radeon supported resolutions?

[Alex Deucher]

On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at wpkg.org> wrote:
> I was looking for a list of resolutions supported on Linux by the radeon driver,
> on these two cards:
>
> AGP:
>
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]
> 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600] (Secondary)
>
>
> PCI:
>
> 02:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (rev 01)
> 02:05.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (Secondary) (rev 01)
>
>
> I'm interested in 1920x1200 resolution - I found some specs here where it says
> these resolutions are supported:
>
> http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9200/radeon9200/specs.html
> http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9600/radeon9600pro/specs.html
>
>
> But the page is Windows-centric and there is a disclaimer:
> "The complete list of resolutions depends on the driver version and operating system".
>
>
> Does the radeon driver support resolutions 1920x1200 on Linux on these two cards?
> If yes, is this resolution supported on both VGA and DVI output?

The driver can support just about any display timing as long as your
monitor supports it.  In most cases the display timing is specified
via the EDID from the monitor.  If you want a very specific mode you
can always use a modeline.

Alex