[linux-audio-user] New hardware choice

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano nando at ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Thu May 12 14:45:27 EDT 2005


On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 07:58, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 06:44 -0400, lanas wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> >   I'm plaaning to get a new home PC that could also be used (along with
> > software development) for creating and recording music.
> > 
> >   What I'd like to do: sequence MIDI external sounds (synth module(s)),
> > add accoustic guitar and flute, record everything to wav and/or Ogg
> > Vorbis formats (using original external synths sounds).  Optionally, to
> > be also able to choose from a palette of SoundFonts (as I did with
> > my current PC, using a SB Live! card and MusE).
> > 
> >   What I'd like to get as PC: an Athlon 64bit based mobo, 2 GB RAM, some
> > 250 GB disk storage. graphics card not that important as it's not used
> > to play games (why not on-board graphic ?).  Operating system: in the
> > end most likely handmade Linux based on LFS (Linux From Scratch) but for
> > starters SuSE 9.3 64-bit, or any other that's good enough.
> > 
> >   Now, is there some strong allergic reaction between a Linux Audio
> > setup and 64-bit CPUs ?  Are 64-bits platforms recommended for audio
> > purposes or is it better to wait a few more years ?  If it's OK, which
> > mobo would you recommend ?
[MUNCH]
> I would recommend to use the onboard video, as an Nvidia or ATI card
> will require binary-only drivers for full support, and high-end video
> cards often are not good PCI bus citizens.  It's very common for vendors
> to cheat in ways that adversely affect the entire system, just to
> squeeze out a few points on some Windows benchmark.

If you don't need top graphics speed an ATI card based on the 9250
chipset or lower will work with hardware acceleration with the stock x
drivers. That gives you (if my memory serves me) around 1300 or so in
glxgears. 

-- Fernando





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