[OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice

[Ken Gunderson]

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 <kgunders at teamcool.net>