Alienware also recommends Windows XP operating systems for their hardware, so be careful :-)
--Ivan > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov > [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of John Hodrien > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 10:13 AM > To: ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov > Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] Best single machine *Linux* hardware setup > > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Robert Olson wrote: > > > At 10:06 AM 9/27/2004, John Hodrien wrote: > >> Is the Rushmore significantly nicer than the G200 MMS? Anyone > >> looking at using twin PCIe cards to get four nicely 3D > accelerated outputs? > > > > Unless system designs have changed since I last benchmarked this > > stuff, you really want your video to be AGP-connected. > High-rate video > > on the PCI bus just doesn't stack up to the performance on > AGP adapters. > > PCI Express. Even more bandwidth than AGP (similar > initially), and symmetrical bandwidth. Alienware have a dual > 16x PCIe motherboard, I'm not sure who else do. That'd > enable you to have four high performance outputs with any old > pair of PCIe graphics cards. > > jh > > -- > "A fanatic is a person who can't change his mind and won't change the > subject." -- > Winston Churchill > >
