<div dir="ltr">A couple of thoughts: 1) frequently the PCI-E slot on a server is taken up by a raid card or other storage controller. 2) does anyone make a 3D pci-e or pci-x card that fits in a 1U unit? I don't think I've ever seen one. </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 3:02 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tclug@freakzilla.com" target="_blank">tclug@freakzilla.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Well, I saw grab a PCI-E video card you happen to have lying around and put it in there, and see what happens (:<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, Jon Schewe wrote:<br>
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Yes, it has PCI-E slots in it.<br>
Yes, I'm aware I could build a 3D workstation fairly cheap. The requirements<br>
of the project make that not an option. I *MUST* use a Dell rack mounted<br>
server and the rack mounted workstations are off-limits.<br>
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On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:37 PM, <<a href="mailto:tclug@freakzilla.com" target="_blank">tclug@freakzilla.com</a>> wrote:<br>
I miss Matrox cards.<br>
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I don't know what kind of cards can go in a Dell R620, but (as<br>
mentioned) it's a 1U chassis and that might limit the kind of<br>
cards you can put in it. I can see it has a PCI slot, but I<br>
can't see if it has a PCI-E slot. That will severely limit the<br>
kind of cards you can put in there.<br>
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If you want to do 3D graphics, you should probably get a machine<br>
that's dedicated to that. This server probably has other<br>
limitations that'll make that a pain, other than just the video<br>
card. You can probably build a half-decent 3D whatever<br>
workstation for fairly cheap.<br>
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On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, Jon Schewe wrote:<br>
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I know there are a number of Linux sysadmins on this<br>
list and I'm trying to<br>
decide if Dell is pulling my chain or not. I've got<br>
a Dell R620 server that<br>
we need to do some 3D graphics on. <br>
The onboard graphics card is a Matrox chipset that<br>
appears to have very poor<br>
3D performance under Linux. I asked Dell if I can<br>
get a graphics card in the<br>
server that performs better for 3D graphics. Their<br>
response was "3rd party<br>
video cards in servers don't support 3D and are only<br>
for dual monitor use at<br>
standard VGA resolution".<br>
Can anyone confirm that there's no solution that<br>
will provide better 3D<br>
performance in such a machine? I find it hard to<br>
believe that the server<br>
somehow disables the 3D support on the card.<br>
Although I don't know that much<br>
about video cards and how they talk to the CPU.<br>
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Thanks.<br>
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Jon<br>
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