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From: Kilian Zott <kilian@××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Running a USB graphics cards with Linux?
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:48:17
Message-Id: CACWB8OP+PgekHozJiZ64N2xuQJb=bz5wKhYqvB0Q_n-J5yjbzQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Running a USB graphics cards with Linux? by frares@gmail.com
1 You could compare the frame rate, but an analog signal cant be compared to
2 a digital signal ^^
3 if you resolute your analog voltage in 8 bit (256 steps each subpixel, so
4 24bit color depth) you get some offset on the transmission
5 so you could not use an analog interface in order to transmit data (there
6 would only trash arrive)!
7 and there is no error correction either.
8
9 next thing is that the usb interface is not between the screen and the
10 graphics card but between the mainboard and the graphics card
11 there is no video transmission at this place!
12 it would be more sensible to compare usb to pci-e or agp.
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16 2012/7/17 <frares@×××××.com>
17
18 > Em , Kilian Zott <kilian@××××××××.de> escreveu:
19 > > thats a strange comparison since usb is a serial busvga is not even
20 > digital, so how can you talk about throughput? lol
21 >
22 > >
23 > >
24 > > 2012/7/16 Michael Mol mikemol@×××××.com>
25 > >
26 > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Sebastian Pipping sping@g.o>
27 > wrote:
28 > >
29 > > > Hi there,
30 > > >
31 > > >
32 > > > On 02/15/2012 09:14 PM, gk wrote:
33 > > >> Hallo
34 > > >> I used one some time ago, and it worked but very slow.
35 > > >> The label only says made in China.
36 > > >> lsusb output is:
37 > > >> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0711:0900 Magic Control Technology Corp. SVGA
38 > Adapter
39 > > >> The Kernel module which is loaded is:
40 > > >> sisusbvga
41 > > >> If your interested in the dongle and you live somewhere around
42 > Germany, I can
43 > > >> send it to you, because I don't need it anymore.
44 > > >
45 > > > I'm afraid if it's slow I do not have much real use for it. Many
46 > thanks
47 > > > for the offer, though! And sorry for the ages that it took to reply.
48 > > >
49 >
50 > >
51 > > Unfortunately, you're probably not going to find anything for USB
52 > > which _isn't_ slow. USB is a very slow bus when compared to HDMI, DVI
53 > > or VGA.
54 > >
55 > > --
56 > >
57 > > :wq
58 > >
59 > >
60 > >
61 >
62 > Well, thinkig a bit, even on a non digital interface, as you have those
63 > vertical and horizontal frequencies for each video mode, I guess one can
64 > talk like "pixels per second" using some math on those numbers.
65 >
66 > Francisco

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