I agree about the thrashing. Having been stuck with a predefined scsi-based PC in the past, I can attest to its annoying habit of grinding its way thru life...
However, it is typical for architectural, topographical, and rendering uses that Autocad or most other real CAD programs will take a large amount of space, enough in fact to make most people's systems semipermanently go to swap, (ie, during a session) similar to what happens to folks who get into Photoshop without realizing that a pro-level file can grow to several hunded meg in a blink, causing their insufficient hard memory to dissapear just as fast. My own experience is from the arts side of the house for the most part, primarily with holier-than-thou Apple Jihadists, and from the on-net at-large group of overpaid 60's generation folk who, in liue of their usually undeserved wealth, (from wence their pedantic argumentation for the exclusivehardware they preach comes IMO)would otherwise be ditch diggers for the lack of real knowledge they possess (as evidenced by their failing, pedantic arguements for dead or otherwise faulty architectures as "superior") I stand corrected on the Richie Rich comment. That should read "Reggie Rich". regards, aj -----Original Message----- From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 5:21 PM To: OT Forum (Techserv) Subject: Re: [OT] [PEDA] Multiple Displays > people swear that you have to have DVI for video performance. I don't > know...Seems so much snobbery, like "oxygen free speaker cable", SCSI > is better than EIDE" and techno-bull, usually sponsored by no-nothings > and richie riches out to "my dog is bigger" everyone. Yeah, funny thing about that oxygen-free speaker cable - after a few months when it turns green, it's not oxygen-free anymore. And then the sound becomes "colored" ;-) My observation about SCSI is that the people that use only SCSI hard drives have their drives thrashed more than most IDE systems. I don't know if it's just because everyone I know who is a SCSI fan is also an AutoCAD user. But good lord, their hard drives thrash and thrash and thrash. What the heck is AutoCAD doing, not using the 1GB RAM they have and just page faulting everything to disk? Hey, watch what you say about Richie Rich! I read RR comics when I was a kid, and he was one of my favorite comic book characters. RR always tried to see the good in people, and help others in any way he could. He was a moral and upright person, as opposed to his cousin Reggie. Reggie was more like the type of person you referred to in your post. These days, it seems Wall Street is populated by Reggie clones, no Richie's to be found... Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Multiple Displays > Jim, > > Yes, but you have to make sure that the video card and associated > drivers are capable of handling the mixed load. Nvidia's hardware and > software provide these capabilities with issue and are in general > quite affordable, and no, I don't really care about Matrox, since it's > such a crappy company. > > One thing to remember is that if you're going with both LCD and CRT, > make sure that the video outputs are compatible with the monitors > you've chosen. For instance, if you choose an all digital LCD in (can > you still get these?) then you'll need a video card with a DVI > connector. Some people swear that you have to have DVI for video > performance. I don't know...Seems so much snobbery, like "oxygen free > speaker cable", SCSI is better than EIDE" and techno-bull, usually > sponsored by no-nothings and richie riches out to "my dog is bigger" everyone. > > In terms of ideals, obviously, the ultimate multi-display utilizes > identical monitors of exceptionally large size and superior > resolution, color quality, etc. If only I were one of the idle rich... > > My opinionated 2 cents. > > NVIdia-based MX440 or similar is a cost-effective solution, but again, > make sure about electrical connections and the LCD you'ver chosen... > > aj * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
