current status for RV380 (RADEON X600) under X.Org, continued

[Alex Deucher]

On 9/30/06, Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel at free.fr> wrote:
> Le samedi 30 septembre 2006 à 20:07 +0200, Julio Meca Hansen a écrit :
>
> > my question is... can I use two X600 (wheter they are AIW or not) to
> > drive a 30" display or do I have to
> > fulfill some requirements in the form of a special connector or
> > anything I haven't think about?
>
> The max resolution for DVI is around 1920x1200 (i.e. 24" screens). To
> drive 30" screens you need a dual-link DVI card (Warning! Dual-DVI cards
> don't work, you need a real *dual-link* DVI card).
> You can find some X800 or x850 which should work with the r300 driver
> and are dual-link.

Note that the built in TMDS cntroller on the radeons is single link
only.  In dual DVI cards the second TMDS port (dual or single channel)
is provided by an external TMDS controller which is not yet supported
by the xorg driver (although Dave has started work on this).

Alex

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>         Xav
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