RE: What graphics board for Dual Opteron 246?

Date : Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:29:41 +0100
To : <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
From : "Ing. Marek Mihok" <animax3d(at)animax3d.sk>
Subject : RE: What graphics board for Dual Opteron 246?
:) it's OK Stefan,

it's funny that my old ATI radeon worked witout problem till xsi v4.0,
from that point there was not chance to make it work hmm,

I had chance to play with fireGL, and it works like charm...

Marek

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]On Behalf Of
Stefan Andersson
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:19 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: What graphics board for Dual Opteron 246?


I'm "allergic" to ATI cards :) I have a normal GeForce 6800GT (without
modification drivers) which have never failed on me, and the speed is
excellent!

just my $0.02 on the matter

regards
stefan andersson


On 1/30/06, Ing. Marek Mihok <animax3d(at)animax3d.sk> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> I am verry happy with my ATI FireGL v5100
>
> Marek
>
> ----------------------------
> Ing. Marek Mihok - ANIMAX 3D
> Juzna Trieda 9
> 040 01 Kosice
> SLOVAKIA
> +00421 905 316 504
> animax3d(at)animax3d.sk
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]On Behalf Of
> David Auner
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 8:27 PM
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: What graphics board for Dual Opteron 246?
>
>
> Hi folks,
> finally my trusty old Athlon MP 2,0+ system is giving out. So I
> decided to get a Dual Opteron 246 on Tyan K8WE, 4G DDR RAM. But the
> question is what graphics board am I gonna get? I was thinking either
> a ATI FireGL 5100 or a PNY QuadroFX 540? Anyone got any other idea?
> What the deal with softmodding a normal Geforce? I briefly looked at
> the relevant threads on the board, but did not find anything on the
> performance of the ATI. Thanks for your help!
>
> Regards, Dave
>
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