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I am a FreeBSD user who has run a triple-monitor desktop for quite some time. I really like this environment. No games or 3d or even much video playback (although once in a while I do play a clip from the web or stick a DVD in, or run a TV tuner window, but very rarely).
Currently I am accomplishing this with a matrox p750 card, and three NEC 2080ux (20.1 inch 1600x1200) monitors. Obviously kind of a waste, since the p750 card downgrades itself to 1280x1024 with three monitors. Not much I can do about that.
Anyway, due to the very low price of the dell 2405 24" monitor, I am considering buying three of them. However, I do not wish to waste my pixels this time around.
So, what suggestions do you folks have for driving three 1920x1200 monitors at full resolution ? I would be happy to do matrox, but I am not wedded to them and will consider other hardware vendors. Further, because this is X and my stretched desktop does not depend on having all three monitors on one chip, it is possible for me to do multiple video cards as well.
One thought that comes to mind is a very fast modern 3d card for the center screen, and a matrox card capable of 2x 1920x1200 for the two side screens ? That would accomplish it with only two video cards. Obviously I would prefer to do it with just one. Will either of those two new matrox cards perform this ? Doesn't look like the QID can do 1920x1200 (even on one channel), but what about the APVe or the DL256 ?
One other consideration is, does 3x 1920x1200 @ 24bit exceed the bus bandwidth of AGP ? What about pci-express ?
Really, any and all suggestions are well taken - I don't really care much how it gets done, I just want 3 x 1920x1200 @ 24 bit, and if I can do that with 1 matrox card, wonderful. If I can do it with just two cards, great. Three cards ... getting a little sub-optimal...
thanks.
I am a FreeBSD user who has run a triple-monitor desktop for quite some time. I really like this environment. No games or 3d or even much video playback (although once in a while I do play a clip from the web or stick a DVD in, or run a TV tuner window, but very rarely).
Currently I am accomplishing this with a matrox p750 card, and three NEC 2080ux (20.1 inch 1600x1200) monitors. Obviously kind of a waste, since the p750 card downgrades itself to 1280x1024 with three monitors. Not much I can do about that.
Anyway, due to the very low price of the dell 2405 24" monitor, I am considering buying three of them. However, I do not wish to waste my pixels this time around.
So, what suggestions do you folks have for driving three 1920x1200 monitors at full resolution ? I would be happy to do matrox, but I am not wedded to them and will consider other hardware vendors. Further, because this is X and my stretched desktop does not depend on having all three monitors on one chip, it is possible for me to do multiple video cards as well.
One thought that comes to mind is a very fast modern 3d card for the center screen, and a matrox card capable of 2x 1920x1200 for the two side screens ? That would accomplish it with only two video cards. Obviously I would prefer to do it with just one. Will either of those two new matrox cards perform this ? Doesn't look like the QID can do 1920x1200 (even on one channel), but what about the APVe or the DL256 ?
One other consideration is, does 3x 1920x1200 @ 24bit exceed the bus bandwidth of AGP ? What about pci-express ?
Really, any and all suggestions are well taken - I don't really care much how it gets done, I just want 3 x 1920x1200 @ 24 bit, and if I can do that with 1 matrox card, wonderful. If I can do it with just two cards, great. Three cards ... getting a little sub-optimal...
thanks.
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