Thanks for the replies. <div><br></div><div>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?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Paul<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 September 2010 07:23, Kumar, Shree <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shreekumar@hp.com">shreekumar@hp.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span>Yes, there are ways to "spoof" monitors on nvidia
cards. I have used two of them,</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span>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).</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span>b. Use a modeline (see attached file
xorg-forced-monitor-modeline.conf for an example).</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span>The config files use more options than necessary - but
that's because they are auto-generated.</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span>For documentation on the options, refer to
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README.txt</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span>HTH</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span></span></font><font size="2">-- Shree<br><br></font>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:paraview-bounces@paraview.org" target="_blank">paraview-bounces@paraview.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:paraview-bounces@paraview.org" target="_blank">paraview-bounces@paraview.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul
McIntosh<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:16 AM<br><b>To:</b>
'Paul Edwards'; 'paraview'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Paraview] Advice on graphics
cards<br></font><br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Hi Paul,</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">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).</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">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?</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Cheers,</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Paul</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div><br>
<div lang="en-us" dir="ltr" align="left">
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:paraview-bounces@paraview.org" target="_blank">paraview-bounces@paraview.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:paraview-bounces@paraview.org" target="_blank">paraview-bounces@paraview.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul
Edwards<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 1 September 2010 12:43 AM<br><b>To:</b>
paraview<br><b>Subject:</b> [Paraview] Advice on graphics
cards<br></font><br></div>
<div></div>Hi,
<div><br></div>
<div>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?</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Thanks in advance,<br>Paul</div></div></div></div>
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