Video cards

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 4:38 AM, David A. Bandel <david.bandel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
>  I recently got a new monitor -- decided on a widescreen.  But the
>  motherboards video chip just won't support this properly (I have
>  video, but it's a bit distorted).
>
>  Anyway, I went to the local computer shop to look for video cards
>  (nVidia to be exact).  They have a 7xxx model and an 8xxx model --
>  both PCI-X (with a significant price difference between the two).

Hopefully you mean PCI-E (PCI-Express) and not PCI-X which is just a
64bit PCI bus.

>
>  Anyway, I was wondering if either would support 1440x900 at 60 or 75
>  Hz.  Also, I understand from the folks at the shop that the PCI-X
>  cards seem to require a lot more power than simple PCI cards (not sure
>  why that should be, but thought I'd ask for anyone w/
>  experience/knowledge if this is true).

Depends on what's in the EDID of your DFP.  Unless the card has double
TMDS support, it can't do much more than 1280x1024 at 60.  1440x900 is on
the border.



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