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dougm n00b
Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Posts: 64 Location: France
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 10:39 am Post subject: Video Card choices? |
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I've recently purchased a Sun Ultra 5, 330Mhz, that I am happily running Gentoo on!!! This system is great, but I'm limited by the 4MB ATI Rage 3D graphics built-in onboard. I'd like to buy a PCI video card to replace it, and I'm not sure what my options are. I should note that I plan on upgrading to a brand new computer early next year (probably Jabuary), so I'd like something that's compatible with Solaris if at all possible, so that I can resell the current system, and give the buyer the choice of OS. As far as other specs, it's currently got 256MB of RAM, though I've already order 1GB, and an 8GB hard drive (which may or may not be enough to last me until January, since I have a Sun Cobalt Qube 3 running Redhat 9 with 120GB for storage...) |
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bazik Retired Dev
Joined: 22 Jul 2002 Posts: 277 Location: Behind you.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 11:06 am Post subject: |
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For a U5/U10, you got the following choices for PCI cards which will work on both, Solaris and Linux:
1) ATI 3d Rage Pro PCI w/ 2, 4 or 8 MB memory (~$5 on ebay)
2) Raptor GFX 8P (PGX32) w/ 8 MB (~$40 on ebay)
3) PGX64, dunno how much RAM (~$120 on ebay)
The ATI got the same chip as the onboard is so it may be the best solution (also price wise). |
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dougm n00b
Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Posts: 64 Location: France
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks... I've checked out the chipsets, and the PGX32 is a 3Dlabs permedia 2, while the pgx64 is an ATI 3d rage pro with sun branding (all of which have a max of 8MB), so I figure I'll save the cash and buy the 8MB ATI 3D Rage Pro... |
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verruckt Apprentice
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 169 Location: missing Hörvelsingen...
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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bAZiK wrote: | For a U5/U10, you got the following choices for PCI cards which will work on both, Solaris and Linux:
1) ATI 3d Rage Pro PCI w/ 2, 4 or 8 MB memory (~$5 on ebay)
2) Raptor GFX 8P (PGX32) w/ 8 MB (~$40 on ebay)
3) PGX64, dunno how much RAM (~$120 on ebay)
The ATI got the same chip as the onboard is so it may be the best solution (also price wise). |
Do you mind telling me where you were able to find that info? I have searched but found next to nothing. I did talk to someone at a Sun reseller, who told me that some matrox cards worked. I called Matrox and they said that currently the G450 line would work. Though I have not bought one yet, so i cant tell you if its true.
I would like to have a decent vid card. What's the point of having KDE 3.1 if you're looking at it generated from that lame onboard stuff. |
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ciaranm Retired Dev
Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 1719 Location: In Hiding
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Get yourself a UPA creator3d. Of course, it won't fit in your u5 without some hacksaw work, but it's a really nice card... |
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verruckt Apprentice
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 169 Location: missing Hörvelsingen...
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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ciaranm wrote: | Get yourself a UPA creator3d. Of course, it won't fit in your u5 without some hacksaw work, but it's a really nice card... |
Hrmm, as I see on Ebay, those are quite... 'reasonable'...
Think ill just stick with the ATI rage |
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erik.crouch n00b
Joined: 24 Aug 2003 Posts: 44 Location: Wichita, KS USA -- United Kingdom
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 5:55 am Post subject: |
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Well its a creator card, its not going to be reasonable, price wise
Erik
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bazik Retired Dev
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 9:40 am Post subject: |
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erik.crouch wrote: | Well its a creator card, its not going to be reasonable, price wise
Erik
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How do you mean this? Here at ebay.de you get a Creator3D for $60 and a Elite3D for $80... IMO that is reasonable |
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bazik Retired Dev
Joined: 22 Jul 2002 Posts: 277 Location: Behind you.
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 9:43 am Post subject: |
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verruckt wrote: | bAZiK wrote: | For a U5/U10, you got the following choices for PCI cards which will work on both, Solaris and Linux:
1) ATI 3d Rage Pro PCI w/ 2, 4 or 8 MB memory (~$5 on ebay)
2) Raptor GFX 8P (PGX32) w/ 8 MB (~$40 on ebay)
3) PGX64, dunno how much RAM (~$120 on ebay)
The ATI got the same chip as the onboard is so it may be the best solution (also price wise). |
Do you mind telling me where you were able to find that info? |
Well, for the PGX cards, you just have to look at sunsolve.sun.com in the system handbook. For the ATI... searched a bit through google groups and found some people who had this card working. Checking the onboard chip and the type number printed on it verified that its the same chip used on the 3D Rage Pro.
I was lucky and got exactly this type of ATI card (w/ 8 MB) yesterday on eBay. |
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verruckt Apprentice
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 169 Location: missing Hörvelsingen...
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2003 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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bAZiK wrote: | Well, for the PGX cards, you just have to look at sunsolve.sun.com in the system handbook. For the ATI... searched a bit through google groups and found some people who had this card working. Checking the onboard chip and the type number printed on it verified that its the same chip used on the 3D Rage Pro.
I was lucky and got exactly this type of ATI card (w/ 8 MB) yesterday on eBay. |
Good deal. I also managed to get an 8mb Rage card from ebay Should have it soon. Looking forward to getting it. |
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erik.crouch n00b
Joined: 24 Aug 2003 Posts: 44 Location: Wichita, KS USA -- United Kingdom
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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bAZiK wrote: | erik.crouch wrote: | Well its a creator card, its not going to be reasonable, price wise
Erik
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How do you mean this? Here at ebay.de you get a Creator3D for $60 and a Elite3D for $80... IMO that is reasonable |
Hehe ok, I stand corrected. I'm often guilty of non sequitur responses or what have you.
Erik
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ciaranm Retired Dev
Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 1719 Location: In Hiding
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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erik.crouch wrote: |
Hehe ok, I stand corrected. I'm often guilty of non sequitur responses or what have you.
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