[ltp] T61p with nVIDIA Quadro FX 570M / WUXGA on 15.4' ?

[Richard Neill]

Mario Theodoridis wrote:
>> Quick scan of the archives and nothing definitive - briefly, can anyone
>> tell me if the T61p with nVIDIA Quadro FX 570M works well under linux?
>> Very general question I know!  I'm after the best build/graphics
>> Thinkpad available - dual-boot - only need tip-top graphics power in
>> Windows - but it has to be functional in Linux!
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> Don't know.
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>> Any gotchas with the T61p with this card?
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>> Also, is 1920x1200 WUXGA only readable by small animals on a 15.4"
>> screen or is it ok for humans too?  I'm very happy with 1400x1050 on a
>> 14.1" T40, as a comparison point.
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> I thought this too until i got t42p which has 15" 1600x1200 UXGA. I
> worried about this coming from a CRT background. It turned out that this
> was not an issue for me as it was ok to move a little closer to the screen
> without eye strain. I would never want to settle for less that that again.
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Only in windows is the screen resolution hard-coded at 96dpi. Linux 
allows you to change it, such that eg an 8pt font is always the same 
number of mm high, whether it's displayed on a 133dpi screen, a 96 dpi 
screen, or a physical printout.

The higher the resolution, the better. There's no downside whatsoever, 
in Linux. You want something like this in xorg.conf  (mine is for 15" 
1600x1200):

Section "Monitor"
         DisplaySize 304 228     # Sort out tiny fonts - these are width,
				# height in mm.
EndSection


Then, configure KDE/Gnome etc to have font sizes around 8-10pt. You can 
turn off antialiasing too - it's totally unnecessary at high dpi.

Also, enjoy much better viewing of digital photos. For games, xrandr is 
useful to temporarily drop the resolution.

Regards,

Richard



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