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| Posted: 14-September-2006 at 3:26pm
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The Desktop Multiplier for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED 10) is
designed to support all single- and dual-head video cards supported by
xorg-x11 / Xfree86. Any video card combinations where you can start X
in multi-head (i.e., multi-monitor, multi-display) should work with
this software.
We recommend the following low-cost dual-head graphics cards, which are
available in both AGP and PCI cards from a variety of manufacturers:
AGP - Advanced Graphics Port
- ATI Based: PowerColor 7000 (Radeon 7000 based); Radeon 7000/VE, 7500, 9000, 9200 and 9250
- nVidia Based: GeForce 2 MX/MX400, GeForce 4 MX440, GeForce 5200, Quadro FX500
- Matrox Based: Matrox MGA G400, G550
- Other: S3 Savage 4
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
- ATI Based: PowerColor 7000 (Radeon 7000 based); Radeon 7000
- nVidia Based: nVidia Riva TNT2, nVidia GeForce 4 MX440, nVidia FX 4200, nVidia Quadro4 400NVS 64MB (quad-head card)
Typically, a 10 station system would be built using 5 dual-head video
cards. While it is possible to support a heterogeneous mix of video
chipsets within a single computer box (e.g., mixing Radeon, nVidia, and
Matrox cards), it is not recommended as it is not possible for us to
directly test and support all possible combinations. Using the on-board
video card (video hardware built into the motherboard) is not
recommended.
Please note there is an incompatibility between the linux SMP-kernel
and ATI cards with the Multipler. This is one consideration to keep in
mind with all motherboards that use hyperthreading, multi-core CPUs and
multiple CPUs as they require the SMP kernel. In all SMP kernel
environments, we recommend using Nvidia cards, as the linux drivers are
much more stable with the SMP kernel.
Edited by Aldo Zanoni on 30-January-2007 at 6:16am
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