Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 19:09:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dual Head with Matrox G450/G550 Message-ID: <20010930190812.V81914-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> In-Reply-To: <20011001112602.E31215@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Probably also worth stating that these dual head matrox cards have below acceptable 3d performance, so if you're looking to do gaming with it, a different solution is likely required. Brian "Sonic" Whalen Success = Preparation + Opportunity On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Saturday, 29 September 2001 at 0:31:41 -0600, Ryan Thompson wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > Anyone have any experience running a dual head system with the Matrox G450 > > or G550 cards in 4.x? (This question comes from someone who has never > > tried to run a dual head FreeBSD workstation :-) > > People have had them running. Check the archive for more details. > > > Can anyone comment on general X support for these cards? > > It's there, but the second head is significantly slower than the > first. I have a dual head G400, and I don't use the second head > because the maximum resolution is 1280x1024. The G550 may be > acceptable. > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > If you don't, I may ignore the reply. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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