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Free Intel i965 graphics drivers releasedFree Intel i965 graphics drivers releasedPosted Aug 10, 2006 0:04 UTC (Thu) by keithp (subscriber, #5140)In reply to: Free Intel i965 graphics drivers released by sjj Parent article: Free Intel i965 graphics drivers released
Intel graphics chips provide for external DVI converter cards called sDVO or ADD2. These aren't graphics cards, but instead plug into the PCI express slot and communicate directly with the built-in Intel graphics controller to transmit RGB data over the PCI express lanes and out to a variety of connectors on the back panel. A DVI ADD2 card runs about $20. You can even find dual-DVI ADD2 cards, sVideo and (eventually) HDMI.
I know I was confused about this before joining Intel myself. The trick is that there is a special hack in the PCI-E (and AGP) specs just for this purpose. You'll note that even the ultra-tiny 'shuttle' style cases include a PCI-E slot which can be used for this purpose.
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Free Intel i965 graphics drivers released Posted Aug 10, 2006 1:54 UTC (Thu) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link] Ya but I've heard that people have had very difficult time getting these expansion cards to work, even with Windows.
I wouldn't buy one if I required it to work...
Free Intel i965 graphics drivers released Posted Aug 10, 2006 7:28 UTC (Thu) by keithp (subscriber, #5140) [Link] We've bought a huge pile of sDVO cards to work on the modesetting branch. One thing we discovered is that there are two flavors of sDVO cards, the ADD2-N and ADD2-R cards. The suffix indicates whether the card is set up in 'N'ormal or 'R'everse orientation; Normal cards use the first channels on the PCI-E connector while Reverse cards use the last channels.
All of the motherboards we have support only Normal cards, I guess the theory for Reverse cards is that you could plug in a PCI-E x4 card into the same PCI-E bus as one of the Reverse cards and have both things working at the same time.
And, all of the ADD2-N cards we've got work just fine with everything from 915 through 965.
I can see where the AGP-based ADD (not ADD2) cards would cause problems; they don't use a standard interface so the driver has to have support for each specific card. We're facing that with the modesetting branch and we're collecting information on as many of those as we can.
In summary - ADD2-N cards 'just work' everywhere we've tried them. ADD cards require card-specific driver changes.
Free Intel i965 graphics drivers released Posted Aug 10, 2006 21:24 UTC (Thu) by sjj (guest, #2020) [Link] Thanks for the info! This was the first I'd heard of sDVO cards.
Can this be integrated into some documentation, if it isn't yet?
Free Intel i965 graphics drivers released Posted Jun 27, 2007 20:19 UTC (Wed) by josephgassmann (guest, #45967) [Link] Jgassmann@ahlerslaw.com
We need an ADD2 with s-video or composite out card for the Q965 express chipset. Do you have access to one of these cards??
Thank you,
Free Intel i965 graphics drivers released Posted Sep 8, 2006 2:03 UTC (Fri) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link] Sigh, here I am a month later, trying to buy an Intel board with the GMA X3000 video chip, and of course none have DVI. On the huge computer part emporium Newegg.com, I can find only the following:
Brand WINTEC
So, is this an ADD2-N that will work, or an ADD2-R that will fail? The -R suggests failure. No parts is also failure.
Free Intel i965 graphics drivers released Posted Jan 16, 2007 2:11 UTC (Tue) by musicinmybrain (guest, #42780) [Link] It's a bit late for this reply, but I'll post it for the benefit of others who find this page:
Wintec says, "Our Pegasus product should work with your motherboard provided that it has an Intel chipset incorporating integrated graphics. The "-R" in the case of Pegasus stands for "retail" - apologies for the confusion."
So that card should work just fine.
Free Intel i965 graphics drivers released Posted Jan 21, 2007 12:21 UTC (Sun) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link] I have contacted Wintec because the product literature for this product is ambiguous as to whether it works with intel motherboards or all intel-chipset based motherboards.
I would not really describe the process of getting an ADD2 display from my ASUS P5B-VM with such a card at all pleasant. So far, I have gotten nothing out of the display. I suspect it is impossible to configure the bios on the ADD2 display. I do not know if it is possible to get the system to display boot information on the ADD2 display. I have not yet gotten X to display anything on the ADD2 display.
Essentially, while I believe it will probably work, so far nothing works. This is fairly disappointing. I had expected better functionality for open hardware.
Free Intel i965 graphics drivers released Posted Feb 9, 2007 12:10 UTC (Fri) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link] The eventual critical step appeared to be to load the Intel driver under windows. After this, I was able to get BIOS, linux console, and X on the DVI output.
Free Intel i965 graphics drivers released Posted Jun 27, 2007 20:17 UTC (Wed) by josephgassmann (guest, #45967) [Link] Keith,
I am in serious need of an ADD2 card for the Intel Q965 express chipset that has the s-video out or composit out feature. I noticed you bought many of these cards and was wondering if you can sell me one or know where I can get one. They seem to be nearly impossible to come by.
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