Hi all: I'm building a terminal server for use as a VirtualGL enabled terminal server. However, I don't know what to use for a graphics card. This will be a 1U server mounted in a server room. I intend to set up Xen on the hardware, and configure it to pass this graphics card through to the VirtualGL terminal server, so it will never actually be used as a head (no monitor attached); only the onboard graphics interface will have a monitor attached, and that will be "connected" to the Xen Dom0.
So, the question is what graphics card to use for VirtualGL. My vendor was recommending selecting from: PNY Quadro FX 580 PCI-E 512MB, GDDR3, Dual Link DVI, Dual Display Port PNY Quadro FX 1800 PCI-E 768MB, GDDR3, Dual Link DVI, Dual Display Port PNY Quadro FX 3800 PCI-E 1GB, GDDR3, Dual Link DVI, Dual Display Port Of course, the cost difference between them is fairly large :). Do these cards look good? I'm not sure what the differences are, or more importantly, how the differences will effect my end use, if at all, so I'm looking for some general suggestions, and if possible, some rough mapping to "end effects when used with VirtualGL". My VirtualGL use case will be: Terminal server serving up to 10 concurrent sessions 1-4 users probably running compiz 1-4 users running some in-house OpenGL apps. Using VGL Image Transport to thin clients. Possibly 1-2 sessions on TurboVNC Occasionally. Thanks! --Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ VirtualGL-Users mailing list VirtualGL-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-users
