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On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Nicola Degl'Innocenti wrote: |
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> Hi! |
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> I would like to buy a new pc, but since I use linux more than windows |
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> (that i use only for gaming), I am interested in hardware |
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> compatibility with linux. |
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> I'm planing to buy a core 2 Duo platform with a nvidia 8800 GT, |
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Stay away from NVidia. Good performing cards, but their Linux support is |
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atrocious (and that's being kind to them) |
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ATI are not much better but at least they make something of an effort to |
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publish some specs. |
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Intell cards are the best supported and the worst performing I'm afraid |
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> but i |
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> am very confused about the motherboard. The cheapest shop vendor only |
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> have asus motherboard so i don't have much choice. |
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> - Asus P5E X38 DDR2 for 189 € |
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> - Asus P5K/pro iP35 for 114 € |
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> - Asus P5N32-E/SLI 680i for 199€ |
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> - Asus P5N-T dlx 780i 232€ |
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Look further afield. Don't limit yourself to just one shop based on |
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price. The price difference between motherboards isn't that great when |
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compared to the cost of an entire box, and the wrong decision can be |
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very painful in the future |
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> Someone have one of those cards or know a good site with information |
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> about linux compatibility for those cards? |
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> The SLI capability is not important as having ethernet or sound |
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> supported on linux. |
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Ethernet is not a problem now and has not been for a very long time. |
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Sound is mostly similar. |
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Video cards is the big sticking point |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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