[linux-audio-user] Re: shuttle xpcs as linux music boxes? (Christian Frisson)

[Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen]

Christian Frisson:
>
> Hi,
> I've got a one-year-old Shuttle SB51G, loaded with a Terratec EWX 24/96
> "ice1712" soundcard and a Gygabyte Radeon 9000 Pro 128 MB video card (just for
> the facts...), running Fedora Core 1 / Planet CCRMA successfully. Getting circa
> 11 ms of latency with Jack set (untweaked) at 256 frames per period and 2
> periods per buffer.
>
> While adding an PCI soundcard seems quite natural to make music on these boxes,
> why not add a RAM-loaded AGP video card too then?
>

I wouldn't do that, I think. It just adds heat, and that box makes
horrible noise when heated. At least mine does. The built in graphic card
and soundcard works just great.


> My tip: don't go for the hypest nForce2 models of the Shuttle series, buy a
> cheaper (or older) one, whose chipsets are known compliant with Linux, disable
> the video chipset, and invest the gained price difference on an entry 3D video
> card with built-in RAM!
>

No, nforce2 is well supported in linux now. I don't know about nforce3...


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