Re: Sun Blade 1000/2000 and video HW
Kralizec Craig
>Is it possible to install a PCI video card into a Blade 1000? I was
>looking into one of these on eBay, and wanted to be prepared in case
>the video card would not be so great. I do have a Creator 3D
>framebuffer, which I installed into my Ultra 2. I understand that the
>those Blades have a UPA slot so I can possibly install that Creator
>from the U2. Then I realized that the Creator cards have different
>revisions, so that could be an issue.
No reason why the Sun-supported PCI framebuffer cards won't work fine in a
Blade 1000.
>Well, if the Blades have PCI slots, then it should be possible to
>install a "regular" PCI PC video card in them, as long as the OS
>supports them. For example:
>VisionTek - ATI RADEON HD2400 Pro
>Thanks for your help.
>-D
Craig.
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