Question: Best PCI-X video card from HPUX 11i v3 rx2600?
UnixUser
(Itanium) rx2600? I believe, the rx2600 comes with a 16 or 32 meg
video card on the motherboard. However, I'm seeking a better video card
that supports 128+ megs of video memory and will work with HPUX 11i v3?
Does it even have to be a HP video card? From my understanding, ATI
supports some HP-UX systems but I am unsure if HP did something
internally to them. Thus forcing HPUX users to purchased video card
only from HP.
Please provide part and model numbers for any good video cards that come
to mind.
Thank You
Tony Rodriguez
unixp...@yahoo.com
Rick Jones
The HP supplied graphics drivers in 11iv3 will I suspect only claim
those cards showing-up in quickspecs for the rx2600 et al.
Third-party graphics cards, unless the third-party provides drivers,
are unlikely to work in addition to being "unsupported" from HP's
perspective.
Supported, known to work -> warm fuzzies all around
Supported, not known to not work -> an HPite may be in trouble
Supported, known to not work -> an HPite is in trouble
Unsupported, known to work -> lucky today, unlucky tomorrow?
Unsupported, not known to not work -> there but for the grace of Turing
Unsupported, known to not work -> no, it was not deliberate ;-)
The rx2600 quickspecs:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11716_div/11716_div.html
(web search on "rx2600 quickspecs site:hp.com")
list an AB551A PCI 2D/3D Graphics card. A similar web search for
"AB551A site:hp.com" should find the specs for the card. I do not
know if that card is still on the HP CPL or not.
rick jones
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Benjamin Gawert
> What is the best PCI-X (2D/3D) NOT AGP video card that works with a HP
> (Itanium) rx2600?
None, as there are no PCI-X video cards except an antique model from Matrox.
> I believe, the rx2600 comes with a 16 or 32 meg
> video card on the motherboard. However, I'm seeking a better video card
> that supports 128+ megs of video memory and will work with HPUX 11i v3?
There is none which is available as PCI version and which works with the
rx2600.
> Does it even have to be a HP video card? From my understanding, ATI
> supports some HP-UX systems but I am unsure if HP did something
> internally to them. Thus forcing HPUX users to purchased video card
> only from HP.
No, it doesn't have to be a HP card. All ATI gfx cards for Itanium and
the c8000 PA-RISC workstations were generic ATI cards.
However, they all require AGP at least, and even then the cards are 5+
years old.
Benjamin