{ "numMessagesInTopic": 5, "nextInTime": 38, "senderId": "l3-vs7Bu0RnjKaFIfQzYaKZA5fGhzjREabnSlqUGWFRE_SDWuo9isLpR5W4jn6UucuKY0bhsBUMVnWLJbjAFexH4PEC-reQ", "systemMessage": false, "subject": "Re: nVidia Quadro FX 2000 quick review....", "from": ""sax00axe" <wrightsl@...>", "authorName": "sax00axe", "msgSnippet": "Wilson, The IBM T221 only accepts single-link DVI input. I understand there are plans to make a small dual-link to single-link converter box, but I am not", "msgId": 37, "profile": "sax00axe", "topicId": 19, "spamInfo": { "reason": "0", "isSpam": false }, "replyTo": "LIST", "userId": 144420285, "messageBody": "
> The Quadro FX series of cards--the 1000 and 2000--are the first tothere.
\n> support resolution of 3840x2400 by a manufacturer officially.
\n> Furthermore, the 2000 is one of the few dual-link DVI cards out
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> Having wasted way too much time hacking cards to drive the T210and
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> T221, I bought a Quadro FX 2000 shortly after it came out.Even
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\n> First, the dual-link DVI does not work correctly with the T210.
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> though the monitor locks on to 2048x1536@60Hz over DVI, text andlines
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> appear fuzzy. It appears that every other line is shifted by 1 or2
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> pixels. For example, a perfectly smooth circle shows up jagged andhas
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> stair-step pattern along the curve. Since the problem also occursis a
\n> during bootup and in BIOS, it's most likely a hardware issue. This
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> small disappointment for me as I'm mostly interested in using thecard
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> with the T221.1920x1200
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\n> When I got the card 10 days ago, I couldn't get it to go above
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> using any of the beta and certified drivers out there. PNY QuadroQuadro
\n> Support was very apologetic and promised to get me the right driver
\n> ASAP. I'm happy to report that, with the just-released 42.82
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> driver, I was able to get it to work in both single- and two-stripemode
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> with the slight modification to the .INF file outlined in aprevious
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> message. Running in two-stripe mode at 25Hz, the monitor hasvisible
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> tearing between the left and right stripes. This is an indicationthat
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> the two heads are not genlocked. On the bright side, performanceis
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> quite good. I did a quick run of the SPECviewperf 7.0 ProEbenchmark
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> with window size of 3840x2400. Score was 8.9. The highest scoreon
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> SPEC's website is 39.92 using a highend HP workstation with a P43.06GHz
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> and display resolution of 1280x1024. My machine is only a P4 1.8with
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> 256K cache. Subjectively, 2D performance such as windowmanipulation is
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> very good.feel
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\n> If you have questions or want me to try something with the card,
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> free to contact me.