[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: [svlug] Hmm, XF40 not supporting dual-headed G400? -- Re: Dual-headed G400

[J C Lawrence]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2000 09:28:03 -0400 
Bryan -TheBS- Smith <thebs at theseus.com> wrote:

> You're running XFree86 4.0?!?!?!  I thought it was supposed to
> support dual-headed operation?  Maybe on different cards then,
> huh?  I was almost to the point of buying one of those dual-headed
> G400Max cards.  Hmmm.

The problem with the dual-output G400 cards is that the RAMDAC for
the second head is grossly under powered.  This is per Mark
Vojkovich who did most of the work for the G200 and G400 supports.

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