Hi,
I can't believe I've been reading Phoronix for this long and hadn't registered for the forums...or I have and can't remember the details
In any case, I'm looking to make a new desktop system for myself and would love to have a triple 27" monitor setup (2560x1440 * 3, horizontal), it's going to run Ubuntu and maybe a few other distros, but no Windows or Hackintosh, just Linux.
My requirements are:
- Has to run Mutter/Compiz and other desktop apps perfectly and at full performance, even when powering all three monitors at highest resolution.
- Does _not_ need to do any gaming, but should do enough GL to make Mutter/Compiz work with all the bells and whistles (shaders etc).
- Noise isn't really an issue, nor is doing SLI or taking up two slots per card.
- Price isn't really an issue, but not interested in Quadro, would like to keep it at the consumer/gamer level cards.
- Should handle dual-link DVI or DisplayPort
I've been looking around for any full-time Linux systems running this setup but couldn't find any, although I know they are out there
I'd like to stick to nvidia as I appreciate the work done in their binary driver and haven't had great experience with Ati on Linux in the past.
I keep being told that doing SLI isn't great on Linux due to missing profiles but, if my main concern is Mutter/Compiz/Clutter, would two GTX 460s be enough to power these displays and keep Mutter/Compiz at 60fps during animations (with shaders etc)?
Erm, I think that's it, I'd love to hear what you guys think/recommend. I'm going to build this in the next few months, so I have time if there's something worth waiting for.
Thanks,
Neil
I can't believe I've been reading Phoronix for this long and hadn't registered for the forums...or I have and can't remember the details
In any case, I'm looking to make a new desktop system for myself and would love to have a triple 27" monitor setup (2560x1440 * 3, horizontal), it's going to run Ubuntu and maybe a few other distros, but no Windows or Hackintosh, just Linux.
My requirements are:
- Has to run Mutter/Compiz and other desktop apps perfectly and at full performance, even when powering all three monitors at highest resolution.
- Does _not_ need to do any gaming, but should do enough GL to make Mutter/Compiz work with all the bells and whistles (shaders etc).
- Noise isn't really an issue, nor is doing SLI or taking up two slots per card.
- Price isn't really an issue, but not interested in Quadro, would like to keep it at the consumer/gamer level cards.
- Should handle dual-link DVI or DisplayPort
I've been looking around for any full-time Linux systems running this setup but couldn't find any, although I know they are out there
I'd like to stick to nvidia as I appreciate the work done in their binary driver and haven't had great experience with Ati on Linux in the past.
I keep being told that doing SLI isn't great on Linux due to missing profiles but, if my main concern is Mutter/Compiz/Clutter, would two GTX 460s be enough to power these displays and keep Mutter/Compiz at 60fps during animations (with shaders etc)?
Erm, I think that's it, I'd love to hear what you guys think/recommend. I'm going to build this in the next few months, so I have time if there's something worth waiting for.
Thanks,
Neil
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