> So Arc, what video card (ATI or other) would you recommend for 3D 64 bit > linux? I'm attempting to use vtk, are there better tools available for > plotting/rendering/visualization? I'm trying to visualize a 1K x 1K 3D > plot. > I'm guessing around 1M quads with realtime rendering, so you'd need around 50M polygons/second for 30fps (considering the software likely isn't completely optimized)
No problem. Even the low end PCI 16x Radeons are going to handle 400M polygons/second, more than sufficient. Even the "puny" Radeon 9250 in this system can clock over 150M/second. This one is considered mid-range and is fully supported: http://www.partspc.com/ProductDetails.asp?CatID=588&ProdID=9873 2 DVI ports, PCIe 16x, and more than enough rendering speed. I'm slightly concerned over how much trouble a dual-screen card will give you in X configuration vs two separate cards, and since it's less common you may run into bugs. If you have two PCIe 16x slots it'd be better to go with two of these instead which together add up to the same cost and boast almost double the speed: http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/product_info.php?products_id=8730 Both cards are supported in current stock Linux+Xorg without any "special drivers" needed. YMMV depending on how up to date your distro's kernel and Xserver packages are, but that's the case with any card.
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