[ale] budget dual-head advice?

[Björn Gustafsson]

Thanks all!

I'd prefer PCI-X but have the option of AGP if it makes sense budget-wise.
Sounds like nVidia isn't so bad after all, so I will probably end up going
that way.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:09 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

> My experience is with cheap nvidia cards.  Basically, if they have 2
> outputs then you don't need to worry.  All of them will have 256MB of
> RAM which is more than enough. $40 will get you a card with 1GB easy.
>
> Setting up dual monitors on nvidia is pretty easy. The first google
> search result (Ubuntu Dual Monitor with nVidia Driver) for this issue is
> my blog.  Unfortunately, I'm working a software issue today, so the page
> is down, but here's the google cached version:
>
>
> http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4qVCw0DH9eAJ:blog.jdpfu.com/2010/05/12/ubuntu-10-04-dual-monitor-with-nvidia-driver+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=ubuntu&source=encrypted.google.com
>
> There aren't any Ubuntu-specific commands used except for the package
> manager command to load the proprietary nvidia drivers. I can't imagine
> why the other steps wouldn't work for other distros.
>
> Are you sure that you need/want an AGP card and not PCI-x?
>
> On 08/31/2011 10:36 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > I just slapped CEntOS 6 on a box with some agp radeon card having dvi
> > and vga connectors. Dual display just worked. The only thing I had to do
> > was tell it which screen was on the left.
> > Yes. Nvidia must be confugured using the nvidia display manager tool
> > shipping with the closed source driver.
> > The neuvou [sic] driver was too unstable the last time I tried it in
> > 2009. It's should be much better now in current Ubuntu and Fedora.
> >
> > On Aug 31, 2011 10:13 AM, "Björn Gustafsson" <bg-ale at bjorng.net
> > <mailto:bg-ale at bjorng.net>> wrote:
> >> My single-display system at home makes me sad when I have to work from
> my
> >> house, so I'm looking to create a dual-display setup on my Ubuntu box.
> >> Switching between virtual displays just isn't good enough for me. I'm
> just
> >> looking for more screen real estate, not gaming or other high frame-rate
> >> applications, so performance isn't a big issue as long as I get the
> > maximum
> >> resolution for my buck.
> >>
> >> I've been pricing monitors that can handle 1920x1080, but haven't done
> the
> >> math yet to see how much video memory that requires.
> >>
> >> Pricewatch pointed me at two budget-minded dual-head DVI cards, and I
> was
> >> wondering if anyone had pointers on which might be preferable. At work I
> >> have an ATI Radeon dual-head setup on Ubuntu so I'm confident that
> works.
> >> I've been reading that nVidia-based dual display configurations are
> > more of
> >> a hassle to set up, so that may drive me in the other direction.
> >>
> >>
> >
> http://www.txmicro.com/1GB-DDR2-AGP-Dual-DVI-Video-Card-w-TV-Out-HDCP-p-5117.html
> >>
> >>
> >
> http://www.compsource.com/ttechnote.asp?part_no=01GP31526KR&vid=603&src=PW
> > <
> http://www.compsource.com/ttechnote.asp?part_no=01GP31526KR&vid=603&src=PW
> >
> >>
> >> Any advice would be appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Björn
>

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Björn Gustafsson
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