[LAU] Any experiences with AMD 690g and 780g chipsets

[Danni Coy]

I am looking to set up a computer that will be primarily used as an ardour 
workstation. I have been investigating different possibilities but basically 
my priorities are stable under linux, low power consumption (less power means 
less heat which means less fans which means less noise, also there is a 
possibility that the workstation will be moved to a location which will be 
off the grid).

The sound interface will probably be firewire based (prob firepod) & the 780g 
mainboard I am looking at has onboard TI firewire So I am leaning towards 
that.

I know that AMD/ATI have never been good on linux with Graphics...

So is anybody out there using one of these boards for music production - If so 
what has your experience like.... 

Also any setups that are known to work particularly well would be of use to 
me.... A laptop is also an option provided everything else is right.

Thanks in advance 
	Danni
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