framebuffer question

[volumetricsteve]

This should be an easy one, but I can't find anything in black and white that addresses my question.

I'm wondering if I can use a bunch of cuda-capable cards (in my case, Teslas) and a Matrox card for basic video-out.

Right now, I'm using a Quadro FX 1500 as my output card and I realized after-the-fact that it doesn't actually have any cuda-cores, so this got me wondering if I could use anything as the output card, provided there are still cuda cores in the system to do the heavy lifting.

Thanks!

[FooZe]

Yes, you can have your monitors plugged into whatever you want and then have other cards in your system that do the rendering. A common example would be to use an onboard HD4000 for display (not CUDA capable) and have an NVIDIA card or two in your machine to do the actual rendering. This is a very good way to do things, because it means that your UI remains smooth and responsive, because the card used for display is not bogged down with doing rendering at the same time.

[volumetricsteve]

Thank you!

My Matrox G550 should free up more power for Teslas!