Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:09:52 +0100 From: "Alexey Shuvaev" <shuvaev@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Determining if Nvidia graphics card supports widescreen modes Message-ID: <20090216210952.GB85984@wep4035.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> In-Reply-To: <20090216135025.6e3bed5e@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20090216132938.274bf70d@gumby.homeunix.com> <20090216135025.6e3bed5e@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 01:50:25PM +0000, RW wrote: > On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:29:38 +0000 > RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > I need to replace my old CRT monitor. I suspect that my nvidia > > GeForce FX 5700LE wont support a widescreen monitor, but is there > > any way of finding-out what modes are supported. > > > > I don't really want to replace the card as it's agp, and they seem to > > be relatively expensive these days. > I think video cards today support almost anything. I remeber I have played with my GeForce4 420 Go (NV17 chipset) with manual Modeline-s in xorg.conf. I was able to activate some totally crazy modes like 2048x4 :) My 0.02$, Alexey.
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