On 24/08/10 03:38, Bill Longman wrote:
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> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogor...@gmail.com
> <mailto:kogor...@gmail.com>> wrote:
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> I had to replace an 4:3 Westinghouse monitor this weekend. I got
> a new ASUS VH242H, which is very wide. But Xorg is still running
> 1280x1024, instead of the monitor's normal 1920x1080, according to
> xorg logs because of lack of video memory (using the ATI on the
> motherboard). I can make the screen use a 4:3 aspect ratio, so
> I'm up and running, much better than I started, but I'd like to do
> better.
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> I guess I've gotta look for a video card, but all I have is PCIX
> slots, so I don't want to put a lot of money into it (I'll be
> upgrading the mobo when finances permit -- which is not right now.)
>
> Any ideas?
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> You'd kinda think that since AGP is kinda sorta a beefed up version of
> PCI, kinda sorta like PCI-X, you ought to be able to find a boatload
> of cards like this for the cheap on eBay. But finding one is like
> finding hen's teeth. The only one I've found is a 3.3/5V 32/64bit
> 33/66MHz ATI card and they're about $US500. The company that makes
> them does them for multi-head displays such as NOC displays, etc, so
> if you can't spare the change for a new mobo, then five hundred bucks
> for a video card in a worn-out bus format is probably out of the question.
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> <rant>I've been looking for one for years now because I have this
> great Dell server that just keeps on running and running but it has
> these beautiful 64 bit PCI-X slots just calling out for a decent video
> card -- but not AGP!</rant>
>
Have you tried setting different modelines etc using cvt and xrandr?
