Thanks Alan! So if I buy a card off the linux list, it'll work okay and I'll have 3d accel right?
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Octave J. Orgeron Solaris Virtualization Architect and Consultant Web: http://unixconsole.blogspot.com E-Mail: unixconsole at yahoo.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ----- Original Message ---- From: Alan Coopersmith <[email protected]> To: Octave Orgeron <unixconsole at yahoo.com> Cc: Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org>; OpenSolaris Desktop Discuss <desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org>; OpenSolaris X Window System List <xwin-discuss at opensolaris.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:08:47 PM Subject: Re: nvidia support for OpenSolaris (was: [desktop-discuss] (Open)Sol 10/nv106 on SB2000 w XVR-1200) Added a cc of xwin-discuss, since that's where the video driver experts are more often found... That page is a bit out of date. For the current drivers, the officially supported (as in Sun & nVidia will fix bugs under support contracts) list is: http://us.download.nvidia.com/solaris/180.29/README/appendix-c.html The "works with" list (which adds the GeForce cards of the same generation) can be found in the Linux/BSD driver readmes, since the same driver source base is used for all Xorg platforms: http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/180.29/README/appendix-a.html All cards at some point will move to requiring the legacy driver instead of being supported in the newest drivers - nvidia simply doesn't maintain an infinitely growing test matrix for new drivers, but limits them by rotating off older generations every so often. The legacy drivers still work, just don't get new features like adding support for new OpenGL versions. -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering Octave Orgeron wrote: > 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 <swalker at opensolaris.org> > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
