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From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
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Thierry Herbelot wrote:
>
> with less ambitious goals : what graphic card can I use these days to drive my 
> 1680x1050 LCD under X11 ? (I used to use my oldish radeon, with an ATI9200, 
> but the radeon support in xorg 7.3 seems to have been broken for around 3 
> months and VESA does not drive 1680x1050) does the xorg nv driver support 
> 1680x1050 ?
>   


I'm using a radeon 9600 Pro driving a display at 1680x1050. I was using 
a 9500 before that - both seem to work fine with Xorg 7.3. I've also 
experimented with a 9800 Pro - which also works fine (but generates too 
much heat, requiring active cooling whereas the 9600 does not).

My experience has been that certainly older ATI cards are fine.

Cheers

Mark