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Re: [PLUG] [OT ... umm not really ] Buying New Hardware, Suggestions Please!
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> McLinux wrote:
> >I am planning to upgrade my humble P-III 450 Mhz with P-IV, however I am
> >very much willing to experiment and I have heard that AMD Athlon is
> >doing really great. Due to this I am confused and am seeking advice as
> >which Motherboard, CPU and RAM I should opt for.
* Jason Schadel <jasonschadel@comcast.net> [2004-03-09 13:42:06 -0500]:
> I was recently shopping for a replacement to my current desktop machine
> and I came across some inexpensive AMD motherboards that use the nforce2
> chipset.
>
> This is the one I was thinking of getting.
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-136-139&catalog=22&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0
>
> A friend of mine runs Gentoo on the higher end version of that board(the
> one with all the bells and whistles) and loves it.
The best way to encourage PC H/W vendors to support Linux properly is to
buy from those who do. E.g. 3ware RAID cards, and most things Intel
(notable exception Centrino wireless, but you didn't mention laptops).
NVidia definitely falls on the wrong side of this equation, and not just
with video hardware: IIRC they are also witholding info on the NIC which
is built-in to nforce2. Jason, can you (or your friend) confirm this?
Regards,
--
Mark M. Hoffman
mhoffman@lightlink.com
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