From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OnjPH-000472-MN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:38:35 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1FDC7E093E; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:38:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw0-f53.google.com (mail-gw0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02FE7E093E for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:38:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb1 with SMTP id 1so3646032gwb.40 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:38:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=eWrQ0/iNejEXfUIlLhuw5bE2CTCIJCS9rGim1IbsBb4=; b=ayESoyQaHRElMLMCMdwSMmHFbrUEJns9GYinT9bhUC2isQ5KrQNDkbJJNqwef3rbFY kGeoVB7H2sEYCXbgG3dLXmmS+9c0BsrkgLb6sN+WMeKzTY0G2+maCxSKQeqhBwIXgqCc 5YFqArItj1R4lI5gC2XHa19Jo8uVUS9WqhVBg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=X+VwFhbPezDg5SSjf7PPoFlDxNkED81I+yx/W1ln8JPhg4PFPtKjmlnyxhAzSM+Snr nnC+5N7j+OX1Y/j62JbxKEx0o2el8PBaUHN+71cWuDpcDNNCJJjCw/YSduz+8x/mOgRf U38NrvbZFoNOGcA8dy+126D8qBDZ2bI1/ua4Q= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.101.19 with SMTP id d19mr6123577ybm.330.1282617487551; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:38:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.98.20 with HTTP; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:38:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:38:07 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg? From: Bill Longman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00151750ef02ba6de1048e88a733 X-Archives-Salt: 70cb3732-e620-4633-999d-8a7c08db898d X-Archives-Hash: f84b53607112216976ff986b729d57ac --00151750ef02ba6de1048e88a733 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I had to replace an 4:3 Westinghouse monitor this weekend. I got a new > ASUS VH242H, which is very wide. But Xorg is still running 1280x1024, > instead of the monitor's normal 1920x1080, according to xorg logs because of > lack of video memory (using the ATI on the motherboard). I can make the > screen use a 4:3 aspect ratio, so I'm up and running, much better than I > started, but I'd like to do better. > > I guess I've gotta look for a video card, but all I have is PCIX slots, so > I don't want to put a lot of money into it (I'll be upgrading the mobo when > finances permit -- which is not right now.) > > Any ideas? > You'd kinda think that since AGP is kinda sorta a beefed up version of PCI, kinda sorta like PCI-X, you ought to be able to find a boatload of cards like this for the cheap on eBay. But finding one is like finding hen's teeth. The only one I've found is a 3.3/5V 32/64bit 33/66MHz ATI card and they're about $US500. The company that makes them does them for multi-head displays such as NOC displays, etc, so if you can't spare the change for a new mobo, then five hundred bucks for a video card in a worn-out bus format is probably out of the question. I've been looking for one for years now because I have this great Dell server that just keeps on running and running but it has these beautiful 64 bit PCI-X slots just calling out for a decent video card -- but not AGP! --00151750ef02ba6de1048e88a733 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Kevin O= 'Gorman <kog= orman@gmail.com> wrote:
I had to replace an 4:3 Westinghouse monitor this weekend.=C2=A0 I got a ne= w ASUS VH242H, which is very wide.=C2=A0 But Xorg is still running 1280x102= 4, instead of the monitor's normal 1920x1080, according to xorg logs be= cause of lack of video memory (using the ATI on the motherboard).=C2=A0 I c= an make the screen use a 4:3 aspect ratio, so I'm up and running, much = better than I started, but I'd like to do better.

I guess I've gotta look for a video card, but all I have is PCIX sl= ots, so I don't want to put a lot of money into it (I'll be upgradi= ng the mobo when finances permit -- which is not right now.)

Any ide= as?

You'd kinda think that si= nce AGP is kinda sorta a beefed up version of PCI, kinda sorta like PCI-X, = you ought to be able to find a boatload of cards like this for the cheap on= eBay. But finding one is like finding hen's teeth. The only one I'= ve found is a 3.3/5V 32/64bit 33/66MHz ATI card and they're about $US50= 0. The company that makes them does them for multi-head displays such as NO= C displays, etc, so if you can't spare the change for a new mobo, then = five hundred bucks for a video card in a worn-out bus format is probably ou= t of the question.

<rant>I've been looking for one for years now= because I have this great Dell server that just keeps on running and runni= ng but it has these beautiful 64 bit PCI-X slots just calling out for a dec= ent video card -- but not AGP!</rant>

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