Supermicro P4SCi – Does it work Luke?

[Andrew Mcleod]

Hi Francisco

The above mentioned motherboard appears to meet specifcation – however will the 8mb intergrated display display be enough ?
This board may be better for server applications.

Andrew McLeod
Blackmagic Design

[Richard Scobie]

I agree with Andrew. I tested a very similar Tyan board, the S5112G2NR which has onboard ATI Rage graphics.

This was a failure, I suspect due to the limitations of the Rage. I suspect unless a board has an AGP slot or PCIe-16 slot, results will be poor.

The board you mention does have 2 PCIe-1 slots, but I don’t think there are graphics cards made for 1 lane slots.

Regards,

Richard

[Francisco Rubiales]

Andrew, Richard;

thanks a lot for your help.

You’re right, the graphics card is a potential problem.

I’ll have to keep looking for the P4SCT or P4SCT+II (hard to find in Mexico).

Thanks again.

Francisco.

[Richard Scobie]

Hi Francisco,

I can endorse the P4SCT (SD only) – we have one working fine.

[Francisco Rubiales]

Thanks Richard.

I’ll keep trying to find it. As you should know, it’s worth it.

Francisco.