'm sure you know what a VGA connector looks like, so I won't draw > that for you. ;) > what's on the Dell must be the mini-DVI jack then. I can't make out the upper connector on the bac; besides, none of then have 3 rows... . (As for {}VGA, I'll upgrade myself via wiki :-) I'm severely overdue.) > At work, we're using the GeForce 7600 GS AGP cards, which have 256MB > of RAM and dual DVI output. We're using the FreeBSD Binary driver > (available in ports) and running dual monitors with full Open GL > support pretty seamlessly. So: if I do go ape and buy the 7600 and drop in the binary version in ports, everything should work. Yes? "should" because shtuff happens too often......... ..... [bar] > I'd recommend that setup to anyone. It's > a feature called Twinview which allows your desktop to span multiple > monitors, and most programs that support xinerama(sp?) are 'aware' of > the physical border between monitors, so you don't end up with > windows popping up spanning both monitors. (i.e. maximize doesn't > cross both monitors, just one). > > HTH Me too:) This GeForce sounds great; but besides having SuperMonitor capabilities, what does it really buy? For instance, will my windows redraw faster? Will xterms open quicker? Most of what I do nowadaya is write using vi or OO along with some C hacking. I gave up on viedo game years ago-- what? 2 or 3 years now:).... No, seriously, besides being for the cutting-edge crowd or for games, or 75 billion colors, what do these cards do? gary > > Eric Crist > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix