On 10/17/2013 6:53 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > 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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PowerVR - same company.. multiple platforms.. If you do a few Google searches on "PowerVR Linux" or "Intel 3600 Linux" or "Intel 3650 Linux" you will find lots of information on issues with Linux and the PowerVR GPU. The basic problem seems to be that the company (http://www.imgtec.com/powervr/powervr-graphics.asp) does not buy into the Open Source concept and tries to hide their technology behind proprietory drivers. If you do some digging you can find their own engineers complaining about it. Not having hardware acceleration in this day and age seems downright silly. Why buy a motherboard that is crippled due to poor driver support? Intel has figured that out and they are going to correct the problem with the next set of boards/chipsets. They continued making the D525MW well after it was officially discontinued probably due to this issue. I think they are still making the D525MW but it is now called the D525MWE for extended production etc. Although .. http://www.logicsupply.com/products/d525mwve They don't have them either.. I think I bought a bunch of them from this place... several months ago. http://www.mo-co-so.com/Intel-D525MW-Mini-ITX-Motherboard-with-Atom-525-p/mcs-int-525.htm It looks like they are planning to get more in this month. This place has them but you need to order 10 at a time ?? http://www.pcsuperstore.com/products/11392805-Intel-BLKD525MWVE.html So there are still some around. I'm hoping that some new, more compatible boards come out the end of this year before I run out. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
