Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple Displays & nVida vs Radeon... take TWO

[Justin Hart <justinhart@gmail.com>]

Ok, well, another question.

I called Dell.  I asked "can I upgrade my Inspiron 9100 to take a
GeForce Go 6800."  The answer was no.

Three questions:

Is this because the GeForce Go is unavailable in AGP?
Is there another, suitable, graphics card that I could jump to?
Given that the board were available in AGP, is are notebook video
cards standard enough for me to even make the replacement, given that
a part could be found.

Justin

On 9/5/05, W.Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Welcome to the mess that are laptops and xorg/xfree with projectors.
> Both nvidia and ati are as good as each other - and each have their own
> little problems.  I currently use an ati M9
> 
> I find the main problem is most projectors I deal with work in a native
> 1024x768 mode, with higher modes internally mapped back to this
> resolution.  I normally use 1600x1200 which works - mostly.  Things to
> look for are jittery displays, missing edges, and no screen etc.  The
> cure? - back the resolution down to something the projector is happy
> with.  I find that "specs" saying a projector will do a particular high
> resolution rather rubbery - the older the projector the less likely it
> will be happy at a high res.
> 
> xrandr or one of the desktop applets can be used to change the
> resolution on the fly.  if the projector doesn't come on, I go to
> 1024x768 and work up until we are both happy.
> 
> The main linux problem is getting a config that works at all!
> 
> BillK
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 21:35 -0400, Justin Hart wrote:
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > I'm looking for a quick answer, because I may need to make a hardware
> > purchase tonight based on the replies.
> >
> > I have a big presentation on Friday.  I noticed, the other day, that
> > upon hooking my laptop up to a projector, that the projector failed to
> > come on.
> >
> > It is worth noting that I have had this configuration working before.
> > I had made entries in xorg.conf that, should have, allowed for this to
> > work.  I figured that, because it was a different projector than I had
> > originally tested this setup on, that differences in the setup may be
> > the issue.  Tonight, I came back to my lab, plugged it into the
> > projector that I had originally set this matter up on, and it failed
> > to work on that projector.
> >
> > Anyway, quick rundown.
> >
> > I have a Dell Inspiron 9100.  In it is a Radeon 9700 mobile graphics
> > adapter, PCI express.
> >
> > Any thoughts?  Do the nVidia cards do this better?
> >
> > --
> > Justin W. Hart
> >
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