Yeah, Sun video card options are insane. I remember assembling a Sun Ultra 60 from parts and having a really hard time with $300 for a Rage II based board.
I think Sun, IBM, and Apple really should adopt a single standard for video cards, as both use OpenFirmware in their own UNIX boxes to some extent. At least, the initial OpenFirmware portion should be all compatible - the drivers, once the operating system kernel has been loaded and it is ready to assume control, will have to be different. But at least this will open up Sun and IBM p-series to "inexpensive" Mac video cards as well as provide an incentive to get higher end Sun/IBM 3D cards into a Mac.
They make that sound like it's one heck of a powerful card (but it probably is compared with what those systems ship standard with).
I've got a Radeon "7200" PCI, and it's performance in both 2D and 3D is rather lacking, to say the least. It's well past time to upgrade, but I'd rather get one of the new Nikon Coolscan V's instead. :-)
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bchin - Monday, March 8, 2004 - link
Yeah, Sun video card options are insane. I remember assembling a Sun Ultra 60 from parts and having a really hard time with $300 for a Rage II based board.I think Sun, IBM, and Apple really should adopt a single standard for video cards, as both use OpenFirmware in their own UNIX boxes to some extent. At least, the initial OpenFirmware portion should be all compatible - the drivers, once the operating system kernel has been loaded and it is ready to assume control, will have to be different. But at least this will open up Sun and IBM p-series to "inexpensive" Mac video cards as well as provide an incentive to get higher end Sun/IBM 3D cards into a Mac.
jliechty - Thursday, March 4, 2004 - link
They make that sound like it's one heck of a powerful card (but it probably is compared with what those systems ship standard with).I've got a Radeon "7200" PCI, and it's performance in both 2D and 3D is rather lacking, to say the least. It's well past time to upgrade, but I'd rather get one of the new Nikon Coolscan V's instead. :-)
Anonymous - Thursday, March 4, 2004 - link
typo, as in your message (-:hopefully anand's planning on 'speaking to' some new info...
UlricT - Thursday, March 4, 2004 - link
heh... that reminds me of a Geforce2 card I found last year for only $349! Turned out to be a type on that site though.GhandiInstinct - Thursday, March 4, 2004 - link
HAHA!