[lug] video card recommandation for 1680x1050?

Hugh Brown hugh at math.byu.edu
Wed Sep 5 12:12:21 MDT 2007


On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 11:19:40AM -0600, dio2002 at indra.com wrote:
> > For that matter, what monitor would you recommend at resolutions
> > like that?
> 
> I'm one of the guys asking the question so i don't have my monitor working
> with linux yet.  but i want to!.  fwiw, I have a Dell 2405FPW 24" that i
> bought about a year ago.  It's sweet and works fine under windoze.  Large
> lcds are cheap now.  i bought this for over $800.  I believe they are half
> that these days.
> 

At work, I've got a Dell 2405FPW 24" and I've used it with a GeForce 5200 and RH4.  It's currently connected to an nvidia Quadro NVS 285.  In both cases I was using the proprietary nvidia driver.

Hugh



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