[geeks] Low-priced Solaris x86 video card (AGP)?

Dan Sikorski me at dansikorski.com
Fri Oct 12 08:26:16 CDT 2007


Lionel Peterson wrote:
> Came across this low-priced AGP video card [0] - a $13 nVidia Quadra NVS280. This card was the mid-range video card on the original Ultra 20 (Operton) machine [1] and should be well-supported for a while.
>
> I offer this tidbit in case anyone was looking for a good, supported video card for an x86 Solaris box build...
>
> Lionel
>
> [0] http://www.txmicro.com/NVIDIA-Quadro-64mb-AGP-Video-Card-p-3626.html
> [1] http://www.sun.com/outlet/clearance.jsp#u20
>   
That price doesn't appear to include the required cable that splits out 
the LFH connector on the back of the card to either 2xVGA or 2xDVI.  
That's still cheap, but keep in mind that you will need to get one of those.

    -Dan Sikorski



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