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

[Claude Felizardo]

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