Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 17:50:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@corbulon.video-collage.com> To: wjw@withagen.nl (Willem Jan Withagen) Cc: x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which video card for FreeBSD/amd64 Message-ID: <200504242150.j3OLoWQt091388@corbulon.video-collage.com> In-Reply-To: <426C0939.5060901@withagen.nl>
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> > Adding an older PCI (VGA) card to drive the second monitor was > > disappointing -- the picture is of noticably poorer quality than over > > DVI. > > > > Is there a decent AGP or PCI-X dual-DVI card out there, that offers > > decent 1600x1200 picture on FreeBSD/amd64? 3D is not a requirement... > > I'm a happy camper with an ATI card with VGA and DVI output: > > none3@pci2:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x200217ee chip=0x41501002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc.' > device = 'Radeon 9600 Series (V350)' > class = display > subclass = VGA > none4@pci2:0:1: class=0x038000 card=0x200317ee chip=0x41701002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc.' > device = 'Radeon 9600 Series - Secondary' > class = display > > it gives met 2*1280*1024. But I'm shure you can get it to do 1600x1200 > as well. I'm just running 1280*1024 'cause the 17" LCD are native at > that resolution. Xorg has some nice tricks to play multiple screens in > a simple way. I guess, I'll try using an ATI's DVI combined with one of the DVI outputs on my NVidia. I wonder, if there is a chance of getting GATOS on FreeBSD/amd64. -mi
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