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First post, by stamasd

Posted on 2016-08-05, 01:25

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I'm looking at pictures of Quadro2 video cards, and sometimes they're pictured with a daughterboard attached, and sometimes without the daughterboard but with a double row of connectors visible, presumably where the daughterboard attaches.Examples:

I can't find any reference anywhere about what the daughterboard does.

Any ideas?

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Reply 1 of 6, by Trank

Posted on 2016-08-05, 01:51

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It kind of looks like a way to add video inputs. Like add an S-Video input after you change the bracket for it. Thats my guess.

Reply 2 of 6, by luckybob

Posted on 2016-08-05, 02:04

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S-video OUT, not input. I have a few boards. There is a small IC on the board that basically copies the svga output and make svideo from that. Or something similar.

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Reply 3 of 6, by stamasd

Posted on 2016-08-05, 02:12

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Thanks, that explains it. But it still puzzles me why anyone would want S-video out on a card that was essentially targeted at CAD workstations. :p

I/O, I/O,
It's off to disk I go,
With a bit and a byte
And a read and a write,
I/O, I/O

Reply 4 of 6, by luckybob

Posted on 2016-08-05, 02:15

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its on normal GF cards too. For a long time "cad" cards and the cards for the common rabble are essentially the same chips, just different bioses.

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Reply 5 of 6, by stamasd

Posted on 2016-08-05, 02:18

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Heh. With a bios change, you could sell the card as quadro2 or geforce2. Profit!

I/O, I/O,
It's off to disk I go,
With a bit and a byte
And a read and a write,
I/O, I/O

Reply 6 of 6, by Trank

Posted on 2016-08-05, 02:36

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Oh yeah i meant output. hahaha oops.

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