From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 10 15:44:09 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 E044916A484 for ; Thu, 10 May 2007 15:44:09 +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 57DA013C45D for ; Thu, 10 May 2007 15:44:09 +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 l4AFkv5U058387; Thu, 10 May 2007 08:46:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l4AFkuni058386; Thu, 10 May 2007 08:46:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 08:46:56 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Tom Evans Message-ID: <20070510154656.GA58101@thought.org> References: <20070509220908.GA50232@thought.org> <20070509230946.GA50585@thought.org> <20070510013453.GA52298@thought.org> <5CA2CC6B-72B6-46A1-9712-E258CFB4EB11@gmail.com> <4642A7F9.8070707@u.washington.edu> <1178805465.1231.33.camel@zoot.mintel.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1178805465.1231.33.camel@zoot.mintel.co.uk> 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: Eric Crist , Gary Kline , Garrett Cooper , 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 15:44:10 -0000 On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 02:57:45PM +0100, Tom Evans wrote: > On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 22:04 -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: [[ ... ]] > > purchase a card he should purchase an nVidia card. It's the only brand > > with OpenGL support properly enabled in Linux and FreeBSD. 5000-6000 > > series would be sufficient. > > -Garrett > > DVI comes in 3 (almost 4) flavours, DVI-D (digital data only), DVI-A > (Analogue data only) and DVI-I (Integrated, both analogue and digital). > The almost flavour is DVI-D dual-link, which carries more data than > DVI-D (twice as much, who'd-a-thunk..) > > DVI cables can be any of the three types, the difference being which > pins are hooked up. Most cables support the full pin-out, and therefore > all the flavours. Well, I just googled a site on these cables and have a wee-bit-better grasp. These cables are used for the new HDTV sets and flat-pannels. ... > > All graphics cards these days output either DVI-D dual-link, or DVI-I, > depending upon the resolution you ask the graphics card to display. > DVI-I can be converted to a VGA DSUB using a simple dongle. Any card > that comes with a DVI port also comes with the dongle. Until I get rid of my 19" tube for a flat-panel [RSN!], the DVI-I with an HD15 adaptor sounds right. > > I'd also recommend an nvidia card. The amount of memory available on a > card limits the amount of 3D textures that can be loaded onto the card. > If you aren't worried about gaming or 3D, then even a 32MB card should > be able to handle two double buffered 1600x1200 displays. A 128 MB card > will perform the same as the equivalent 256 MB card (or 384/512 MB, or > even some cards now with 640 MB). Gaming isn't my major aim, but just-for-kicks: maybe :) First, I'll see what's in Garrett's computer. It may be fine. Else I'll look for an nVidia 32MB card (5000-6000) and then "fore-armed" will see what happens. gary > > Cheers > > Tom -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix