WOW! {Or Holy whatever}

jdow jdow at earthlink.net
Thu May 10 05:02:01 UTC 2007


From: "Gary Kline" <kline at tao.thought.org>

> On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 07:18:52PM -0500, Eric Crist wrote:
>> On May 9, 2007, at 6:09 PMMay 9, 2007, Gary Kline wrote:
>> 
>> >On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 03:09:09PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I asked somebody directly, but I may as well ask the entire list.
>> >> I'm looking for a video-card.   The more recent mobo's (like the
>> >> i815) have them builtin.  My 750MHz machine uses the SRAM for
>> >> its v-RAM.  My old Kayaks came with Matrox Millennium 8MB video
>> >> card that give me Plenty of resolution under xorg.  I just did a
>> >> web search and find an "AGP" card for seriously cheap with 256MB
>> >> of memory.  It's an "eVGA e-GeForce FX5500"   Whatever!
>> >>
>> >> I'm no gamer (but just-might-wanna play some auto racing games).
>> >> All I care about is a) that the card fits by KVM plug with a
>> >> three-row pinout, and of course, b), that FBSD has a driver for
>> >> this card.   ....All of my computers have this 3-row male pin,
>> >> so need a 3-row female jack/socket.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Ok, I found the type of connnector or jack or socket I need.
>> > It is an HD15 "15 pin high denisity D-SUB female connector" with
>> > sockets 1 to 5 on the first row, 6 thru 10, 2nd, 11 to 15 on the
>> > bottom.  This on http://pinouts.ru.  VGA.
>> >
>> > I'll google aroubd further, but still would be much obliged for
>> > input from anybody ... .
>> >
>> > gary
>> >
>> 
>> Gary,
>> 
>> Most cards that might come with DVI output instead of the standard  
>> VGA output usually include at least one DVI-VGA adapter, an  
>> additional one could be purchased at most computer retailers or your  
>> local Radio Shack.
>> 
>> HTH
> 
> 
> It does help, thanks, Eric.  I may have missed the cord adaptor 
> that was stuck in the box.  Need help to open/check.  Meanwhile, 
> I need to look at the specs for this Dell 8200 to see what kind
> of card is in there.  What's there is a jack with two rows of
> sockets.  I'm guessing this is the standard Dell "DVI" connector,
> yes, no, other? :-)

It is not a cord adapter. It is a solid piece not much bigger than
the connector on the end of a VGA cord.

> Also, in your opinion, since I'm not a gamer and just want to
> display at extreme most 1600x1200, do I need anything seriously 
> upscale?  I've seen and skipped past lots of questions about lots
> of drivers.  So let's say that I went totally ape and bought some
> AGP card with 256M of memory:: do we have a driveer for those
> kinds of very high end cards?  

VGA should work fine as long as your cables are short (10' - 15' maximum
total length) and the KVM is suitable for your scan rate and scan settings.

> thanks again,
> 
> gary
> 
> PS:  Does anybody know of a website that 'splains VGA, SVGA,
>      EVGA, and all the rest?  I've been seriously guilty of being
>      lazy; I'm fessing up!  .... 

can you spell http://wikipedia.org ?
{^_^}


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