The nVidia cards work fine too. On top of this, I personally think the linux support of nVidia is far better than ATI...
Just my 2 cents :-) Regards Harry > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Sprague [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 9:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [XFree86] Dual-head video card recommendations sought > > I'd try looking at some of the more recent ATi cards > (Radeon 8xxx or 9xxx) - they can do both VGA and DVI, > and can, to the best of my knowledge, drive a TFT (via > DVI or VGA) at better than 1600x1200. Different > resolutions on different heads are possible, AFAIK, > but different color depths isn't. (AFAIK, this is an > XFree86 limitation). The catch is, to get full support > (including the multihead stuff) you'll need ATi's > driver. On the bright side, the fglrx driver seems > very stable (I've been using it for quite a while, > never an issue, with a Radeon 9700 Pro.) > > > --- Nik Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [ not on the list -- cc'd replies would be > > appreciated (but not > > essential, since I can cut/paste from the web > > archives...) ] > > > > On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Andrew Aitchison wrote: > > > > Can someone recommend any video cards that fit > > the following criteria: > > > > > > > > * Has dual-head support > > > > * Can run each head at different resolutions / > > depths (1 head at > > > > 1600x1200, 1 head at 1280x1024) > > > > * Supports mixed analogue / DVI output (1 head > > analogue, 1 head DVI) > > > > * Works with XFree86 (obviously) > > > > > > > > I'm planning on obtaining a TFT screen, and > > running it alongside my > > > > existing CRT, hence these requirements. > > > > > > The Matrox G550 does all this. > > > > Right. I've done some research on this, and it > > turns out that it has (I > > think) a problem I hadn't anticipated (which is why > > it's not in the list > > of requirements above). > > > > If I understand > > > http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/tech_info/g550_factsheet.cfm > > properly, the bit of the "2D & display features" > > section that says: > > > > --- > > Max resolution (primary RGB monitor or analog flat > > panel) 2048x1536 @ 32bpp > > > > Max resolution (secondary RGB monitor, analog flat > > panel or TV) 1600x1200 @ 32bpp > > > > Max resolution (primary + secondary digital flat > > panel) 1280x1024 @ 32bpp > > --- > > > > means that I'll only be able to run the TFT at > > 1280x1024. Since the > > TFT I've got my eye on as a native resolution of > > 1600x1200, this would > > be a bit of a waste. > > > > N > > -- > > FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > > http://www.freebsd.org/ (__) > > FreeBSD Documentation Project > > http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ \\\'',) > > > > \/ \ ^ > > --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 > > E375 --- .\._/_) > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature > > Geez > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
