From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 20 20:24:21 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 29CAB16A4CE for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:24:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ion.franksworld.org (vhost.domainatlantic.com [67.18.185.244]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B06FC43D46 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:24:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laszlof@vonostingroup.com) Received: (qmail 92434 invoked by uid 98); 20 Oct 2004 15:27:00 -0000 Received: from laszlof@vonostingroup.com by ion.franksworld.org by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.20 (clamdscan: 0.75.1. Clear:RC:0(68.72.248.38):SA:0(?/?):. Processed in 3.307423 secs); 20 Oct 2004 15:27:00 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=? required=? Received: from unknown (HELO vonostingroup.com) (frank@cpmsg.com@68.72.248.38) by vhost.domainatlantic.com with SMTP; 20 Oct 2004 15:26:56 -0000 Message-ID: <4176C96F.6040706@vonostingroup.com> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:24:15 -0400 From: Frank Laszlo User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Windows/20040207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.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> In-Reply-To: <20041020201141.GF69952@keyslapper.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 20:24:21 -0000 Louis LeBlanc wrote: >What makes a dual headed card? 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? > >It just occurred to me that I do have onboard video, and that it should >be decent at least. According to some of the reading I've already done, >the different video cards won't be a problem. > >And, worst come to worst, I should be able "trade" (sshh! - she won't >miss it anyway!) the audio upgrade that wouldn't work in FreeBSD with my >wife's video upgrade (my audio upgrade was a modified SB Live card, and >she also has onboard video). Her upgrade is the same card as mine - >different part number, but I suspect that simply reflects a lot number. > >Cool. > >But I do have to get a second card - the multiple outputs in this card >won't fit the bill, will it? > >Lou > > Say bye bye to DRI/GLX if you decide to go multi-head. It wont work, thats the downside I suppose, otherwise its great. And yes, i had mine setup with a AGP card and the other was onboard, It worked like a charm. Hope this helps. Regards, Frank