[ltp] best T4-model for dual head internal + DVI-out?

[Alex Deucher]

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Bernhard Marx <bernhard.marx@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
>  thanks for all your input. I'd have some further questions.
>
>
>  Bill Andrus <languru@us.ibm.com> writes:
>
>  > linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org wrote on 04/19/2008 11:05:26 AM:
>
>
> > Having some experience with all these models, having rebuilt and sold
>  > hundreds over the past few years, my keeper is a T42p without the exotic
>  > ATI graphics chip, upgraded to a 2.1GHz processor and 2GB RAM.  Very
>
>  [...]
>
>
>  > hours conservative use before hibernating.  Look for the 14.1" rather than
>  > 15" screen version, the SXGA+ display with 64MB rather than 128MB, and go
>
>  Which is the good video chip? And which is the one to avoid? I can
>  not find a T42p with 64MB graphics.
>
>  The available T42p models (and some T41p) I could find all have the
>  following graphics:
>         ATI FireGL T2 (128MB dedicated)
>
>  I could also buy models of T42  or T41 with
>         Ati Radeon 9600 (64MB dedicated)
>         ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 (32MB dedicated)
>
>
>  Can I exchange the video card in an T42p for an Ati Radeon 9600?
>
>  thinkwiki.org has the following to say about the graphic cards:
>
>  * ATI Mobility FireGL T2 Chipset:
>   ATI RV350 (M10) - Similar to Radeon 9600
>   External VGA up to: 2048x1536x16.7M at 75Hz
>   found in: T42p T41p
>
>  * ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
>   Chipset: ATI RV350 (M10)
>   External VGA up to: 1920x1200
>   found in: T42 T42p
>
>  So the two above do not seem to be that different.
>
>  * ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
>   Chipset: ATI RV200 (variant of the R100 core)
>   External VGA up to: 2048x1536x16.7M at 75Hz
>   found in: #  T40, T41, T42

All of the ati chips work well.  If anyone has a problem, please
report it and we'll get it fixed.

Alex