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From: Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Running a USB graphics cards with Linux?
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:56:43
Message-Id: CA+czFiBWJPmJAUhM0HGDHGoxawaXU=QX_PT3=J-Bci5EY6_xFw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Running a USB graphics cards with Linux? by Kilian Zott
1 On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Kilian Zott <kilian@××××××××.de> wrote:
2 > You could compare the frame rate, but an analog signal cant be compared to a
3 > digital signal ^^
4 > if you resolute your analog voltage in 8 bit (256 steps each subpixel, so
5 > 24bit color depth) you get some offset on the transmission
6 > so you could not use an analog interface in order to transmit data (there
7 > would only trash arrive)!
8 > and there is no error correction either.
9 >
10 > next thing is that the usb interface is not between the screen and the
11 > graphics card but between the mainboard and the graphics card
12 > there is no video transmission at this place!
13 > it would be more sensible to compare usb to pci-e or agp.
14
15 Please stop top-posting; it's difficult to keep the conversation
16 clear. And see my other reply to you.
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19 :wq