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I have successfully used this card in the past:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/26/2015 02:25 PM, CrankyOldBugger
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<div dir="ltr">The last time I bought a new video card from Canada
Computers (or was it Amazon?) my criteria, besides having 2x DVI
ports was the availability of Linux drivers on the manfacturer's
website. At the time Zotac was the clear leader in this regard,
particularly for their (Nvidia) GeForce GTX 650. I don't think
this particular card does exactly what you want, but I do
recommend the Zotac line, based on my own experiences.
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<div dir="ltr">On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 at 14:03 B.S. <<a
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">So, my AGP
oldies on my P4 ~3.0GHz's are getting long in the tooth. I
don't game, but I do like my HDMI with digital audio out to my
TV. As it stands now on the AGP, vlc to the TV at 480 is fine,
720p if there aren't too many small objects flying everywhere
is also sufficient (before pixelation kicks in / things slow
down), but 1080i/p is right out. The ol' P4 just can't keep
up. For all I know the nvidia's I'm currently using have some
hardware decompression on board facilitating things.<br>
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Looks like Rogers is going to kill analogue cable on me Dec.
1. Now have OTA (thanks Khalid!), but if/when that happens
I'll also have to be going to the websites to stream some
shows.<br>
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Side Note: Acanac/Zazeen (only non-Rogers in-band inet TV with
local PVR provider) plans have gone weirder. Zazeen is now
offering internet, not just TV, but plans now have lower caps,
or per GB cost for all 6pm-12pm traffic, making cost higher
than Acanac's. Just when you thought it's not possible,
comparing plans has become even more baffling.<br>
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Anywho, I notice I have one system with a PCI Express x1 slot.<br>
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I also notice that kijiji has some apparently reasonable dual
core single monitor systems for around $200/$250. I expect
Computer Recycling has similar, but likely not dual core Intel
~3+GHz systems with Hyperthreading. The $200 dual core price
point on kijiji doesn't seem to offer HT either. My point
about kijiji is only to say they're not dual or triple monitor
either, so I wonder if it's possible an x1 purchase now will
move into a x16 slot later, when such HT kijiji offerings
become cost reasonable. (vs $650 - $1,500 for a new i7 with
onboard triple monitor out ability. 16GB+ memory being the
killer added cost there.)<br>
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Dual monitor is fine, triple monitor is even better. Even if I
clone the 2nd monitor to the TV, so I can adjust the video
window to nix the TV's extreme overscan. Can't read text on
the TV, so the monitor would let me adjust things before
switching to the comfy chair in front of the TV.<br>
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Are there such dual/triple monitor x1 cards out there (with
one a VGA out?), preferably with onboard hardware
decompression for up to 1080p, and what sorts of beasties am I
looking at or for? Been partial to nvidia as their proprietary
linux drivers seem to work well enough, but I'm seeing hints
that the ATI (but not AMD?) cards also now work well enough -
unlike the past.<br>
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Thoughts?<br>
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