Hello,
I would like to use one PC with ubuntu and 2 graphic cards with 2
outputs (total : 4 video outputs).
I usually use a Mac.
Can you give me a good harware configuation using Pd and GEM
equivalent to a MacPro configuration (2 intel Quad-core 2,8 GHz and 2
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT) ? Not too expensive please !
Thanx a lot.
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Jack
On 13 Jul 2008, at 7:28 AM, Jack wrote:
I would like to use one PC with ubuntu and 2 graphic cards with 2 outputs (total : 4 video outputs). I usually use a Mac. Can you give me a good harware configuation using Pd and GEM equivalent to a MacPro configuration (2 intel Quad-core 2,8 GHz and 2 ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT) ? Not too expensive please !
I did just that a couple of weeks ago -
I used 2x quite different NVIDIA cards - an older NVIDIA 6800 card
and a cheaper but newer Gigabyte card with an NVIDIA 9600GT chip
[less than $200 here in Australia], both PCI-E. The motherboard has
an NVIDIA chipset. Both work fine together, the NVIDIA driver
recognises them both easily.
I could put each in Twinview mode then use 2 gemwindows [a while back
I successfully tried the multi-window version of Gem, but haven't
done so recently], but instead I set up xorg to give 4 separate
displays for different Gem windows (4 instances of Pd, one running on
each of the 4 displays). I may buy another of the 9600 cards and see
if I can get a single large gemwindow for all 4 projectors using the
SLI link - but I haven't done that yet.
I run Debian (the Sidux distribution with a 2.6.25 kernel. The
processor is an oldish dual core AMD.
simon
Hello Simon,
NVIDIA 9600GT seems to be not very expensive and enough powerfull for
my application (2 DVI outputs). However, the port is PCI-express and
not PCI-e (better for recent hardware).
Thanx to share this informations.
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Jack
Le 17 juil. 08 à 09:20, Simon Wise a écrit :
On 13 Jul 2008, at 7:28 AM, Jack wrote:
I would like to use one PC with ubuntu and 2 graphic cards with 2 outputs (total : 4 video outputs). I usually use a Mac. Can you give me a good harware configuation using Pd and GEM equivalent to a MacPro configuration (2 intel Quad-core 2,8 GHz and 2 ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT) ? Not too expensive please !
I did just that a couple of weeks ago -
I used 2x quite different NVIDIA cards - an older NVIDIA 6800 card
and a cheaper but newer Gigabyte card with an NVIDIA 9600GT chip
[less than $200 here in Australia], both PCI-E. The motherboard has
an NVIDIA chipset. Both work fine together, the NVIDIA driver
recognises them both easily.I could put each in Twinview mode then use 2 gemwindows [a while
back I successfully tried the multi-window version of Gem, but
haven't done so recently], but instead I set up xorg to give 4
separate displays for different Gem windows (4 instances of Pd, one
running on each of the 4 displays). I may buy another of the 9600
cards and see if I can get a single large gemwindow for all 4
projectors using the SLI link - but I haven't done that yet.I run Debian (the Sidux distribution with a 2.6.25 kernel. The
processor is an oldish dual core AMD.simon
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Jack -
Simon Wise