multiseat

[Jon Smirl]

On 7/30/05, Daniel Stone <daniels at fooishbar.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 12:38:14AM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> > On 7/30/05, Daniel Stone <daniel at fooishbar.org> wrote:
> > > Right.  Unfortunately, this is particularly the case with old drivers
> > > for old cards that no-one cares about anymore, which also happens to be
> > > the cheapest way to fly.  And often, the motivator for multiseat setups
> > > is to reduce cost.  Finding new cards x4 (i.e. one AGP and three PCI) is
> > > surprisingly non-trivial.  I set out with a mandate to get three PCI
> > > GeForces (any generation), and wandered around Melbourne's swap meets,
> > > which have the cheapest kit, and often second-hand.  $230 later, I had
> > > my three cards.
> >
> > PCI Express changes the game compared to PCI and AGP.  There are PCI
> > Express chipsets under development that can support 16 video cards.
> > There are multiple motherboards shipping with support for two pcie
> > cards today. I believe one just shipped with support for four.
> 
> I don't care about PCIE.  My card is PCIE, and I like PCIE.
> 
> But note the bit where I said 'which also happens to be the cheapest
> way to fly'.  Small South African primary and high schools cannot
> (repeat: cannot, no matter how much you may insist that they only cost
> five bucks and everyone on the planet can buy ten per day) afford to
> buy PCIE chipsets.
> 
> So, that's nice, but utterly irrelevant to the world we live in.
> 

South African schools are not the only consumers of multiseat, pcie is
aimed at different markets. Give it five years and it will be in your
schools. You'll need the software support then.

-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl at gmail.com