On Monday 26 May 2003 05:18 am, Thibaut Cousin wrote:
Hi,
Right now I have a Matrox G400 dual head, which works wonder under Linux. The only problem is that it's rather poor for 3D performance (i.e. games). Do anyone have any advice for a newer card? I need a good TV out, so I'm a bit reluctant with GeForce cards. Are there any newer Matrox card that are good for 3D? Or are there any GeForce with a *correct* TV out? What about ATI? Thanks for any tip,
Hi Thibaut. Actually there is a program called nvtv. It has it own daemon as well. Some of the features included are: Mode, which include NTSC, various versions of PAL and SECAM as well as the resolutions of 640x480 to 800x576, various sizes (small to huge) and DVD mode. Position to move set the window box parameters, Settings like Dualvew, monochrome, macrovision, colorfix, non-interlaced, free-carrier. Also contrast, saturation, brightness, phase, hue, flicker, bandwidth, sharpness.. Config with tv on/off switch, X mode, X switch, X center, X resize, value reset, print values, the specific vid card and tv encorder. Ports with the device (Monitor, TV, Flatpanel, Overlay), host port master/slave and high/low for clock, sync, blank (with in/out, high/low/ region/dotclock), format (with RGB, YCrCb, normal/alternatie) and encoder port settings that are similar. You can also config/set the nv regs, BT calc, BT regs 1/2/3 and see the status of the card. I have yet to hook a card up, but I looks like a vast improvement to the version at and before 8.1 (I'm using 8.2). I understand your reservations about using a nvidia card. I follow vid card devel fairly closely, and ATi is kicking some serious butt. However, they have, and continue to, lag somewhat on making a robust driver set for Linux (pity). Some swear by it but I understand it can be inconsistent (driver wise that is). Nvidia's drivers work nicely and the new nvidia "run" routine program to install the drivers simplifies things a fari amount. Just something to consider. Cheers, Curtis.