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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: PCI-E card with two dvi outputs with FOSS drivers
From:       Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot () laposte ! net>
Date:       2006-05-27 12:53:18
Message-ID: 1148734402.2662.40.camel () rousalka ! dyndns ! org
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Le samedi 27 mai 2006 à 14:26 +0200, Erwin Rol a écrit :

> Hello ATI, nVidea do FOSS developers really first have to buy a PCI(e)
> bus analyzer before there will be any usable drivers for your cards that
> I (and others) pay you money for ? 

So, to sum up. On a PCIE desktop mobo if one wants two DVI outputs one
can use :

1. a two-DVI PCIE GForce 7600 with closed drivers
2. a two-DVI PCIE GForce 7600 with FOSS drivers
   WON'T WORK
3. a two-DVI PCIE ATI card with closed drivers
   NOT CONFIRMED and I'm not interested
4. a two-DVI PCIE ATI card with FOSS drivers
   will work on FireXX cards however they are very expensive
   WON'T WORK on anything > X850 no FOSS drivers
   WON'T WORK on anything <= X850 no support for external TMDSes
5. a SLI mobo and two PCIE cards ??? (I don't have a SLI mobo)
6. a PCIE card + a PCI card ?????
   can anyone confirm ?
   will eat another PCI slot and the PSU will suffer
   what chipset/drivers can be mixed ?
   is DVI supported by FOSS drivers on ATI 92?0 PCI cards ?
   
Can someone confirm/complete this analysis ?

(all this assuming one runs latest xorg, I'm not even taking this
parameter into account)

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot

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