Ken G, Quadro NVS 290 is a bit cheaper which is near the price point of the GeForce GT 430 - but NVS 295 is nice as well as suggesed.
I've updated the HCL based on low cost server cards. Ken Mays --- On Thu, 2/10/11, Ken Gunderson <kgund...@teamcool.net> wrote: > From: Ken Gunderson <kgund...@teamcool.net> > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice > To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" <openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> > Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 7:50 PM > > On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 05:55 -0800, ken mays wrote: > > To Ken Gunderson, > > > > The Quadro 600 works fine. > > > > If you want a basic low-cost graphics card, you can > use the GeForce GT 430 or NVIDIA 9600 GT which is available > in most stores today for about $50-$80 USD. I suggest the > Nvidia 9600 GT if you're a casual 3D user (i.e. gaming or > otherwise), or the GT 430 if you need something more 'low > profile'... > > > > I'll update the HCL to reflect 'cheaper' cards. > > Lol, latest update now includes the Quadro 6000 and some > other not so > inexpensive models. Hope you're not paying for this stuff > out of your > own pocket ;-P > > > To Guy, > > > > Colin Ellis is reviewing the issues with DRI/DMA > support for the Illumos team. A patch fix is available > through Oracle's X team for the reported bug/CR 7001754 (not > officially committed yet to resolve bug so I'll say 'no' for > the record). > > > > Sidenote: I've tested the Nvidia drivers up to > v260.19.36 with OI 148. > > With the default drivers included, you can go as > high-end as the Quadro 6000. > > Does anyone else think it might be nice to have an > additional, separate > list for cards supported by the default drivers? > > -- > Ken Gunderson <kgund...@teamcool.net> > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss