From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-130966-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1RPC0u-0001cE-2A for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:44:48 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D90DA21C023; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:44:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31A1421C024 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:43:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com ([209.85.214.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from <pandu@poluan.info>) id 1RPBzJ-004HVA-Ia for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:43:09 +0700 Received: by bkaq10 with SMTP id q10so5238351bka.40 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:43:03 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.152.68 with SMTP id f4mr11925855bkw.59.1321098183857; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:43:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.74.16 with HTTP; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:43:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.74.16 with HTTP; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:43:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20111112103831.7ebd28aa@digimed.co.uk> References: <20111112005129.003a54d3@digimed.co.uk> <CAA2qdGWAmo=7T1j3xTecsyad3akhy1TRvsjKYCtCRSU+WdNSvQ@mail.gmail.com> <20111112103831.7ebd28aa@digimed.co.uk> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:43:03 +0700 Message-ID: <CAA2qdGUvjK66W=R-pBL4ZOVmAZe2GZboLtNFi=1-a74+p50vAw@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Another hardware thread From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001517592466f6581204b18823bd X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: 3f635c9b-9a13-44b7-ba54-193f635a5f67 X-Archives-Hash: f3528e929dc8c287f65a1372c0d9aba1 --001517592466f6581204b18823bd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Nov 12, 2011 5:42 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:06:49 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > I'm not a gamer, but I want a system with plenty of grunt. Video > > > performance is not critical, on board would suffice, except I need > > > something with dual output to drive two monitors. Do any of the > > > onboard jobbies do this or is a separate Nvidia still the best option? > > > AFAIK onboards very rarely have support for dual monitor. Besides, > > having a separate somewhat-beefier GPU might be usable in some cases. > > For instance, Ubuntu's Unity and Windows' Aero both rely on GPU to do > > their eye candy stuff. > > > > C'mon, don't be stingy... spare one PCIe slot for a graphic card :-) > > I'm not bothered about using a separate card, heck I could even re-use > the one I have. > > I use neither Unity nor Windows tough. Well, those are just examples, illustrating that GPUs are no longer only used by games and cg renderers. Some BOINC projects also use the GPU, and who knows what else will utilize the GPU in the future. Rgds, --001517592466f6581204b18823bd Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 <p><br> On Nov 12, 2011 5:42 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <<a href="mailto:neil@digimed.co.uk">neil@digimed.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> > On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:06:49 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote:<br> ><br> > > > I'm not a gamer, but I want a system with plenty of grunt. Video<br> > > > performance is not critical, on board would suffice, except I need<br> > > > something with dual output to drive two monitors. Do any of the<br> > > > onboard jobbies do this or is a separate Nvidia still the best option?<br> ><br> > > AFAIK onboards very rarely have support for dual monitor. Besides,<br> > > having a separate somewhat-beefier GPU might be usable in some cases.<br> > > For instance, Ubuntu's Unity and Windows' Aero both rely on GPU to do<br> > > their eye candy stuff.<br> > ><br> > > C'mon, don't be stingy... spare one PCIe slot for a graphic card :-)<br> ><br> > I'm not bothered about using a separate card, heck I could even re-use<br> > the one I have.<br> ><br> > I use neither Unity nor Windows tough.</p> <p>Well, those are just examples, illustrating that GPUs are no longer only used by games and cg renderers. Some BOINC projects also use the GPU, and who knows what else will utilize the GPU in the future.</p> <p>Rgds,<br> </p> --001517592466f6581204b18823bd--