[ale] budget dual-head advice?

[Richard Faulkner]

Just out of my own curiousity...when you say "PCI-X" are you referring
to "PCI-eXtended" or "PCI-express"?  Some folks confuse the two but are
totally different...

As if you were talking about PCIe and not PCI-X; the winner is obvious.
RinL 


-----Original Message-----
From: Björn Gustafsson <bg-ale at bjorng.net>
Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] budget dual-head advice?
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:19:54 -0400

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
        

-- 
Björn Gustafsson

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