On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Derek Richardson wrote:
> Mark,
> I left out the 400, which had the same problem as well, so I suppose
> they're all to be lumped together. Do you have any information on how
> far along this emulation is coming? I doubt it will be in time for my
> needs, but I'll be happy to beta ( break ;) ) it when it is ready to
> alpha/beta.
> Thanks,
> Derek R.
I don't know how far along they are, but they're on this list.
Mark.
>
> Mark Vojkovich wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Derek Richardson wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Mark,
> >>The only experience that I've had w/ that is the Matrox G450/550, and
> >>IIRC, I was told that was an issue of the 2nd RAMDAC operating at a
> >>lower clockspeed. I hope you're not right ;).
> >>Thanks,
> >>Derek R.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I don't know about the G450, but the G400 definitely did not
> >support 8+24 mode on the second head. It didn't even support
> >depth 8 on the second head or gamma correction or DirectColor
> >visuals or hardware cursor.
> >
> > Ebgert (or Andrew?) is working on a way to emulate PseudoColor
> >with DirectColor so you can run simultaneous depth 8 and depth
> >24 windows on the screen if you don't care about the overlay
> >functionality (ie. color key and multiple layers). But that
> >would require DirectColor capability, which the G400 didn't
> >have on the second head.
> >
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> It was my impression that of the cards that supported overlays,
> >>>they only supported them on one head. If that's still the case
> >>>(I don't know of any counter examples), then a single card, two
> >>>head system is unlikely.
> >>>
> >>> MArk.
> >>>
> >>>On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Derek Richardson wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>All,
> >>>>I'm having trouble finding information about a recent ( read :
> >>>>reasonable performance ) graphics card that will do 24 bit / 8 bit
> >>>>overlays in a dual-headed ( pref. w/ Xinerama ) configuration w/
> >>>>XFree86. Does anyone have any suggestions? I haven't any luck w/ Google
> >>>>or the archives, and I know the last time I tried to find a card that
> >>>>could handle this, about 2 years ago, it wasn't possible.
> >>>>Thanks,
> >>>>Derek R.
> >>>>
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