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Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: |
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> On 09/29/2011 08:18 AM, Dale wrote: |
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>> As a general rule, hardware support is in the kernel. It shouldn't |
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>> matter much whether it is Gentoo, Redhat, Debian or any other distro. |
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>> It just matters that the kernel supports the hardware. I would imagine |
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>> that anything listed there as working is supported by Linux with a up to |
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>> date kernel. It all comes down to the kernel. By the way, the kernel |
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>> tested against is listed in the top right hand corner if I recall |
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>> correctly. You seem to have noticed that too. If the mobo is a new |
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>> design or new chipset, try to get at least that version of kernel. |
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> I know that it is actually in the kernel, but some companies like Nvidia |
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> package propreitary drivers only for Ubuntu/Debian, so it at times makes |
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> sense to check it out in detail. I have had lot of fights over this |
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> point on twitter with friends, in fact it resulted in myself getting |
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> blocked (and unblocked later hehe). |
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As far as I know, nvidia drivers should work with about any distro. I |
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have installed the same drivers on Gentoo that I used on Mandrake. That |
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was a while ago but they look the same to me. Keep in mind, Gentoo is |
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source based which makes it different. Binary distros are not. |
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>> If it shows things are working for the mobo you are checking on, it |
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>> should work fine. I think the 880 chipset has been out a while so it |
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>> should be really stable by now. I seem to recall it was out when I |
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>> bought my new setup but was still getting worked on for drivers. |
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>> By the way, it is always somewhat wise to buy things that have been out |
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>> for a while. If you are building a spare or something to play with, |
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>> then newer stuff is fine. I say this because some very new hardware may |
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>> not have all the kinks worked out. Unless you really really need the |
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>> latest and greatest, pick a slightly older setup. When I picked mine, |
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>> it was about a year old. That is usually plenty of time to let the |
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>> drivers stabilize. It can also save you some money too. |
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>> Now to be nosy, how many cores and how much ram you planning to put in |
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>> this new rig? I have a 4 core 3.2Ghz CPU with 16Gbs of ram. Compared |
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>> to my older AMD 2500+ with 2Gbs of ram, the new rig is super fast. My |
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>> old rig was named smoker because at the time it was built, it was |
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>> smoking. My new rig is named fireball. I guess lightening will be |
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>> next. After that, someone will just have to bury me. Not much is |
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>> faster than lightening. lol |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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>> P. S. If you get your things selected and want someone to double check, |
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>> I'd be glad too. I posted mine on here to make sure I hadn't missed |
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>> anything. The mobo, CPU and ram are the most essential things that have |
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>> to be right. You have some wobble room on the rest. Also, Gigabyte has |
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>> a list of supported ram and CPUs on their website. That comes in handy. |
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> Quad Core 3.2 Ghz with 16 GB of RAM that's big piece man. Well as I said |
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> earlier, I'm thinking of that 1075T thing and may be 4-8 GB of RAM |
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> (depends on cost, because I've to get myself a 22 or 24 inch LCD as |
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> well), but since bulldozers are going to be launched on 12th October, |
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> I'll prefer to wait, they have tons of new virtualization-related |
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> features. Will save me from installing windows directly onto the machine |
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> to play games (I usually don't, but after getting such a powerful |
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> machine, may be) and troubling it for no reason with that piece of bullshit. |
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Here is some advice. When you buy memory, buy so that you don't have to |
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remove anything to upgrade. If for example the mobo takes a max 4Gb |
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stick in each slot, get a 4Gb stick or two of them. I started with 4Gbs |
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and while it did fine, I can tell the difference when I added the |
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extra. If you do that, you don't have to remove a stick to upgrade or |
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keep them paired up. I started with 4Gb, went to 8Gb then bought a 8Gb |
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kit and went to the full 16Gbs. They do seem to run faster in pairs. |
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I can't blame you for waiting on the CPU if it is what you really want. |
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I usually buy a couple notches down on the CPU and save some cash. You |
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won't tell very much difference between a 3.4Ghz and a 3.2Ghz. Now if |
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you are doing something really CPU intensive, then you may need the |
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extra. Me, I balance out cost verses speed. I like a lot of bang for |
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little bucks. That said, I hope to get a 6 core when the prices go down |
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some. Maybe when yours comes out, they will start to drop on mine. :-) |
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I have to say, this rig is pretty fast. Example: |
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Sat Sep 17 04:03:00 2011 >>> app-office/libreoffice-3.3.4 |
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merge time: 52 minutes and 42 seconds. |
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That would be while I am logged into KDE and doing no telling what. |
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Post back when you get your stuff picked out. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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