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Date:      Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:08:15 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Dual Head with Matrox G450/G550
Message-ID:  <20011001140815.Q31215@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109302228360.70898-100000@ren.sasknow.com>; from ryan@sasknow.com on Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 10:30:43PM -0600
References:  <20011001112602.E31215@wantadilla.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109302228360.70898-100000@ren.sasknow.com>

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On Sunday, 30 September 2001 at 22:30:43 -0600, Ryan Thompson wrote:
> Greg Lehey wrote to Ryan Thompson:
>
>> 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.
>
> Ahh... Wasn't thinking about that. I think the G550 has increased refresh
> rates and resolutions overall...

Yes, I'd expect that.  I know the G450 was better than the G400, but
not enough for my liking.

> Don't have the specs handy, though, so I don't know the exact
> numbers. They CAN use different resolutions and refresh rates on
> each port, though, which is nice, especially with mismatched
> monitors.

Correct.  I'm writing this on the primary head of the G400 running at
2048x1536.  My problem is that all my monitors will do much more than
the second head of the G400.

Greg
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