Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:01:34 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Dieter <freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tyan 2865 (was: dual vs single core opteron 100's) Message-ID: <20060126200134.GE13079@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <200601261820.SAA28303@sopwith.solgatos.com> References: <200601261820.SAA28303@sopwith.solgatos.com>
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--47eKBCiAZYFK5l32 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 10:20:02AM +0000, Dieter wrote: > > 5. The reported problem with X11 not working because of no 'sync on gre= en' > > support is a minor problem at best. Lack of 'sync on green' is > > only an issue with component cableing not an SVGA cable. > > Mind you the onboard ATI Rage XL has only 8 Mbytes of SGRAM > > (Tyan documentation here is poor) so you can not run with > > much resolution using the onboard graphics. >=20 > A workstation should be able to use a workstation class > monitor. Many, probably most, workstation class CRT monitors > require sync-on-green. A "SVGA cable" (I'm assuming you mean > a HD-15 connector) is not an option if the monitor does not > have an HD-15 input. Workstation monitors tend to have BNC > or 13W3 connectors. HD-15 connectors are used on pee-cee > class monitors and do not provide the bandwidth or shielding > of BNC connectors. And users wanting a digital connection > for a LCD are also out of luck. A modern workstation should > provide at least DVI-I, and sync-on-green. A higher end > workstation should add dual link and multi-head. >=20 > The Tyan 2865 is mostly a workstation class board, except for > the pee-cee class video and the pee-cee class buggy firmware. Integrated video is not intended to be workstation class. It's intended to be cheap. That's unlikely to change any time soon. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --47eKBCiAZYFK5l32 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD2SqeXY6L6fI4GtQRAto8AJ4+7czfnU2KSsU2u8Ugm7GgYOZ3ngCfaXUG ZSPPBrIwdWxMtecnnMsn9eA= =SYM3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --47eKBCiAZYFK5l32--
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