[SGVLUG] linux & pci-E (pci-express).

[Claude Felizardo]

On 10/20/05, Claude Felizardo <cafelizardo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/20/05, John Riehl <jcriehl at mail.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone have any PCI-E (pci-express) video boards?  Any issues or
> > recommendations?  Do you see a benefit?
> >
> > jr
> > john riehl
>
> I've got a 128 MB ATI Radeon X300 PCI-E with dual DVI outputs in my
> box at work.   Mandrake 10.2 recognized it w/o any problems and I'm
> currently using it with two 19" Dell 1905FP LCD monitors.  I used the
> download version so no special drivers required as far as I recall.
> I'm using the GLX drivers.
>
> Only problem is that the 2nd monitor cuts out if I enable power saving
> mode or I switch to console mode using Ctl-shift-F1 or equiv.  When I
> try to switch back, the monitor stays off until I enable/disable power
> saving mode again but that might be a KDE bug.
>
> As for speed, I can't say as I don't have any games installed here.
> WinXP had already been preinstalled so all I had to do was tell it to
> use the 2nd monitor and it just worked.  Haven't watched much video on
> this box but I'm pretty sure I had no problem displaying on either
> monitor.
>
> Oh, I just tried glxgears.  Works fine on the primary monitor but just
> a blank window on the 2nd.  oh well.
>
> Now if I can convince my wife that we need to replace our CRT's at
> home with something similar...
>
> claude

Correction.
Looks like I did install ATI fglrx drivers on my box at work.