[linux-audio-user] Re: hardware

[Loki Davison]

On 12/31/05, Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc at doink.com> wrote:
>
> On 31 December 2005 at 2:04, Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> wrote:
>
> > I am thinking of getting an AMD X2 system.  I want to avoid
> > Nvidia chipsets as their hardware is too closed and the Via
> > stuff seems cheap which leaves me with ATI (I realize the
> > latest stuff does not have open drivers, but at least there's a
> > chance they'll release one eventually)
>
> I opted for an ABIT AV8-3rd Eye motherboard:  Athlon 64 or 64FX,
> 1GHz FSB, SATA, RAID, AGP8X, 1x IEEE1394, Gb LAN, 4x USB2, North
> bridge VIA K8T800 Pro, South bridge VIA VT8237, AC97 Codec 6ch
> audio.  I put an Athlon 64-X2 4200+ (2.2GHz) and 2/ea Kingston
> 512MB DDR400 (PC3200) memory sticks in the board.  My ATI Radeon
> 9250 AGP Video has been a bit of a source of trouble.  If I stay
> away from all of the ATI specific (Xorg or ATI proprietary)
> drivers, then things seem to be OK.  This is with Xorg 6.9, which
> I guess has been problematic in this area and with Nvidia cards
> as well.
>
> > Does anyone have any experience with the ASUS A8R-MVP?
> > http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA22189
>
> Looks like a pretty good board, but I don't have any experience at
> all with one.
>
> Please post your success story for those that follow you into 64-X2
> territory.
>
> Cheers....
> --
> Kevin
>
>

I've got an ati chipset mb for my amd 64 939 system. NO lm sensors
support, and open source ati driver doesn't work at all, even for 2-d
for onboard graphics card. Don't really recommend it, get a via. Via
is much more opensource friendly. Full opensource via supported
graphics.

Loki

loki
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