Re: NVidia Driver Support - 1680x1050 mode

[Kyle Moffett]

Marc, please choose a more appropriate list next time.  LKML is not  
for user questions about "Why doesn't my monitor+GPU work?"

On Jun 27, 2007, at 05:49:20, Daniel J Blueman wrote:
> On 27 Jun, 04:40, Marc Perkel <mperkel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Trying to get my Asus M2NPV-VM motherboard and my Samsung  
> > SyncMaster 215tw Digital to work in 1680x1050 mode but 1280x1024  
> > is the most I can get. Chip Set is GeForce 6150.
> >
> > Looking in Xorg.0.log it ssems to think that the panel size is  
> > 1280x1024 in spite of my setting telling it differently.
> >
> > Sorry if this is off topic but I thought that the smart people  
> > would be here. In Windows I just plug it in and it works. So I  
> > figure Linux should work too. :)
>
> Wrong list, but anyway...
>
> If you're using a DVI cable, ensure it is dual-link.

Uhh, no;  1680x1050 does not require a dual-link DVI port/cable.  As  
to a good GPU which "Just Works(TM)" out of the box and still has at  
least passable render performance (although not for some modern  
games),  the R200-series Radeon cards (listed below) work extremely  
well.  They even support a 3d-accelerated merged-framebuffer Xinerama- 
style; you can split a 3d-accelerated window across both monitors.

R200-series cards:
  R200:  Radeon 8500/8500LE/9100, FireGL 8700/8800
  rv250: Radeon 9000/9000Pro
  rv280: Radeon 9200/9250/9200SE

More info here:
  http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ 
ATIRadeon#head-9161ac9470497d94f1a4f79794697347b20d5170

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett
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