Available screen resolutions

[Andrea Venturoli]

Hello.

I'm evaluating buying a new monitor, since the one I'm using looks 
willing to die.
I searched a lot before posting, but while the "generic" information is 
confusing, it's hard to find FreeBSD-specific facts.

Is there a way I can be sure a certain resolution will be supported by 
my graphic card?

Specifically, I've got a Radeon card integrated on my mother board:

> # pciconf -lv
> ...
> vgapci0 at pci0:1:5:0:     class=0x030000 card=0x17041565 chip=0x97101002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
>     device     = 'RS880 [Radeon HD 4200]'
>     class      = display
>     subclass   = VGA
> hdac0 at pci0:1:5:1:       class=0x040300 card=0x970f1002 chip=0x970f1002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
>     device     = 'RS880 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4200 Series]'
>     class      = multimedia
>     subclass   = HDA
 > ...
> # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> ...
> [   128.142] (==) RADEON(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> [   128.143] (II) RADEON(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
> [   128.143] (==) RADEON(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> [   128.143] (==) RADEON(0): RGB weight 888
> [   128.143] (II) RADEON(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
> [   128.143] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon HD 4200" (ChipID = 0x9710)
> ...
> [   129.711] (II) RADEON(0): EDID for output HDMI-0
> [   129.711] (II) RADEON(0): Output VGA-0 connected
> [   129.711] (II) RADEON(0): Output HDMI-0 disconnected
> [   129.711] (II) RADEON(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
> [   129.711] (II) RADEON(0): Output VGA-0 using initial mode 1600x1200




Contrary to what is stated above, my MB does not have an HDMI connector, 
only D-SUB and DVI (DVI-D I believe).

Is it possible that HDMI from the logs mean DVI on my board?
Or is DVI not show because it's unsupported?

What will be the maximum supported resolution (via D-SUB or via DVI)?

Will I be able to run at 1920x1200? Via D-SUB or via DVI?





  bye & Thanks
	av.