Well I guess the better question is what NVidia cards are supported with Xorg, GLX, Compviz, etc. ? I found this link on their site and all of the cards are pretty old.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/solaris_supported.html Not sure if there are better drivers included with Xorg and OpenSolaris. I can't find any references or lists of what's supported or what's 3d compatible under OpenSolaris. It definitely makes me worried about buying something that's too old, doesn't work, or won't be supported in the future. Ebay is not bad, got most of my sparc gear over the years on there and haven't had any issues. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Octave J. Orgeron Solaris Virtualization Architect and Consultant Web: http://unixconsole.blogspot.com E-Mail: unixconsole at yahoo.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ----- Original Message ---- From: Shawn Walker <[email protected]> To: Octave Orgeron <unixconsole at yahoo.com> Cc: OpenSolaris Desktop Discuss <desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:25:44 PM Subject: Re: [desktop-discuss] (Open)Sol 10/nv106 on SB2000 w XVR-1200 Octave Orgeron wrote: > Hmm.. I don't see that at bestbuy. I do see a quadro fx 1300 for like $30 on > ebay. Should that work well? Do I need to have two monitors or is one okay? It all depends on what your intended usage is and your budget. If you want cutting edge OpenGL and high-performance 3D, and a card that is not likely to moved to "legacy support" soon, then the gtx 2xx series is my personal recommendation. The store you mentioned does carry the 260 ($280 USD). However, I'm fortunate enough to live near a store called "Microcenter", which has a significantly better selection. My two personal things against a $30 quadro fx on ebay are: * likely to be moved to legacy driver or won't have great 3d performance for desktop/game-oriented usage * unreliability of ebay vendors Also be aware that many of the newer video cards require two PCI-X power connectors from the power supply (you can get a molex adapter if you only have one). Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
