On 10/17/2013 11:53 AM, Dave Cole wrote: > The Intel 2500, 2700 and 2800 boards have the PowerVR video core on > board that is not compatible with anything other than Windows 7 32 bit > and maybe Windows 8. > > http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intelgma3600/sb/CS-033597.htm > > Intel screwed up on that series of boards and they realized it > afterwards.. so.... > > Intel is coming out with a new series of MITX boards, hopefully this > fall that has Intel HD graphics on board and not the PowerVR core. > > Dave
Is that any relation to the PowerVR GPU used in the Sega Dreamcast? Compatibility issues aren't with the hardware, it's whether or not the manufacturer writes drivers for any specific operating system, or makes the info required to write drivers freely available. While there may be limitations built into the hardware (see most of the nVidia 5000 series GPUs built on what they bought with 3DFX) that doesn't keep drivers from being written, even incorporating workarounds for some of the hardware issues. (The 5000 series was initially quite poor performing but by their EOL nVidia had made hardware and driver changes to make them nearly as good as they were supposed to be.) Those boards *could* be compatible with any x86/x64 OS if Intel chose to do so. Intel was going to take another stab at the discreet GPU market with an advanced standalone version of their HD graphics called "Larrabee". What happened to that? Their first try was the absolutely dismal i740 in the late 90's. "Oh look, an i740 videocard." *toss* Just about anything out of the junk box was better than those. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
