From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 20 20:22:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DB5816A4CE for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:22:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19DFA43D54 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:22:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin08-en2 [10.13.10.153]) by smtpout.mac.com (8.12.6/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id i9KKMF0R014746; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:22:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.1.1.245] (nfw2.codefab.com [199.103.21.225] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0)i9KKMCxo005504; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:22:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20041020201141.GF69952@keyslapper.org> References: <20041020185545.GC69952@keyslapper.org> <4176B7D3.2030507@circlesquared.com> <20041020193306.GD69952@keyslapper.org> <20041020193614.GE69952@keyslapper.org> <16758.49455.624209.919408@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20041020201141.GF69952@keyslapper.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:22:11 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: Robert Huff Subject: Re: Two faced FreeBSD - or is that two headed? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:22:16 -0000 On Oct 20, 2004, at 4:11 PM, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > What makes a dual headed card? The card needs to have two RAMDACs, and two HD-15 VGA or DVI connectors. > My system invoice described the video card as follows: > > 128MB DDR GeForce FX 5200 Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI 128FX52 > > So, I have a TV-Out *and* DVI port on this card. I take it this isn't > the same, and I won't get the expected results by plugging the new > monitor into this port? The GeForce 5200 is (was?) the lowest-end model of the 5xxx series, somewhat comparible to the "MX" variants of the GF 2 & 3 lines. I betcha the 5400 or higher has dual connections, assuming your card does not. > But I do have to get a second card - the multiple outputs in this card > won't fit the bill, will it? Well, you can usually get an AGP and a PCI card to work at the same time; that will also give you two heads. -- -Chuck