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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: PCI-E card with two dvi outputs with FOSS drivers
From:       Erwin Rol <mailinglists () erwinrol ! com>
Date:       2006-05-27 11:46:44
Message-ID: 1148730404.2719.8.camel () xpc ! home ! erwinrol ! com
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On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 13:26 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> 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 ?

Would the ATI FireMV 2200 PCIe work ? I got a FireMV 2400 PCI, and use
it with 4 VGA outputs, and it seems to work OK with the FOSS driver in
Xorg 7.0. Of course the chip is a M9 so not that fast.

- Erwin



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