Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 20:28:48 -0500 From: "Rick C. Petty" <rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com> To: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video card recommendation(s) for multi-head configuration Message-ID: <20060510012848.GA64351@megan.kiwi-computer.com> In-Reply-To: <20060509193204.4f5d800f@vixen42.vulpes> References: <20060508171252.S36981@ganymede.hub.org> <17504.1766.481508.210624@satchel.alerce.com> <20060509034055.GA57363@megan.kiwi-computer.com> <20060509193204.4f5d800f@vixen42.vulpes>
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On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 07:32:04PM -0500, Vulpes Velox wrote: > > > I'd recommend any "modern" nVidia card (that is, later than GeForce > > FX). I have dual-head (and sometimes 3-4 head) working on almost > > every box I manage now. I've had good luck with both the nv and > > nvidia drivers in dual-head mode. Everything works well out of the > > box. At work, some of us have a 1920x1200 and a 1600x1200 running > > in 32-bit color. I've run up to 4 monitors with two cards pretty > > successfully with Xinerama. I won't touch a non-nVidia card > > anymore. That goes for windoze too.. > > How is the speed when using Xinerama? Last I tried it was back on a > old fx5200 using nVidia's drivers and it was dead slow. That was like > year or so ago. I've had very good luck with and without Xinerama. Which version of the nvidia driver were you using? What resolutions & bit depths? I'm assuming you had plenyt of video memory. The FX5200 is a low-end card, did it run significantly faster in dual-head without Xinerama? -- Rick C. Petty
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