

Graphics Card : Nvidia Quadro NVS 280 (PCI connection) I know that Nvidia says the NVS 280 is not compatible with Windows 7, but reading in other threads on this forum some people have achieved it. The Quadro is capable of driving 2 displays at 1600x1200, which I've done under Windows and Linux, but the highest resolution available in System Preferences is 1280x1024. Archived Forums > Windows 7 Hardware Compatibility.

Also, it seems to get worse over time - it starts out somewhat responsive, then degrades. System Profiler shows QE/CI supported on both Quadro screens, but if you click on a window you have to wait literally minutes before your click is registered. Performance is u-n-b-e-l-i-e-v-a-b-l-y s-l-o-w, although CPU doesn't seem to be doing much. Now it boots up, mirroring the boot screens on the Quadro monitors, goes to black screen for ~ 25 seconds after the grey apple spinner screen, then goes to dual head on the Quadro screens and garbage on the screen connected to the internal adaptor. Then I changed the BIOS setting from PCIe/Internal to PCI/Internal (duh). Hi Computer: Acer m3910 Desktop OS: Windows 7 (64 bit) Service Pack 1 Graphics Card : Nvidia Quadro NVS 280 (PCI connection) I know that Nvidia says the NVS 280 is not. Insight Product NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 - Graphics card - Quadro4 280 NVS - 64 MB - PCI low profile - for Business Desktop dc5100, dc5700, dc5800, dc7100. The motherboard doesnt have an AGP slot, so here are my options: Matrox G450 32 MB PCI Matrox G550 32 MB PCI NVidia Quadro NVS-280 64 B PCI (the list is sorted by price increasing) I searched a lot for benchmarks of these videocards, yet I find it hard to choose the right one.

I edited GeForce.kext, NVDANV40Hal.kext, and NVDAResman.kext, replacing IOPCIMatch value with my Device ID (032A) as mentioned here, but with no difference. The NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI features a single, high-density DMS-59 connector, which provides tremendous flexibility for dual-analog and/or 1600×1200-resolution digital flat panels.
