Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 22:28:33 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual Head with Matrox G450/G550 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109302225340.70898-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <20010930190812.V81914-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com>
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Brian Whalen wrote to Greg Lehey: > Probably also worth stating that these dual head matrox cards have > below acceptable 3d performance, so if you're looking to do gaming > with it, a different solution is likely required. Yeah, I'm aware... Good advice, though. It's just for desktop and console apps. I've used Matrox lots before, and appreciate their cards' excellent attention to stable 2D. - Ryan > Brian "Sonic" Whalen > Success = Preparation + Opportunity > > > On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > On Saturday, 29 September 2001 at 0:31:41 -0600, Ryan Thompson wrote: > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > Anyone have any experience running a dual head system with the Matrox G450 > > > or G550 cards in 4.x? (This question comes from someone who has never > > > tried to run a dual head FreeBSD workstation :-) > > > > People have had them running. Check the archive for more details. > > > > > Can anyone comment on general X support for these cards? > > > > It's there, but the second head is significantly slower than the > > first. I have a dual head G400, and I don't use the second head > > because the maximum resolution is 1280x1024. The G550 may be > > acceptable. > > > > Greg > > -- > > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > > If you don't, I may ignore the reply. > > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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