PCI-E card with two dvi outputs with FOSS drivers

Ben Skeggs darktama at iinet.net.au
Sat May 27 04:44:05 PDT 2006


Am Samstag, den 27.05.2006, 13:26 +0200 schrieb Nicolas Mailhot:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm getting fed up waiting for support to the external TMDS of my X700
> desktop PCIE card (besides its stability under that other OS is not that
> great).
> 
> So I'm shopping again for a PCI-E card with the following features :
> 1. two dvi outputs
> 2. passive cooling
> 3. 2D FOSS drivers (not vesa, I have a 1680x1050 LCD)
> 4. optional (but nice) features to have :
>    a. 3D FOSS drivers
>    b. dual DVI
>    c. HDCP support
> 
> It seems the last batch of GForce 7600 GS/GT is fitting the bill nicely.
> Will it work with the xorg nv driver ?
Unfortunately, the Xorg nv driver doesn't support multiple displays.
But it should be fine in a single-display setup, which is probably not
what you want.

But, the proprietary nvidia driver should work nicely.

Cheers,
Ben.

> 
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> 
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