And, I might ask - why are you trying to do the graphics processing on the
server and not on the workstation you're using to connect to the server?



On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 1:57 PM, David Wagle <david.wagle at gmail.com> wrote:

> at issue is that the R620 has a 1U profile . . .
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Jon Schewe <jpschewe at mtu.net> wrote:
>
>> I know there are a number of Linux sysadmins on this list and I'm trying
>> to decide if Dell is pulling my chain or not. I've got a Dell R620 server
>> that we need to do some 3D graphics on.
>>
>> The onboard graphics card is a Matrox chipset that appears to have very
>> poor 3D performance under Linux. I asked Dell if I can get a graphics card
>> in the server that performs better for 3D graphics. Their response was "3rd
>> party video cards in servers don't support 3D and are only for dual monitor
>> use at standard VGA resolution".
>>
>> Can anyone confirm that there's no solution that will provide better 3D
>> performance in such a machine? I find it hard to believe that the server
>> somehow disables the 3D support on the card. Although I don't know that
>> much about video cards and how they talk to the CPU.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jon
>>
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