OT : KVM : RE: TNT2 and Potato XF86 3.3
Well i have to disagree on both previous mails. I've heard that real of
thumb to work but ...
I've worked with a $100 switchbox that worked well and didn't degrade
picture quality, these were using cheap and far too long cabling/console
without any limitations. The ugly KVM i was talking about before costs about
$200 and some additional cabling that costed equally as much, a $400 total,
(it delivers the BEST results, haha) and it is the worst i've yet seen. The
price tag and some leftover budget convinced the teamleader these were the
ones to buy ... bad call.
I must add that i've NOT seen any fancy KVM to do better than that old thing
i've used. That old thing didn't even NEED special cables to work well and
the monitors never showed ugly images, just slightly darkened (thank the
lord for brightness and contrast) The fancy things cost a LOT of money and
fail very often, are not friendly to use and so on. Wich i could remember
where we used to buy those. We even had $2000 KVM break down on us on
several occassions, those did however deliver good picture quality.
Regards,
Joris
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian McGroarty [mailto:bvmcg@yahoo.com]
Sent: dinsdag 10 april 2001 18:12
To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'
Subject: RE: TNT2 and Potato XF86 3.3
It helps to get really short cables (3ft or less) between the
box and the CPUs. This is one of those cases where gold contacts
seem to help as well.
Rule of thumb - it also helps if xres * yres * refresh rate is
under 50 million unless you've got a really high end switch.
--- Joris Lambrecht <jlambrec@landis.be> wrote:
> Bummer, maybe my previous soundcard was really bad and i was
> too impressed
> :)
>
> I'm experiencing the same thing here with ATi based video
> cards, once they
> are attached to a KVM the pictur quality gets ugly. According
> to the
> manufacturer this should not happen and so on ... nothing you
> can do about
> it if the combination don't mix. Good to hear it might be
> videocard based.
>
> Greets,
>
> Joris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brandon High [mailto:armitage@freaks.com]
> Sent: dinsdag 10 april 2001 17:41
> To: Joris Lambrecht
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: TNT2 and Potato XF86 3.3
>
>
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Joris Lambrecht wrote:
>
> > Moreover, it's well supported in X and support nice refresh
> rates at any
> > resolution, my brand new monitor still can't beat this card.
> i'm getting
> all
> > melancholic here but man take a look at the picture quality
> of the G200
> > compared to a TnT2 (muddy colors)
>
> I have two machines here, one with a TNT2 and one with a G200.
> Both are
> connected to a KVM switch with the same type of video cables.
>
> The TNT2 has a much, much sharper display at 1280x1024 @ 85Hz.
> A co-worker
> upgraded his machine to a GeForce2, and gave me the TNT2. It's
> the same
> model as what's in my other machine. I see no reason why the
> new card would
> perform differently.
>
> I've been a fan of Matrox for 2D ever since the Millenium. (In
> fact, there's
> one of those in another machine here...) I was amazed at the
> relatively poor
> image quality the G200 provides.
>
> -B
>
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> armitage@freaks.com
> I love defenseless animals, especially in a good gravy.
>
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