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Windows Server 2008 R2 and GT 240

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:16 pm
by ramicio
I am piecing together parts for a file server / encoding machine. I wanted to use the GT 240...they don't have drivers for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64. I have seen snippets around saying people used Windows 7 drivers, but no comment on CUDA/PureVideo support. I NEED CUDA/PureVideo support for DGDecNV. If nothing like this will work, will Quadro cards work with DGDecNV? They have CUDA but don't seem to be labeled for PureVideo, and they also barely have strong hardware versus price compared to the GeForce line. I don't need a workstation card. I want to use Server 2008 R2 because Windows 7 sucks for networking.

Re: Windows Server 2008 R2 and GT 240

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:39 am
by admin
You'll have to ask Nvidia about this. I don't know anything about drivers for Windows Server 2008 R2.

Re: Windows Server 2008 R2 and GT 240

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:55 am
by ramicio
I asked them more than a week ago and have got no reply. Obviously they don't think I'm serious about my inquiry. I wanted to see if other people here had any input.

Re: Windows Server 2008 R2 and GT 240

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:38 am
by ramicio
I hope it works. If not I will just use XP x64 instead.

Re: Windows Server 2008 R2 and GT 240

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 12:56 pm
by admin
Quadro and Tesla have Windows Server support and are CUDA enabled.

Re: Windows Server 2008 R2 and GT 240

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:32 pm
by ramicio
They are too expensive of a card for the features I don't need. I don't even need a video card in reality, I just like to be able to decode any video stream from a Blu-ray with hardware instead of software.

Hardware doesn't need to support software, software supports hardware. Any piece of software can support any piece of hardware that can connect to a computer. It's monopoly behavior that nVidia requires people to spend >$500 on a card just because of their choice of OS, when they can simply write some drivers. I'm not in the business sector, this is for personal use. Even for personal use, Microsoft's desktop OSes that they make anymore don't do what I need them to for even simple personal use.