Eben King wrote:
>On Sun, 29 May 2005, T Michael Hast wrote:
>
>
>
>>Robert Snyder wrote:
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>>>I suggest you read http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Monitors it is a
>>>great read on how to setup your config file.
>>>
>>>By the way what distrobution are you using?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Currently I'm running Knoppix 3.7. On my next machine I'd like to run
>>one of the bigger, fancier distros, but this is doing nicely here so
>>far. I've only got two pci slots in this poor old mule, so I gues a
>>dual-head card would be a must there. Is the agp slot the really big
>>one? I've got one of those, I think.
>>
>>
>
>It's usually brown, and has two rows of contacts, one above the other.
>
>Top slot (lower two are PCI):
>
>http://www.tweak.pl/ilustracje/kt333_kt400/msi/agp_s.jpg
>
>Items in there will show up as PCI devices, to wit:
>
>[root@pc root]# lspci
>...
>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0181 (rev c1)
>
>(Recent? All?) AGP cards have higher bandwidth (and hence faster video)
>than PCI cards. The only things that can go into AGP (Advanced Graphics
>Port) slots are graphic cards. Unless you have a good reason not to, if
>you're buying a video card and you have an AGP slot, use it.
>
>
>
Maybe I should focus more on updating the machine itself before I play
with that stuff so I have more options on that stuff. I don't know
though. If the right deal on a pci card just fell straight in my lap...
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