[原]在新服务器中找到了上个世纪的产物

今天给新进的DELL PowerEdge R710服务器安装操作系统的时候,发现这台服务器的显卡竟然是Matrox G200,估计这个年代提起显卡大家熟知的品牌应该是AMD(ATI),NVIDIA,Intel了吧,但是,当年在3D显卡流行之前的2D世界里,Matrox可是大名鼎鼎的啊。在wiki中找到如下评价:

Matrox G200

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G200Matrox发明,在1998年5月推出,是Matrox的第二代3D图形芯片。它拥有可编程浮点生成和填充引擎,并支援DirectXOpenGL,多纹理贴图和32bit Z缓存。它采用了Vibrant Color Quality Rendering和Symmetric Rendering Architecture两种技术来提高色彩质量、加速2D和视频播放的运算。纵使3D性能比RIVA TNTVoodoo 2逊色,但其2D画质异常的高,成不少绘图用户的最爱。

优点:

  • 出色的2D输出

缺点:

  • 价格高昂
  • 不能稳定支持OpenGL

虽然对于服务器的显卡没有太大的期望,但是2009年的服务器配一个1998年的显卡,不得不让人非常惊讶。更让人惊讶的是,DELL PowerEdge 2950服务器用的是ATI的es1000,按照wiki的说法,该款显卡是2004年发布的,也算是21世纪的产物了。

Rage XL was a low-cost RAGE Pro-based solution. As a low-power solution with capable 2D-acceleration, the chip was used on many low-end graphics cards. It was also seen on Intel motherboards, as recently as 2004, and was still used in 2006 for server motherboards. The Rage XL has been succeeded by the ATI ES1000 for server use[1].

The chip was basically a die-shrunk Rage Pro, optimized to be very inexpensive for solutions where only basic graphics output was necessary.

看来,AMD把ATI收购后,Intel也不把这一点钱送给AMD了。

posted @ 2010-01-06 12:48  killkill  阅读(689)  评论(0编辑  收藏  举报