[Paraview] Advice on graphics cards

[Paul Edwards]

Thanks for the replies.

Can anyone comment on whether there is a performance difference between the
GeForce or Quadro?  Some sites say the Quadro is better for CAD applications
but is this true for ParaView?

Thanks,
Paul

On 1 September 2010 07:23, Kumar, Shree <shreekumar at hp.com> wrote:

>
> Yes, there are ways to "spoof" monitors on nvidia cards. I have used two of
> them,
>
> a. Get an EDID file of a display device and use that in the config file
> (see attached file xorg-forced-monitor-EDID.conf for an example).
>
> b. Use a modeline (see attached file xorg-forced-monitor-modeline.conf for
> an example).
>
> The config files use more options than necessary - but that's because they
> are auto-generated.
>
> For documentation on the options, refer to
> /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README.txt
>
> HTH
> -- Shree
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* paraview-bounces at paraview.org [mailto:
> paraview-bounces at paraview.org] *On Behalf Of *Paul McIntosh
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:16 AM
> *To:* 'Paul Edwards'; 'paraview'
> *Subject:* Re: [Paraview] Advice on graphics cards
>
>  Hi Paul,
>
> I think you are stuck with eitther a Tesla or Quadro on a cluster. This is
> due to the ability to configure those cards to work without a display (see
> the release notes for the latest drivers though).
>
> I'd be interested to hear otherwise as we have a few GTX280 nodes that are
> currently just used for CUDA. Maybe there is a way to "spoof" a monitor
> another way?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* paraview-bounces at paraview.org [mailto:
> paraview-bounces at paraview.org] *On Behalf Of *Paul Edwards
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 1 September 2010 12:43 AM
> *To:* paraview
> *Subject:* [Paraview] Advice on graphics cards
>
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone recommend a graphics cards to use for a linux cluster running
> ParaView?  And, does anyone know how a GeForce card compares to a Quadro of
> a similar spec?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul
>
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