Re: [Chromium-users] Ideal Tiled Display Setup

[Matthew H. <we...@li...>]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Atul Nayak wrote:
>
> If you see http://www.siovizcenter.ucsd.edu/optiputer/IEHGD.html , we use
> Chromium to display geological scenes over the IBM displays. We have two of
> those  - so there are 8 DVI cables into the two displays , and 8 cluster
> nodes fitted with Quadro Fx 2000 cards. There is no genlock/framelock -
> Chromium works just fine (never got DMX to work, but then I am still stuck
> at Cr 1.4). Viewsonic makes an identical product.
>
> > IBM T221 (3840x2400).  Viewsonic also sells a rebadged version of this
> > display.  The main issue with all of these highres displays, including
> > the Apple one, is that you need to run the neweset workstation boards
> > (Quadro/FireGL) to drive them at full refresh.  The consumer NV40
> > *might* work if it really can break out to 4 dvi outputs.
> >
>

Hello all,

 Slightly off-topic, but also related, as if I get it working I would like
to give Chromium a shot on it... I've got one of the ViewSonic VP2290b
displays... currently connected to a G5 (only using a single display)..
currently driving the display at 3840x2400 at a painful 13Hz refresh.

 Just wondering if I could get some clarification on the above.. mainly in
regards to recommended cards, and first-hand reported refresh rates...

 It looks like nVidia Quadro and ATI FireGL cards are the way to go... for
people who have already invested in setups (we're looking to buy some
cards, but wanting to see if there's an optimal configuration)... when
driving the monitor with 4 inputs, are you getting 60+Hz refresh? And what
combination of graphics hardware are you using?

 Thanks.

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 Matthew Haas
 Corning/Geneseo, NY