Re: New computer planned
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 07:48, Randy Kramer <rhkramer@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday 20 February 2012 10:17:46 am Allan Wind wrote:
>> You did not mention monitors but high definition has brought the
>> larger ones way down in price. 30" monitors (2560x1600) are
>> still in a different price league but to me it is worth it. If
>> you are buying a 30" consider one with Display Ports instead of
>> DVI. Lenovo's docking station for the W520, for instance, can
>> only do the 30" at full resolution via Display Port (this was not
>> an issue with earlier versions). The are DVI to Display Port
>> converters but the ones I have are not 100% stable (I probably
>> power cycle it a couple of times per month).
>
> Or, consider two smaller monitors and use nVidia's TwinView (their proprietary
> driver)--I haven't tried the open source driver yet.
Nothing special about dual monitors, just use xrandr. Works with
Nvidia, ATI and Intel chips.
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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