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Nvidia Quadro NVS420 any good for ST4?

Nvidia Quadro NVS420 any good for ST4?

Nvidia Quadro NVS420 any good for ST4?

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Good news:  I'm able to get a new work computer (workstation) to properly drive 64bit ST4.

Bad news:  Our contractor IT guy specified the machine w/o allowing engineering input.  It came in today and has two(!) Nvidia Quadro NVS420 cards in it.  (The combination could drive up to 8 video devices at 2560 x 1600.)

In looking at the Siemens site for approved/tested video cards, this one is not listed.  Furthermore, the spec. for a Dell T7500 workstation calls this a video card for "Professional 2D".  So far, I'm not impressed with my IT guy's acumen.

The video adapter cables are DisplayPort and of course I have 2 DVI LCDs, so I can't really test this machine out yet.

Just wondering what folks thought of the video cards in particular?  Worth firing up, or should I just get the whole machine returned straight-away?

Thanks.

RE: Nvidia Quadro NVS420 any good for ST4?

As far as I know, the NVS series of cards are great for finance people running data heavy Excel spreadsheets.  It's doesn't handle 3D data or vector graphics with shading well.

--Scott
http://www.wertel.pro

RE: Nvidia Quadro NVS420 any good for ST4?

send it back

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

Where would we be without sat-nav?

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